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Record Orlando Pride crowd, passion shows women's soccer in a league of its own

Alex Morgan scores her first goal as a player for the Orlando Pride. The goal came in the 61st minute against the Houston Dash.

This is the one.

This is the one that will do what the WNBA has not.

If ever a women's sports league in this country is going to not only survive but thrive, it is the one that 23,403 fans witnessed at the Citrus Bowl on Saturday night.

"This changes perspective; this gives you hope and ambition," said giddy National Women's Soccer League commissioner Jeff Plush on the NWSL record crowd that showed up for the Orlando Pride's 3-1 home-opening victory over their expansion sisters, the Houston Dash.