Orlando Pride
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| Full name | Orlando Pride |
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| Founded | October 20, 2015 |
| Stadium |
Orlando City Stadium Orlando, Florida |
| Stadium capacity |
25,500 |
| Owner | Flávio Augusto da Silva (majority) Phil Rawlins (minority) |
| Head Coach | Tom Sermanni |
| League | National Women's Soccer League |
| Website | Club home page |
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.
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.
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