The Orlando Pride fought from behind to tie the Portland Thorns only to fall 4-3 in the final seconds of play at Providence Park Sunday.
The Pride dug themselves into a deficit in the opening minutes of the match. Keeper Haley Kopmeyer took a minute to hover in the box with the ball, dribbling back and forth and directing her team. But when she wound up to take her kick, Thorns forward Haley Raso read it immediately, deflecting the ball and putting it directly back into the open net.
“Your aim is to quiet a crowd when there’s quite a lot of them,” coach Marc Skinner said.