It snuck up on us, but after tonight — and after going 308 days without a loss before Sunday — Portland Thorns FC have dropped two in a row. On the heels of a 2-1 defeat at home to OL Reign this weekend, the NWSL Challenge Cup champions fell by the same score tonight in Orlando, with the Pride earning their second win ever against the visiting Thorns.
"We're very good team and we had a very good performance, again," head coach Mark Parsons said. "Lacking some tiny details. Making tiny slips. And [we] still had a performance that deserved more.