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Orlando Pride fall to Gotham FC 3-1 in Challenge Cup match

Pride next play the North Carolina Courage on July 29

FILE PHOTO - Orlando Pride defender Megan Montefusco (5) controls a ball during an NWSL Challenge Cup soccer match against the Washington Spirit, Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Pride fell 3-1 against NJ/NY Gotham FC during their game in the The NWSL Challenge Cup at Exploria Stadium on Sunday evening.

Megan Montefusco scored her first goal with the Pride across all competitions to briefly put Orlando in the lead.

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Gotham’s Jenna Nighswonger leveled the game in the 36th minute and two more second half goals from the visitors sealed the victory for Gotham FC.

“We did not look like ourselves tonight. You can put multiple things on it, but we set a high bar from the last couple of games and the standards have been extremely high and you have seen the performance,” Pride coach Seb Hines said after the game. “Performance wasn’t good enough. We had a good start, but then it is seeing out through the whole game.”

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The Pride will continue their run in the UKG Challenge Cup when they take on the North Carolina Courage on the road on Saturday, July 29.


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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.

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