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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