Orlando Pride Women

Match report

Orlando Pride Women 1-3 Racing Louisville

Racing Louisville beat Orlando Pride Women 3-1 in the NWSL Group Stage on Thursday night, 7 August 2026. The visitors took all three points at home soil, closing out a match where Orlando held more possession but could not convert their chances into a result.

Orlando struck first through A. McKeen in the sixteenth minute, a moment that gave them early confidence. Louisville responded with E. Sears finding the net in the sixty-eighth minute after a VAR check had earlier cancelled her attempt in the seventy-ninth for offside. Sears added a second in the eighty-sixth minute, and K. Abello secured the win with a late goal in the ninety-fourth minute.

K. O'Kane received a yellow card for Louisville in the forty-fifth minute plus one, the only booking of the match. Both sides turned to their benches regularly, with Orlando making five substitutions and Louisville four, though the substitutions did not shift the momentum that had already settled.

The statistics tell a familiar story: Orlando dominated possession at fifty-two per cent and created more attacks with eighty-eight compared to Louisville's ninety-three, yet shots accuracy barely differed at thirty-three per cent versus thirty-five per cent. Orlando registered six shots on target against seven for Louisville, and big chances created were identical at two each. The difference came in clinical finishing rather than volume of play.

Orlando remain eleventh in the table with twenty-nine points from twenty-three games, while Louisville sit thirteenth on twenty-three points after the same number of fixtures. The result does not dramatically alter either position, but it extends Orlando's recent struggles — they had lost their opening match of the week 5-0 to North Carolina Courage Women before beating Chicago Red Stars 1-0.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48

Shots on target 6 – 7

Shots off target 7 – 6

Big chances 2 – 2

⚽ 16' A. McKeen — Goal 🟨 45+1' K. O'Kane — Yellow card ⇄ 55' N. Payne — Substitution ⇄ 62' K. Fischer — Substitution ⇄ 63' Q. McMahon — Substitution ⇄ 67' J. Doyle — Substitution ⚽ 68' E. Sears — Goal ⇄ 71' A. McKeen — Substitution ⇄ 72' M. Morris — Substitution ⇄ 76' Angelina — Substitution ⇄ 77' H. Mace — Substitution 79' E. Sears — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside ⚽ 86' E. Sears — Goal ⚽ 90+4' K. Abello — Goal ⇄ 90+10' K. O'Kane — Substitution

Match events

16' 0:1 Racing Louisville Women Goal A. McKeen assist: K. O'Kane
45+1' 0:1 Racing Louisville Women Yellow card K. O'Kane
55' 0:1 Orlando Pride Women Substitution N. Payne off: S. Washington
62' 0:1 Racing Louisville Women Substitution K. Fischer off: M. Lardner
63' 0:1 Racing Louisville Women Substitution Q. McMahon off: E. Hase
67' 0:1 Orlando Pride Women Substitution J. Doyle off: K. Abello
68' 0:2 Racing Louisville Women Goal E. Sears assist: L. Milliet
71' 0:2 Racing Louisville Women Substitution A. McKeen off: S. Weber
72' 0:2 Racing Louisville Women Substitution M. Morris off: R. Hill
76' 0:2 Orlando Pride Women Substitution Angelina off: Luana Bertolucci
77' 0:2 Orlando Pride Women Substitution H. Mace off: Z. Matthews
79' 0:2 Racing Louisville Women var_goal_cancelled_-_offside E. Sears
86' 0:3 Racing Louisville Women Goal E. Sears assist: L. Milliet
90+4' 1:3 Orlando Pride Women Goal K. Abello
90+10' 1:3 Racing Louisville Women Substitution K. O'Kane off: A. Ciorbu

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48

6 Shots on target 7

7 Shots off target 6

2 Big chances 2

88 Attacks 93

8 Corners 9

8 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 8

1 Offsides 3

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 8

15 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

13/2162% Aerial duels 8/2138%

46 Backward passes 49

5 Blocked shots 7

17 Clearances 25

6/2129% Crosses 5/1926%

12/1675% Dribbles 1/617%

82 Failed passes 73

4 Goalkeeper saves 5

6 Interceptions 5

13 Key passes 17

34/5859% Long passes 29/6148%

90 Passes into the final third 69

235 Passes in the opposition half 187

133 Passes in own half 155

0.33 Shot accuracy 0.35

3 Shots from outside the box 2

11 Shots inside the box 16

7/1354% Tackles 15/2268%

347 Total passes 323

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anna Moorhouse	1
4	Rafaelle Leone Carvalho de Souza	4
12	Corianna Dijk	12
16	Zara Sona Chavoshi	16
23	Nicole Oyeyemisi Payne	23
5	Hailie Jenae Mace	5
6	Ally Lemus	6
7	Angelika	7
13	Lizbeth Ovalle	13
80	S. Jackson	80
20	J. Doyle	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Kara Martin	31
77	Cosette Jolee Morché	77
25	Kerry Margaret Abello	25
33	Zou Matthews	33
8	Luana Bertolucci	8
18	Gabriela Nunes da Silva	18
28	Summer Yates	28
29	Solai Washington	29

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Racing Louisville Women

Starting XI
#	Player	number
24	Jordyn Bloomer	24
2	Lauren Milliet	2
3	Arin Hadley Wright	3
5	Elisabeth Charlotte Jean	5
15	Miren Gachok	15
4	M. Morris	4
9	K. Fischer	9
12	K. McMahon	12
13	E. Sears	13
20	K. O'Kane	20
88	A. Mackin	88

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Madison Prochaska	1
30	Erinn Floyd	30
6	Ella Haze	6
8	Courtney Petersen	8
23	Macy Blackburn	23
19	Avery Callitta	19
16	Maya Lardner	16
21	Rachel Hill	21
42	Sarah Weber	42

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	NJ/NY Gotham FC Women	25	15	6	4	51
2	Washington Spirit Women	25	14	4	7	46
3	San Diego Wave Women	25	14	3	8	45
4	Utah Royals Women	25	13	3	9	42
5	Portland Thorns Women	25	12	6	7	42
6	Angel City	25	11	6	8	39
7	North Carolina Courage Women	25	12	3	10	39
8	Kansas City Women	25	11	5	9	38
9	OL Reign	25	11	4	10	37
10	Denver Summit Women	25	9	8	8	35

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