| Club: | Orlando Pride |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Manager: | Seb Hines |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Stadium: | Inter&Co Stadium Orlando, Florida |
| League: | NWSL |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| Highest Attendance: | 9,656 (June 21 vs. Utah Royals) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 5,586 (Mar 29 vs. Chicago Red Stars) |
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| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| American: | yes |
The 2024 Orlando Pride season is Orlando Pride's ninth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
Two new expansion franchises, Bay FC and Utah Royals, joined the NWSL in 2024. Orlando traded for full protection from both teams in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft and therefore had no players selected.[1] [2]
After four-and-a-half seasons under the Exploria sponsorship name, Orlando City's home stadium was rebranded as Inter&Co Stadium ahead of the 2024 season.[3]
Ahead of the 2024 season it was announced that after four seasons as a league cup competition, the NWSL Challenge Cup would become a super cup between the previous season's NWSL Shield (regular season) and NWSL Championship (post season) winners. As a result, Orlando Pride did not participate in the 2024 Challenge Cup.[4] It made way for the Summer Cup, a similar style tournament including Liga MX Femenil teams.
Orlando Pride opened preseason camp on January 23. Six friendly matches were scheduled with all played behind closed doors.[7]
See main article: 2024 National Women's Soccer League season.
The NWSL regular season will be played on a balanced schedule i.e. each team will play every other team twice; once at home and once away. The top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs, an increase of two from the previous year, with the top two receiving a first-round bye.[8]
Results summary
See main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup. In 2024, NWSL and Liga MX Femenil combined for a new tournament, the Summer Cup. All 14 NWSL clubs and six Liga MX clubs will compete in a group stage before a knockout round.[9]
Group stage
See main article: List of Orlando Pride records and statistics.
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders|-! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards|}
| Name | NWSL | Summer Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | FW |  Barbra Banda | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | 10 | FW |  Marta | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 28 | MF |  Summer Yates | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Adriana | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 20 | FW | Julie Doyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 11 | FW | Ally Watt | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 6 | DF | Emily Sams | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF |  Celia | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | MF | Angelina | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17 | MF |  Evelina Duljan | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 33 | FW | Alex Kerr | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 4 | 36 | ||||
| Name | NWSL | Summer Cup | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | Haley McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Kylie Strom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Rafaelle Souza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Emily Sams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Luana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Marta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Ally Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | Carrie Lawrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Celia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Morgan Gautrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | Julie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Kerry Abello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW |  Amanda Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Ally Lemos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | DF | Brianna Martínez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 36 | MF | Claire Winter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | |||
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 college draft was held on January 12, 2024. Orlando made four selections.
| Round | Pick | Player | College | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Ally Lemos | MF | University of California, Los Angeles | Signed[10] |
| 2 | 22 | Cori Dyke | DF | Pennsylvania State University | Signed[11] |
| 4 | 50 | Alex Kerr | FW | Texas Tech University | Signed[12] |
| 56 | Talia Gabarra | MF | University of Central Florida | Not signed |
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2023 |  Sofia Manner | GK | FC Honka | Undisclosed fee. | [13] | |
| December 13, 2023 | Angelina | MF | Seattle Reign | Free agent signing. | [14] | |
| December 14, 2023 | Luana | MF | Corinthians | [15] | ||
| January 2, 2024 | Evelina Duljan | MF |  Juventus | Free agent signing. | [16] | |
| January 11, 2024 | Morgan Gautrat | MF | Kansas City Current | Acquired with $50,000 in allocation money in exchange for a 2024 international roster spot. | [17] | |
| January 24, 2024 | Simone Charley | FW | Angel City FC | Free agent signing. | [18] | |
| March 7, 2024 | Barbra Banda | FW |  Shanghai Shengli | Undisclosed fee. Reportedly $740,000. | [19] | |
| May 30, 2024 | Grace Chanda | MF | Madrid CFF | Free agent signing. | [20] | |
| July 18, 2024 | Kenna Caldwell | GK | Texas A&M Aggies | National Team Replacement contract. | [21] | |
| Claire Winter | MF | FC Thy-Thisted Q | National Team Replacement contract. | |||
| August 16, 2024 | Carson Pickett | DF | Racing Louisville | Acquired in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money. | [22] |
| Date | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2023 | Mikayla Cluff | MF | Utah Royals | Traded with the No. 26 overall selection in the 2024 NWSL Draft in exchange for $90,000 in allocation money and 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft protection. | |
| November 20, 2023 | Thais Reiss | MF | Villarreal | Option declined | [23] [24] |
| Caitlin Cosme | DF |  Stjarnan | Out of contract | [25] | |
| Jordyn Listro | MF | Tampa Bay Sun | Out of contract | [26] | |
| December 12, 2023 | Carly Nelson | GK | Utah Royals | Traded with $65,000 in allocation money in exchange for a 2024 international roster spot | [27] |
| January 16, 2024 | Erika Tymrak | MF | Tampa Bay Sun | Mutually terminated contract | [28] |
| January 26, 2024 | Messiah Bright | FW | Angel City FC | Traded in exchange for $130,000 in allocation money. | [29] |
| April 16, 2024 | Kaylie Collins | GK | Seattle Reign | Waived | [30] [31] |
| Tori Hansen | DF | Brooklyn FC | Waived | [32] |
Orlando Pride began preseason training on January 23, 2024. The squad included four non-roster invitees on trial with the team during preseason. McKinley Crone returned to Orlando having played with the Pride during the previous season before her contract expired while five-year NWSL veteran Simone Charley was a free agent having been with Angel City FC for the last two seasons. Two undrafted rookies were also included: goalkeeper Kenna Caldwell out of Texas A&M University and defender Raegan Cox out of Michigan State University.[33] Emily Moxley also trained with the team in preseason.[34]
| 2024 Orlando Pride trialists | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Previous team | |
| GK | Orlando Pride | ||
| FW | Angel City FC | ||
| Kenna Caldwell | GK | Texas A&M Aggies | |
| Raegan Cox | DF | Michigan State Spartans | |
| Emily Moxley | DF | North Carolina Tar Heels | |
