Orlando Pride beat Bay 3-1 in the Women's NWSL group stage on 27 September 2026. Haley Hanson gave Bay the lead after two minutes before Racheal Kundananji levelled eleven minutes later. Hanson restored Bay's advantage in the forty-seventh minute, and then Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle Munoz struck in the ninety-sixth minute to complete the turnaround.
Bay dominated possession at fifty-four per cent and registered eight shots on target from fifteen attempts. Orlando managed four shots on target from six attempts but took their opportunities when it mattered. By then the hosts had already thrown bodies in the way and were running out of legs.
The substitution pattern tells you something about how the game shifted. Six changes came in the second half, with Orlando bringing on Marta, Rafaelle, and Solai Washington alongside three Bay replacements. And here's the thing — Orlando's goalkeeper made seven saves compared to Bay's one, and that kept them in the match when they needed to.
Bay completed 382 passes from 446 attempts while Orlando managed 292 from 390. The visitors created only one big chance against Bay's four, yet the efficiency gap told the real story. To be fair, Bay dallied on the ball in the final stages and paid for it.
Bay sit thirteenth with twenty-six points from twenty-five games, while Orlando are twelfth on thirty points. The result ended Bay's run of two consecutive matches without defeat — they had beaten Racing Louisville 2-0 and drawn with Denver Summit 2-2 before this. Orlando's form has been mixed, with only one win in their last five games against Washington Spirit.
We had backed Bay to win this one at forty-one per cent confidence. The prediction did not come off. Bay had the numbers, they had the early advantage, but Orlando punished them from a corner in stoppage time and that is what separates the sides at this level.
