The first day of training for the Orlando Pride was a long one: a full two-hour training session with 29 different players, nine of them trialists. After the grueling session, however, the players and coaches were all smiles.
“It was great,” Head Coach Tom Sermanni said after training. “To be fair, it usually always is, the first day. Players come in a little bit nervous but excited, and the tempo is usually good. But I think looking and trying to make a comparison to year one, I think the players have come in far more ready to play, and I thought the tempo was good, and I thought the quality was good.