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NWSL roundup: Stars christen new home with 5-2 win over Pride
The Chicago Stars played their first game at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and put on an offensive show Sunday in a 5-2 win over the Orlando Pride.,Ludmila and Julia Grosso each had a goal and assist in the victory for Chicago (2-9-8, 14 points). It was time both players achieved the fe...

Angel City edge Pride on Alyssa Thompson's late goal
Alyssa Thompson scored on a blast to the upper right corner of the goal in the 86th minute as Angel City ended an eight-match winless run with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Orlando Pride on Thursday.,Thompson eluded a defender while entering the penalty area before taking a shot with her right foo...

Pride score late, earn draw with struggling Royals
Prisca Chilufya scored midway through the second half to help the Orlando Pride earn a 1-1 draw with the visiting Utah Royals on Sunday.,The Pride (8-4-2, 26 points) are 3-1-1 in their last five matches.,The Royals (1-10-3, 6 points) are winless in their past nine (0-7-2).,Chilufya pulled Orlando le...

Barbra Banda's first-half hat trick propels Pride past Royals
Barbra Banda scored three first-half goals to propel the Orlando Pride to a 3-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Friday night in Sandy, Utah.,Banda earned the first hat trick in Orlando team history in less than 40 minutes, making it the fastest hat trick in NWSL history. It broke a three-game drough...

Reyna Reyes' early strike leads Thorns past Pride
Defender Reyna Reyes' goal in the 16th minute held up as the Portland Thorns earned a 1-0 victory over the visiting Orlando Pride on Saturday night.,Portland (3-2-3, 12 points) controlled play from the outset and never gave the potent Pride (5-2-0, 15 points) much opportunity to threaten while secur...

Pride rally, upend Angel City in stoppage time
Marta and Barbra Banda guided host Orlando out of a two-goal deficit before an Angel City own goal in second-half stoppage time handed the Pride a thrilling 3-2 victory Friday night., ,In the third minute of stoppage, Orlando's Carson Pickett lofted a long cross into the box. It took one hop before ...

Pride shut out Spirit to capture first NWSL championship
Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute and the defense did the rest for the Orlando Pride, who defeated the Washington Spirit 1-0 in the NWSL championship game Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo., ,The Pride, who began this season on a 23-match unbeaten run and earned the top playoff seed, won their ...

Joseph Tugler, Emanuel Sharp help No. 7 Houston hammer Hofstra
Joseph Tugler scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting off the bench while Emanuel Sharp made all five of his three-point attempts, leading No. 7 Houston to a wire-to-wire 80-44 victory over visiting Hofstra on Friday night. ,Sharp finished with 16 points and is now 11-of-15 from 3-point range this seaso...

Top teams collide as Pride, Spirit battle for NWSL title
As the respective top two seeds in the NWSL playoffs, the Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit have been on a collision course to this moment., ,Led by their elite goal-scorers, the Pride and Spirit will battle for the NWSL championship on Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo.,Both clubs won 18 matches ...

Jamir Watkins, Florida State hand Hofstra first loss
Jamir Watkins scored a game-high 17 points and host Florida State pulled away in the second half to beat Hofstra 79-61 Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,Watkins missed his first four shots from the field before hitting a 3-pointer to end the first half. He added 10 points in the second half for Flo...

Florida State aims to clamp down on well-balanced Hofstra
Last week, Hofstra defeated a pair of opponents the program hadn't beaten in the previous 50-plus years.,The Pride won't have to wait nearly as long to get another chance against Florida State, which will look to avoid an upset on Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.,The Seminoles (3-1) have been off ...

Barbra Banda's brace sends Pride past Red Stars in NWSL quarters
Barbra Banda scored a pair of breakaway goals in the first half and the Orlando Pride earned a 4-1 victory over the visiting Chicago Red Stars in the first NWSL quarterfinal match.,Marta and Haley McCutcheon also scored goals for the Pride, the top seed in the playoffs who finished the regular seaso...
