The Orlando Pride\u2019s 2026 season ended Sunday with a 1-0 loss to Seattle Reign FC in front of 16,095 fans at Lumen Field in Seattle.<\/p>\n
Orlando concludes its campaign with a record of\u00a011-16-3 and 36 points. Seattle (14-11-5, 47 points) clinched a playoff spot with the victory on the final match day of the NWSL regular season.<\/p>\n
Orlando was a playoff semifinalist last season and NWSL champions in 2024. It was a difficult season for the Pride, which finished in 11th place and included the firing of head coach Seb Hines on Aug. 31.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sticks with me is the resilience of the players to continue to show up every day,\u201d interim head coach Yolanda Thomas, who led Orlando to a 3-4-1 record, said in comments provided by the team. \u201cWe know we didn\u2019t achieve the outcome that\u2019s expected of this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we didn\u2019t achieve the outcomes that we expect of each other, but there was no shortage of players choosing to dig deep and show up every day in the building and every day on game day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sides played a tightly contested opening half, with both clubs neutralizing each other\u2019s opportunities in the attacking third. Defender Oihane made a crucial goal-line clearance on Nerilia Mond\u00e9sir\u2019s header in the 17th minute, while Cosette Morch\u00e9 made a key save from close range on Jess Fishlock\u2019s shot in the 43rd minute to keep the match scoreless heading into halftime.<\/p>\n
Coming out of the break, Seattle found the breakthrough in the 68th minute from a corner kick, with Jordan Bugg reacting first to a loose ball in the box and slotting it home to pull ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs always, I am sad to lose,\u201d Oihane said. \u201cBut I think the team did a great job. It\u2019s going to be good for us to get into the offseason, reset and begin preparing for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n
League play will return in February 2027.<\/p>\n
Of note<\/p>\n
\u2022 Midfielder Angelina made her 100th career NWSL regular-season appearance.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Entering as a second-half substitute, defender Kylie Nadaner made her 100th career NWSL regular-season appearance.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Oihane made her 50th appearance across all competitions for the Pride.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Defender Cori Dyke was the only Pride player to start all 30 matches.<\/p>\n
NWSL playoffs
\nQuarterfinals<\/p>\n
Friday: No. 2 San Diego Wave FC vs. No. 7 Utah Royals FC, 8 p.m. (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Saturday: No. 4 Kansas City Current vs. No. 5 Angel City FC, noon (CBS\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n
Sunday: No. 1 Gotham FC vs. No. 8 Seattle Reign FC, 12:30 p.m. (ABC\/ESPN); No. 3 Washington Spirit vs. No. 6 Portland Thorns FC, 3 p.m. (ABC\/ESPN)<\/p>\n
Semifinals<\/p>\n
Nov. 14: Gotham FC\/Seattle Reign FC winner vs. Kansas City Current\/Angel City winner, (CBS)<\/p>\n
Nov. 15: San Diego Wave FC\/Utah Royals FC winner vs. Washington Spirt\/Portland Thorns FC winner, (ABC)<\/p>\n
Championship<\/p>\n
Nov. 21: At Audi Field, Washington, D.C., semifinal winners, 8 p.m. (CBS\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Pride\u2019s 2026 season ended Sunday with a 1-0 loss to Seattle Reign FC in front of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,1335,139,141,140,3968,2062,76046,110],"class_list":["post-444828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-florida","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-pride","tag-soccer","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}