2017 Orlando Pride season

The 2017 season was Orlando Pride's second season. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Orlando Pride

2017 season
Owner	Flavio Augusto da Silva Phil Rawlins
Head coach	Tom Sermanni
Stadium	Orlando City Stadium Orlando, Florida
NWSL	3rd of 10
Playoffs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Marta (13)
Highest home attendance	14,452 (April 22 vs. Washington)
Lowest home attendance	4,273 (August 8 vs. Washington)
Average home league attendance	6,186
Home colors Away colors
← 2016 2018 →

Squad information

Roster

As of July 3, 2017^[1]

No.	Position	Nation	Player
3	DF	USA	Toni Pressley
4	MF	USA	Jamia Fields
6	FW	USA	Chioma Ubogagu
7	DF	AUS	Steph Catley
8	FW	USA	Danica Evans
9	MF	BRA	Camila
10	FW	BRA	Marta
11	DF	USA	Ali Krieger
12	MF	USA	Kristen Edmonds
13	FW	USA	Alex Morgan
14	DF	AUS	Alanna Kennedy
15	FW	USA	Rachel Hill
16	DF	USA	McKenzie Berryhill
17	MF	USA	Dani Weatherholt
19	GK	USA	Aubrey Bledsoe
20	MF	PUR	Nickolette Driesse
21	DF	BRA	Mônica
23	FW	USA	Jasmyne Spencer
24	GK	USA	Ashlyn Harris

Transactions

2017 NWSL College Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2017 college draft was held on January 12, 2017. Orlando had two selections.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status
3	22	Danica Evans	FW	University of Colorado	Signed[2]
4	32	Nickolette Driesse	MF	Penn State University	Signed[2]

In

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 2, 2016	Ali Krieger	DF	Washington Spirit	Traded second-overall spot in the Distribution Ranking Order to Washington	[3]
January 19, 2017	Alanna Kennedy	DF	Western New York Flash	Trade for midfielder Sam Witteman	[4]
January 23, 2017	Chioma Ubogagu	FW	Houston Dash	Trade for Orlando’s natural third-round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft	[5]
April 15, 2017	Marta	FW	FC Rosengård		[6]
May 20, 2017	Rachel Hill	FW	UConn	Signed after college graduation.	[7]
	Caroline Stanley	GK	Sky Blue FC	Signed off waivers as a goalkeeper replacement for injured Ashlyn Harris.
June 21, 2017	Alex Morgan	FW	Olympique Lyonnais Féminin	Officially added to the active roster.	[8]

Out

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
June 21, 2017	Christina Burkenroad	FW	IK Grand Bodø	Waived.	[8]
July 3, 2017	Laura Alleway	DF	Melbourne Victory	Waived.	[9][10]

Staff

Executive
Owner and chairman	Flávio Augusto da Silva
Owner and president	Phil Rawlins
Owner	John Bonner
Chief executive officer	Alex Leitão
Coaching staff
Head coach	Tom Sermanni
Assistant coach	Khano Smith
Goalkeeping coach	Lloyd Yaxley

^[11][12]

Match results

Preseason

Orlando Pride v Stetson Hatters

March 18, 2017 1	Orlando Pride	9–0	Stetson Hatters	Sanford, Florida
1:00 p.m. EST	Rodrigues 6' Ubogagu 21' Camila 29' (pen.) Edmonds 53' (pen.) Hagen 55' (Burkenroad) Tindell 63' Pressley 66' (Burkenroad) Spencer 79' (Burkenroad), 84' (Levin)	Report		Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park

USF Bulls v Orlando Pride

March 25, 2017 2	USF Bulls	1–2	Orlando Pride	Tampa, Florida
6:00 p.m. EST	Viens 69'	Report	Ubogagu 11' Rodrigues 90'	Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium

Florida Gators v Orlando Pride

March 29, 2017 3	Florida Gators	0–3	Orlando Pride	Gainesville, Florida
4:00 p.m. EST		Report	Burkenroad 5' Ubogagu 12' Edmonds 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Donald R. Dizney Stadium

