Welcome to your match thread for this afternoon’s match-up between the Orlando Pride (5-6-5, 20 points) and the Washington Spirit (4-8-3, 15 points). This is the third and final of three scheduled meetings between the teams this season, with the teams having drawn in both previous match-ups.
Orlando is 0-2-2 against the Spirit, having earned its first points in the series earlier this year. The first meeting between the teams this season came in Week 2, with the Pride and Spirit drawing 1-1 at Orlando City Stadium on April 22. Rookie Danica Evans scored a dramatic 87th-minute equalizer after Line Sigvardsen-Jensen had put the visitors ahead around the hour mark.