Seattle Reign FC Takes on Orlando Pride in Final Match of 2024
In its final match of the 2024 season, Seattle Reign FC is back on the road, this time traveling to Orlando, Florida to take on the Pride. The Reign will look to finish the season strong against the first-place team.
WHEN AND WHERE: Seattle Reign FC kickoff is at 2:00 p.m. PT at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida
WHERE TO WATCH: Fans can tune in to ION to watch the match.
2024 NWSL REGULAR SEASON RECORDS AND STANDINGS (W-L-D): Seattle Reign FC: 6-14-5 (23 points, 12th place), Orlando Pride: 17-2-6 (57 points, 1st place)
Key Points Ahead of the Match:
1. LAST MEETING – Seattle Reign FC and the Orlando Pride last met earlier this season, at Lumen Field, where the Pride narrowly came out on top, winning 3-2 in a back-and-forth match. The two teams have gone head-to-head a total of 17 times all-time across all competitions. Seattle has earned seven wins, three losses and seven draws and outscored Orlando, 28-17, across all competitions.
The Reign are currently coming off a 2-1 win against the Houston Dash at Lumen Field. Midfielder Olivia Athens notched the first goal, while forward Nérilia Mondésir became the first player representing Haiti to score a regular-season NWSL goal when she netted the game winner.
2. SCOUTING ORLANDO – The Pride are currently in 1st place in the NWSL standings, most recently picking up their first two losses of the season. The Pride clinched its first-ever NWSL Shield after defeating the Washington Spirit on October 6, which was the club's most recent win. Since then, the league leaders lost their last two matches, putting an end to their 23-game unbeaten streak.
Orlando currently has five players out for the match – Rafaelle (thigh), Megan Montefusco (SEI - heel), Luana (SEI - illness), Simone Charley (SEI - ankle) and Grace Chanda (SEI - thigh), while two players are questionable for the mathc – Carson Pickett (thigh) and Julie Doyle (illness)
3. WE WANT TO WIN – To close out the season, the Reign are looking to pick up three points and continue the trend set against Houston to close out the season.
"We had a conversation after the Houston game and you know I was pretty open with them and said, I have my targets that I'd like to do over the next leading into Orlando, but I wanted to hear from them what they wanted to get out of the training sessions we had at that point left,” explained Reign FC Head Coachc Laura Harvey.
“The consensus from the group was that they wanted to prepare and create a game plan and put our best foot forward to go out and come here and try and get a result, so that's how we've approached it. I think that that just sets the tone really of this group and what this club's about. We want to win. You know, we're obviously disappointed that we haven't been able to do that too much this year, or enough to be able to claw our way into the playoffs, but it doesn't mean that that's what we don't strive to do every day.”
MultiCare Availability Report:
OUT
Ryanne Brown (SEI – knee)
Quinn (head)
Olivia Van der Jagt (excused absence)
QUESTIONABLE
None
INTERNATIONAL
Ainsley McCammon (USA)