Orlando Pride v Florida State Seminoles

April 1, 2017 4	Orlando Pride	3–0	Florida State Seminoles	Sanford, Florida
1:00 p.m. EST	Spencer 35' (Pressley) D. Evans 45+1' (Edmonds) Ubogagu 71' (Pressley)	Report		Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park

Orlando Pride v United States U-23

April 7, 2017 5	Orlando Pride	3–0	United States U-23	Sanford, Florida
2:00 p.m. EST	Edmonds 12', 25' (D. Evans) Spencer 73' (Edmonds)	Report		Stadium: Sylvan Lake Park

National Women's Soccer League

Further information: 2017 National Women's Soccer League season

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	11	7	6	45	31	+14	40	6	4	2	24	10	+14	5	3	4	21	21	0

Last updated: August 12, 2017.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results

Portland Thorns FC v Orlando Pride

April 15, 2017 1	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
12:00 p.m. PDT	Nadim 32' (pen.) Sinclair 67' (Long)	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,145 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

April 22, 2017 2	Orlando Pride	1–1	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
4 p.m.	Alleway  59' Evans 86' (Ubogagu)	Report	Jensen 60' Kallman  65' Huster  75'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 14,452 Referee: Karen Abt

North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride

April 29, 2017 3	North Carolina Courage	3–1	Orlando Pride	Cary, North Carolina
4 p.m.	McDonald 6' Mewis  18' 33' (pen.) Williams 70' (Debinha) McCall Zerboni  82' Witteman  84'	Report	Camila 27' Alleway  33'	Stadium: Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,586 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

FC Kansas City v Orlando Pride

May 7, 2017 4	FC Kansas City	1–1	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Missouri
5 p.m. CDT	Leroux  45+1' Tymrak 84' (Kelly)	Report	Evans  60' Marta 73' (Spencer)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Marco Vega

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

May 14, 2017 5	Orlando Pride	3–1	North Carolina Courage	Orlando, Florida
5 p.m.	Ubogagu 49' (Krieger) Camila 50' (Fields) Spencer 82' (Marta) Krieger  88' Toni Pressley  90'	Report	Zerboni  10' Erceg  44'  57' Debinha 51' (Williams)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Jon Freemon

Seattle Reign FC v Orlando Pride

May 21, 2017 6	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Orlando Pride	Seattle, Washington
6:30 p.m. PDT	Yanez 40' (Corsie) Barnes  49' Rapinoe  50'	Report	Marta 52' (Camila)  90+4' Camila  83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Timothy Ford

Sky Blue FC v Orlando Pride

May 27, 2017 7	Sky Blue FC	2–1	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
7 p.m.	Kerr 43' (Corboz) Hayes 82' (Kerr)	Report	Spencer 18'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Robi Hullner

Orlando Pride v Boston Breakers

June 3, 2017 8	Orlando Pride	2–0	Boston Breakers	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Marta 9' (pen.) Spencer 13' (Camila) Kennedy  26' Camila  49'	Report	Smith  8' Elby  55' White  57' Dowie  85'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Karen Abt

Houston Dash v Orlando Pride

June 17, 2017 9	Houston Dash	2–4	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
5:00 pm	Beckie  64' Van Wyk  80' Poliana 89' (Andressinha) Prince 90+6' (Andressinha)	Report	Camila 16' (Marta)  65' Marta 22', 57' (Spencer) Kennedy 68' (Marta)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,918 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

June 24, 2017 10	Orlando Pride	0–2	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
3:50 pm		Report	Van Wyk  43' Lloyd 45+4' (Poliana) Daly 62' (Poliana)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Marco Vega

Sky Blue FC v Orlando Pride

June 28, 2017 11	Sky Blue FC	2–3	Orlando Pride	Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 pm	O'Hara 45' (pen.) Kerr 46' (Hayes) Stanton  90+4'	Report	Ubogagu 11' Spencer  75' Marta 77' Hill 86' (Catley)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

