The NWSL finally announced the full slate of games for the 2018 season and the Orlando Pride are looking at an especially tough year of fixtures. With FC Kansas City dissolving and the bulk of the roster moving to Salt Lake City under the invigorated management of Real Salt Lake, the Boston Breakers folding and their best players being dispersed to the remaining teams, and the usual loading up of international talent, the normally tight race that is the NWSL season should be even more brutal this year.
After a terrific turnaround season saw the Pride jump from ninth to third, Orlando will have to do everything in its power to hold on to that coveted playoff spot as well as challenge for a title.