SkoPurp Soccer: An Orlando Pride PawedCast

Jan 13 2025 73 ep. 51 mins 5
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News and analysis about the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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SkoPurp No. 73: Marta Re-Signs and an Interview with Jackie Maynard

Jan 13 2025 70 mins  
We're in our off-season podcast schedule, which means things can be a bit unpredictable, except that you'll get a new show at least monthly before the season starts back up. We didn't have a ton of news, but circumstances warranted an episode, because we're about to lose one of our favorite people. After we discussed Orlando's signing Monday afternoon of Wake Forest defender Zara

SkoPurp No. 72: Pride News and 2025 Roster Projections

Dec 03 2024 56 mins  
Still basking in the glow of an NWSL Championship, we reconvene this week without a match to recap and little news to share. However, there was one development over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, as defender Carrie Lawrence announced her retirement from the game on Black Friday. We discuss what Carrie's retirement means for the Pride. After the brief Pride news portion of the sh

SkoPurp No. 71: Spirit Rewind and NWSL Championship Celebration

Nov 26 2024 96 mins  
Wow. As we get ready to enjoy a holiday weekend with our loved ones, the Orlando Pride have given us so much more to be thankful for this year. The Pride went to Kansas City, withstood a furious challenge from the Washington Spirit, played their usual solid defense, and captured a 1-0 win in the 2024 NWSL Championship. If the Kansas City Current and their fans thought the Pride cel

SkoPurp No. 70: Current Rewind and Spirit Preview

Nov 19 2024 70 mins  
[Note: My apologies for the audio, as Dave sounded great and I did not. Unbeknownst to me, everything was running through my external laptop microphone, so I come off a bit echoey.] The Orlando Pride held steadfast at home, coming back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat the Kansas City Current 3-2 at Inter&Co Stadium Sunday. The victory pushed the Pride's magical season into the ulti

SkoPurp No. 69: Ally Watt Interview, Chicago Rewind and KC Preview

Nov 12 2024 83 mins  
The Orlando Pride made it two wins in a row with a 4-1 home victory over the Chicago Red Stars. More importantly, the Pride got their first-ever NWSL playoff victory in their first-ever home postseason game. Barbra Banda returned to the scoresheet in a big way, netting a brace that could have been four or five goals the way she was creating chances. Orlando had a couple of goals ov

SkoPurp No. 68: Seattle Rewind and Chicago Preview

Nov 05 2024 56 mins  
The Orlando Pride returned home over the weekend and returned to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Reign. Although Barbra Banda still isn't scoring goals, three of her teammates did so, including Marta, who made her mark on the match despite it not being her best outing of the season. The defense is still a bit of a concern, but it did just about enough to get

SkoPurp No. 67: Orlando Pride News and Seattle Preview

Oct 30 2024 43 mins  
The Orlando Pride were off for the women's international break over the weekend, but that doesn't mean there wasn't stuff for us to discuss (and if there's one thing we love to discuss, it's definitely stuff!). Emily Sams saw her first minutes with the United States Women's National Team, and the Yanks unsurprisingly won. Barbra Banda finished 12th in the race for the Ballon d'Or,

SkoPurp No. 66: Gotham Rewind and Orlando Pride News

Oct 22 2024 32 mins  
One road loss became two as the Pride turned in a disastrous performance against Gotham FC on Sunday. Seb Hines went back to his starters to get try to regain the team's momentum as the regular season winds down, but unfortunately, things went from bad to worse for the defense, which was substandard and reminiscent of some of the bad Orlando teams from the past. It was not the resp

SkoPurp No. 65: Portland Rewind and Gotham Preview

Oct 15 2024 66 mins  
Just one game after clinching the 2024 NWSL Shield, the Orlando Pride gave some starters a much-needed rest. While lineup changes have not prevented the Pride from getting positive results throughout the season, this time it was different. There were too many new faces in the lineup and the players attached to those faces did not perform well against what had been a struggling Port

SkoPurp No. 64: Spirit Rewind and Portland Preview

Oct 08 2024 59 mins  
The Orlando Pride have done it! The 2024 NWSL Shield belongs to Orlando after a 2-0 home win over the second-place Washington Spirit that wasn't easy. The Spirit came in with a lot of resolve, and on a rainy night with a slick field, anything could happen. Sometimes it almost did. But, in the end, Barbra Banda earned a penalty, Marta scored it, Anna Moorhouse (and others) made some