July 1, 2017 12	Orlando Pride	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
6:00 pm	Krieger  52'	Report	Press 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,476 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Note: Kickoff was delayed by 1 hour due to rain.[13]

Washington Spirit v Orlando Pride

July 8, 2017 13	Washington Spirit	2–2	Orlando Pride	Baltimore, Maryland
4:00 pm	Pugh 24' (Ordega), 90' (pen.)	Report	Marta 10' (pen.), 56'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Henrik Karlsson

Orlando Pride v FC Kansas City

July 15, 2017 14	Orlando Pride	4–1	FC Kansas City	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Kennedy 22' (Marta) Morgan 38' (pen.) Weatherholt  45' Pressley 70' (Camila) Edmonds 75'	Report	Kelly 65' (Bowen) Gibbons  88'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 6,073 Referee: Greg Dopka

Chicago Red Stars v Orlando Pride

July 22, 2017 15	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
4:00 pm	Press 29' (Huerta), 52' (Hoy)	Report	Marta  76' Kennedy 90+3' (Hill)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

August 5, 2017 16	Orlando Pride	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Morgan 24' (Spencer) Kennedy  69'	Report	Johnson  51' Huerta 53' (Hoy)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

August 8, 2017 17	Orlando Pride	3–0	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
7:30 pm	Evans  49' Marta 52' (Morgan) Camila 57' Ubogagu  62' Morgan 64' (Catley)	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,273 Referee: Christina Unkel

Orlando Pride v Sky Blue FC

August 12, 2017 18	Orlando Pride	5–0	Sky Blue FC	Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm	Morgan 4' (Marta), 47' (Spencer) Weatherholt 43' (Camila) Marta 53', 58' (Morgan)	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Boston Breakers v Orlando Pride

August 19, 2017 19	Boston Breakers	1–2	Orlando Pride	Boston, Massachusetts
4:00 pm	Stengel  52' Andrews  71' White  90+5' Da Costa 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Morgan 8', 73' (Krieger) Kennedy  24' Catley  58'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,321 Referee: Gustavo Solorio

FC Kansas City v Orlando Pride

August 26, 2017 20	FC Kansas City	1–2	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Missouri
4:00 pm	LaBonta 42' (Groom)	Report	Ubogagu 16' Camila  45' Morgan 87' (Marta)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,812 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando Pride v Boston Breakers

September 2, 2017 21	Orlando Pride	4–2	Boston Breakers	Orlando, Florida
4:00 pm	Hill 8', 15' (Morgan) Marta 67' (Ubogagu) Ubogagu 77'	Report	White 49' (Frisbie) Elby  63' King 88' (Leon)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Orlando Pride v Seattle Reign FC

September 7, 2017 22	Orlando Pride	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Orlando, Florida
8:00 pm	Morgan 90+2' (Weatherholt)	Report	Pickett  37' Mathias  57' Barnes  90+1' Fishlock 90+4' (Kawasumi)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 4,341 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Note: Rescheduled from Saturday, September 9th in anticipation of hazardous conditions due to Hurricane Irma

Orlando Pride v Portland Thorns FC

September 23, 2017 23	Orlando Pride	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Orlando, Florida
5:00 pm	Kristen Edmonds  69'	Report	Allie Long  18'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 7,353 Referee: Chris Spivey

North Carolina Courage v Orlando Pride

September 30, 2017 24	North Carolina Courage	2–3	Orlando Pride	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 pm	Williams 62,67 (PK)' Dahlkemper  90'	Report	Edmonds 22' Marta 52' 72' Harris  66' Kennedy 90+1'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 7,020

