First-place Portland Thorns FC open a two-game road trip with a visit to Florida to take on the Orlando Pride on Sunday.
Portland Thorns FC open a two-game road trip with a visit to Florida to take on Orlando Pride on Sunday at Exploria Stadium; kickoff is 4 p.m. (Pacific).
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It’s the second matchup between the Thorns (5-1-4, 19pts) and Pride (3-6-1, 10pts) this season. The two sides met back in March to help open the 2023 NWSL regular season.
The Thorns enter the weekend atop a congested NWSL standings, tied with San Diego Wave FC but they hold the advantage in tiebreakers. Only three points separates the top five clubs in the standings.
Here are facts to know before the initial whistle Sunday afternoon:
17
The Thorns have scored in 17 consecutive regular-season road games, which matches the longest such streak in NWSL history set by, you guessed it, Orlando.
75
Of the 16 matches between Portland and Orlando in their all-time, regular-season series, the Thorns have nabbed all three points in 12 of them – 75 percent of their matchups have finished in favor of the Thorns. Dominant.
12
Over their last three meetings, the Thorns have outscored the Pride by a total of 12-0 – resulting from 6-0, 2-0 and 4-0 wins, respectively, including the 2023 season opener in March. Commanding.
2-1
The most common result in the all-time, regular-season series between Portland and Orlando is 2-1. Of the 16 meetings, six times the two sides have finished with a 2-1 score line – 38 percent of the time. Portland owns four of those, 2-1, victories (three at home, one away). Orlando’s two victories against the Thorns have both been 2-1 scores.
