Orlando Pride

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Orlando Pride
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Basic data
Seat Orlando , Florida
founding 2015
owner Flávio Augusto da Silva (majority)
Phil Rawlins (minority)
president Flávio Augusto da Silva
Website orlandocitysc.com/pride
First soccer team
Head coach EnglandEngland Marc Skinner
Venue Exploria Stadium
Places 25,527
league National Women's Soccer League
2019 Reg. Season : 9th place
Play-offs: not qualified
home
Away

Orlando Pride is a women's soccer franchise based in Orlando , Florida . It was founded in 2015 and has been participating in the National Women's Soccer League , the highest division in women's football in the United States , since the 2016 season .

history

On October 20, 2015, the first details of the franchise, including the team name and logo, were announced at a press conference broadcast on the Internet. The inclusion of Orlando Pride represents the second expansion of the field of participants of the NWSL, which started playing with the 2013 season . Before the 2014 season , the Houston Dash had joined the league.

Tom Sermanni , previously long-time national coach for Australia and the United States , among others , has been named the first head coach in the history of the franchise.

On October 26, 2015, the franchise announced the signing of internationals Alex Morgan , Kaylyn Kyle and Sarah Hagen .

In the first season Orlando finished 9th after the regular season and thus missed the play-offs of the best four teams. The 2017 season was much more successful: the team reached third place in the table in the regular season and was thus able to qualify for the play-offs. In the end, however, they lost 4-1 to the eventual champions Portland Thorns FC .

The third year of 2018 Orlando finished in seventh place in the regular season and thus again missed the play-offs of the four best teams. At the end of the season, the franchise and head coach Tom Sermanni separated amicably.

Orlando ended the 2019 season with just 4 wins from 24 games in ninth and thus last place in the table.

organization

Orlando Pride is run by the same organization as the men's Orlando City franchise in Major League Soccer . The president is Flávio Augusto da Silva. After Portland Thorns FC and Houston Dash , "sister teams" of the Portland Timbers and Houston Dynamo , the Pride is the third NWSL offshoot of an MLS participant.

Stages

The Exploria Stadium

The Orlando Pride played their home games at Camping World Stadium in their first season. After the completion of the Orlando City Stadium in spring 2017, the franchise moved into the new soccer stadium. Since the sale of the naming rights to the Exploria Resorts company on June 4, 2019, the stadium has been named Exploria Stadium .

Trainer

Players

Current squad

As of October 29, 2019

No. position Surname
2 United StatesUnited States ST Sydney Leroux
3 United StatesUnited States FROM Toni Pressley
4th CanadaCanada FROM Shelina Zadorsky
5 AustraliaAustralia FROM Emily van Egmond
7th ScotlandScotland ST Claire Emslie
8th United StatesUnited States ST Danica Evans
9 BrazilBrazil FROM Camila
10 BrazilBrazil ST Marta
11 United StatesUnited States FROM Ali warrior
12 United StatesUnited States FROM Kristen Edmonds
13 United StatesUnited States ST Alex Morgan
14th AustraliaAustralia FROM Alanna Kennedy
15th United StatesUnited States ST Rachel Hill
No. position Surname
16 United StatesUnited States FROM Carson Pickett
17th United StatesUnited States MF Dani Weatherholt
18th United StatesUnited States TW Lainey Burdett
19th United StatesUnited States MF Erin Greening
20th United StatesUnited States MF Abby Elinsky
22nd United StatesUnited States MF Bridget Callahan
23 United StatesUnited States MF Marisa Viggiano
24 United StatesUnited States TW Ashlyn Harris
25th United StatesUnited States MF Joanna Boyles
26th United StatesUnited States ST Caitlin Farrell
27 United StatesUnited States FROM Morgan Reid
28 United StatesUnited States TW Haley Kopmeyer

Coaching staff

  • Marc Skinner (trainer)
  • Carl Green (Assistant Trainer)
  • Lloyd Yaxley (goalkeeping coach)

Season statistics

year league Regular season Play-offs Average audience 1 Most successful goalscorer 1
2016 NWSL 9th place not qualified 8,785 United StatesUnited States Kristen Edmonds (6)
2017 NWSL 3rd place Semifinals 6,186 BrazilBrazil Marta (13)
2018 NWSL 7th place not qualified 4,837 United StatesUnited States Sydney Leroux (6)
2019 NWSL 9th place not qualified 5,565 BrazilBrazil Marta (6)
1 Regular season only

Web links

Commons : Orlando Pride  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeff Kassouf: Orlando Pride named 10th NWSL team for 2016 , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Orlando Pride Acquires Alex Morgan, Kaylyn Kyle and Sarah Hagen , orlandocitysc.com (English). Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Orlando Pride and Head Coach Tom Sermanni Mutually Part Ways. In: orlandocitysc.com. September 14, 2018, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Orlando City SC: Orlando City SC Announces Central Florida-Based Exploria Resorts as Stadium Naming Rights Partner. June 4, 2019, accessed October 8, 2019 .
  5. ^ Orlando Pride announce Marc Skinner as head coach. In: NWSL.com. January 14, 2019, accessed February 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Orlando Pride Players. In: orlandocitysc.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .