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NWSL 2026 Matchday 7

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

Orlando Pride v North Carolina Courage

Orlando Pride6th 11 pts
1
1–0

Full time

Fri 8 May

Expected goals: Orlando Pride 0.76, North Carolina Courage 0.85

Fri 8 May, 8:00 pm EDT Inter.co Stadium NWSL 2026, Matchday 7

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What it means

Orlando Pride

6th▲6 from 12th

In the playoff places, 2 points above Angel City FC, with 22 to play.

North Carolina Courage

10th▼1 from 9th

Outside the playoff places, 1 point behind Houston Dash in the last playoff place, with 22 to play.

Season series

Orlando Pride won one, North Carolina Courage won one; 5–1 on aggregate to North Carolina Courage.

NWSL table 2026

Standings →
NWSL table
#ShieldClubPGDPts
1Portland Thorns FC9+619
2Utah Royals FC8+616
3Washington Spirit8+815
4San Diego Wave FC8+315
5Gotham FC8+414
6Orlando Pride8+111
7Seattle Reign FC7011
8Houston Dash7+110
10North Carolina Courage8−29

After this result

By the numbers

North Carolina Courage have 6 points from last 5, in step with their season. 1.2 a match, against 1.5 all season. NWSL average 1.4.

North Carolina Courage have scored 52 goals, the 4th most in the NWSL. 1.7 a match. NWSL average 1.4.

The match on the pitch

Orlando Pride
84 possessions
10% ended in a shot
25% reached the box
4.8 actions each
North Carolina Courage
88 possessions
13% ended in a shot
30% reached the box
5.8 actions each

Where each team won the ball

Orlando Pride

North Carolina Courage

Where each possession began, both teams attacking right. Orlando Pride started 2% of their possessions in the final third, North Carolina Courage 7%.

Where the shots came from

Orlando PrideNorth Carolina Courage

Orlando Pride attack right, North Carolina Courage left. A larger ringed dot is a goal. Own goals are not shots.

How each team moved the ball

Orlando Pride

North Carolina Courage

Passes between 20 zones, both teams attacking right. Forward moves in the team colour, backward moves dark, sideways moves pale; line weight is the share of the team’s passes.

How long possessions ran

Orlando PrideNorth Carolina Courage

Share of possessions by number of actions.

Longer possessions shot more

Orlando PrideNorth Carolina Courage

Of the possessions with each number of actions, the share that produced a shot. A gap marks too few possessions to rate.

Where play slowed down

Orlando PrideNorth Carolina Courage

Mean seconds between one action and the next in the same possession, by where the action happened.

Every recorded action

Observed match events

Every action recorded in this match, where it happened: what was seen on the pitch, not a simulated path. 1,578 events in the record.

Orlando Pride attack right, North Carolina Courage left. Passes are arrows to where they ended, dashed when not completed; a ringed start is a restart. A dot is a shot, a larger ringed dot a goal; a diamond is a take-on, a square a keeper action. Showing the whole match.

Choose an action on the pitch or in the list to see everything recorded about it.

67 events shown.

Events shown, in recorded order
TimeActionPlayerTeam
0:24A. MoorhouseOrlando Pride
1:55K. SheridanNorth Carolina Courage
4:26A. MoorhouseOrlando Pride
5:42A. MoorhouseOrlando Pride
6:59A. LemosOrlando Pride
8:38AngelinaOrlando Pride
13:11B. BandaOrlando Pride
13:12K. SheridanNorth Carolina Courage
15:30K. SheridanNorth Carolina Courage
17:37A. MoorhouseOrlando Pride
18:06A. MoorhouseOrlando Pride
23:03B. BandaOrlando Pride
23:03U. ShiragakiNorth Carolina Courage
24:09D. WeatherholtNorth Carolina Courage
24:56S. WashingtonOrlando Pride
25:55RafaelleOrlando Pride
25:57Oihane HernándezOrlando Pride
26:57A. SanchezNorth Carolina Courage
27:05A. SanchezNorth Carolina Courage
28:53A. SanchezNorth Carolina Courage
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Lineups

Position by matchday

Each club’s place in the table after every matchday, from recorded results.

Form before this match

Orlando Pride
North Carolina Courage