After winning their first NWSL Championship, the Orlando Pride is entering the 2025 season as league favorites, a role they are unfamiliar with. Forward Marta emphasized the need to handle this new pressure. The Pride will face the Washington Spirit in the NWSL Challenge Cup, a rematch of last year's final which Orlando won. Both teams excelled last season, making this matchup significant as they both aim for early seasonal success. The challenge for Orlando is to maintain momentum and prove their championship win was not a fluke.
Just over three months after winning the franchise's first NWSL Championship, the Orlando Pride enters 2025 in the unfamiliar position of league favorite.
Now, Orlando faces the pressure of being the team everyone chases in a league where they have traditionally struggled.
'Everybody's gonna hunt after us, and we need to deal with this and find a way to keep doing our best to keep making history for this club,' Marta said.
'It's a good and big opportunity that we have right now to win a title,' Spirit head coach Jonatan Giráldez said.
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