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina Courage	24	16	1	7	38	22	+16	49	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	24	14	5	5	37	20	+17	47	NWSL Playoffs
3	Orlando Pride	24	11	7	6	45	31	+14	40
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	11	6	7	33	30	+3	39
5	Seattle Reign FC	24	9	7	8	43	37	+6	34
6	Sky Blue FC	24	10	3	11	42	51	−9	33
7	FC Kansas City	24	8	7	9	29	31	−2	31
8	Houston Dash	24	7	3	14	23	39	−16	24
9	Boston Breakers	24	4	7	13	24	35	−11	19
10	Washington Spirit	24	5	4	15	30	48	−18	19

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

NWSL Playoffs

The top four teams from the regular season will compete for the NWSL Championship. Final seeding to be determined by 10:30 pm EST Saturday, Sept. 30th.

	Semi-finals					Championship
	2	Portland Thorns FC	4
	3	Orlando Pride	1
						2	Portland Thorns FC	1
						1	North Carolina Courage	0
	1	North Carolina Courage	1
	4	Chicago Red Stars	0

Semi-finals

October 7, 2017

12:30pm (PDT)

Portland Thorns FC	4 - 1	Orlando Pride
Henry 12' 80' Sonnett 15' Raso 71' Sinclair 82'	Report	Kennedy 23'

Providence Park
Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 18,193

Media

The NWSLsoccer.com website and the Go90 app have the exclusive rights to streaming all games live on each of their platforms. In addition, the league has partnered with the Lifetime Network to air a "Game of the Week" on Saturdays for the 24-week Regular Season. The Pride were selected for 7 matches on the slate. The dates are:^[14]

Sat., Apr. 15 / 3 p.m. kickoff / Portland Thorns FC vs. Orlando Pride

Sat., Apr. 22 / 4 p.m. kickoff / Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit

Sat., June 24 / 3:30 p.m. kickoff** / Orlando Pride vs. Houston Dash

Sat., July 22 / 3:30 p.m. kickoff** / Chicago Red Stars vs. Orlando Pride

Sat., Aug. 12 / 7:30 p.m. kickoff** / Orlando Pride vs. Sky Blue FC

Sat., Sept. 2 / 3:30 p.m. kickoff**/ Orlando Pride vs. Boston Breakers

Sat., Sept. 9 / 3:30 p.m. kickoff** / Orlando Pride vs. Seattle Reign FC

The NWSL announced on August 17 that the Game of the Week on Lifetime for Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m. ET featured the Orlando Pride vs. Portland Thorns FC at Orlando City Stadium. Lifetime also aired their away match at FC Kansas City on August 26.

** New schedule adjustments issued on June 12 by the NWSL and Lifetime Network airtimes revised for player safety due to extreme temperatures and allowance for hydration breaks.

Honors and awards

NWSL Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
Best XI	Defender	Ali Krieger	[15]
Best XI	Forward	Marta	[16]
Second X1	Defender	Steph Catley	[17]
Second X1	Forward	Alex Morgan	[18]

NWSL Monthly Award

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Player	Month's Statline	Ref.
August	Alex Morgan	7 Goals; 2 Assist; 13 Shots on Goal; 11 Chances Created	[19]
September	Marta	2 Goals; 13 Chances Created; 85% Passing Accuracy	[20]

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
June		Ali Krieger	Marta		[21]
July			Marta
August		Ali Krieger Steph Catley	Marta	Alex Morgan**
September			Marta Alanna Kennedy

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
2	Won	Danica Evans
3	Won	Camila
9	Won	Camila
13	Won	Toni Pressley
16	Won	Marta
18	Won	Alex Morgan
22	Won	Alanna Kennedy

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Won	Ashlyn Harris
2	Won	Monica
4	Won	Ashlyn Harris
9	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe
10	Won	Steph Catley
12	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe
13	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe
17	Won	Ashlyn Harris
18	Won	Ashlyn Harris
22	Won	Ashlyn Harris

Other awards

Orlando Pride forward Marta and defender Ali Krieger have been named to the 2017 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Best XI, announced on October 12.^[22]

Notes