There was one last twist to the Orlando Pride’s regular season after the team locked up its first ever NWSL playoff appearance. Just over a half hour into their season finale victory over the North Carolina Courage, Brazilian breakout midfielder Camila Martins Pereira was on the wrong end of a tough challenge and damaged a few ligaments in her knee and will be sidelined for the postseason.
“She’s a big loss, but we feel that we’ve got the strength and the depth and the character to deal with that,” Head Coach Tom Sermanni told the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday.