Full name Orlando Pride Website Club home page Founded 2015 | Stadiumcapacity 25,500 Arena/Stadium Orlando City Stadium | |
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Owners Flavio Augusto da Silva, Phil Rawlins Profiles | ||
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The Orlando Pride is a professional women's soccer team based in Orlando, Florida. The team joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top level of women's soccer in the U.S., for the 2016 season. The tenth team to be added to the league, they are affiliated with the men's team Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer. They play their home games at Orlando City Stadium. The Pride hold the record for hosting the largest attendance in National Women's Soccer League history, with 23,403 on hand to witness the Pride's inaugural home game, a 3-1 victory over the Houston Dash on April 23, 2016.
Contents
- Orlando pride vs washington spirit
- Orlando pride vs houston dash highlights april 23 2016
- History
- Team name crest and colors
- Stadium
- First team roster
- References
Orlando pride vs houston dash highlights april 23 2016
History
Following the 2015 NWSL season, it was rumored that the Orlando City SC ownership group would be adding an expansion team to the women's professional league. On October 20, 2015, a press conference was held at Lake Eola Park where Phil Rawlins unveiled the team name, logo, and colors. Former head coach of the Australia and U.S. national teams Tom Sermanni was announced as head coach.
On October 26, 2015, the Pride announced that they had made the first player acquisitions in team history; they acquired forward Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle from Portland Thorns FC in exchange for the Pride's #1 picks in the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft and the 2016 NWSL College Draft as well as an international roster spot for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, and also acquired Sarah Hagen from FC Kansas City and FCKC's second-round College Draft pick in exchange for the Pride's 2017 second-round College Draft pick.
Team name, crest, and colors
The name Orlando Pride was announced on October 20, 2015 by founder and president Phil Rawlins. He noted that the name "captures how we all feel about the City of Orlando, as well as firmly tying into the Lions family." The team colors are purple and light blue. The logo features an illustration of the famous fountain at Lake Eola Park.
Stadium
The team plays its home games in Orlando City Stadium, in Orlando, Florida, which opened for the 2017 NWSL season. Previously the team played at Camping World Stadium, where they had played their home matches from 2016 season. The stadium has a 25,500 seating capacity.
Camping World Stadium (formerly Orlando Stadium, Tangerine Bowl, Florida Citrus Bowl and Orlando Citrus Bowl) is an outdoor-sports stadium in Downtown Orlando. The stadium has a seating capacity of 60,219. The playing surface is large enough for use in international soccer matches, and was a venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In 1996, Olympic soccer matches in both the men's and women's competitions were held at the stadium.