CARY, N.C. — The Orlando Pride remained one of two unbeaten teams in the National Women's Soccer League this season with a scoreless draw on the road against the North Carolina Courage.
What You Need To Know
- The Orlando Pride and North Carolina Courage played to a 1-1 tie Saturday
- The match marked the first time a team has earned a point in North Carolina this season
- The draw boosted Orlando's unbeaten streak to 13 games
- Anna Moorhouse made five saves to get fifth clean sheet of the season
The draw extended the Pride's unbeaten streak to 13 games. The point is the first point earned by a visiting team against the Courage in the 2024 season.
Haley Hopkins had a good chance for North Carolina (5-7-1) from the center of the box in the 26th minute, but Pride goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse made the save. Minutes later, Moorhouse stopped another shot from Ashley Sanchez.
Moorhouse, who has five clean sheets for the 8-0-5 Pride this season, finished with five saves — including a kick save in a one-on-one situation with a Courage forward in the 33rd minute. Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy also made five saves for her fifth shutout.
"The positives are the point on the road is probably something we would have taken before the game," coach Seb Hines said. "No other team has done that against North Carolina. A clean sheet as well, shutout. It is really important to start to get that going as well. After the game, it is almost a bittersweet taste in our mouths because we felt like we played really well. We were really aggressive in our press and caused a lot of troubles to North Carolina and a lot of turnovers. I think, after all of it, we have to reward ourselves with a goal. We had countless amount of opportunities to score, and I think, on another day, we take them. That will probably be the reflection this week going into the Utah game next week.”
The game was delayed by about a half-hour because of field maintenance at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park.
The KC Current are the other unbeaten team.
The Pride's next game is at 8 p.m. Friday at Inter&Co Stadium against the expansion Utah Royals (1-10-1).