Quality in the final third

has been an issue for Orlando City in the club’s sevenmatch losing streak. Interim coach Bobby Murphy wants to train to improve this facet of the team’s play.

Things went off the rails quickly for the Orlando Pride on Wednesday against the Houston Dash.

For most of the night, the Pride looked the better side. They scored the first goal, dominated possession and created a multitude of chances. None of that mattered. The Pride (6-4-4, 22 points) gave up two goals in four minutes late in the match and fell 2-1 to the visiting Dash (4-5-5, 17 points) in front of an announced crowd of 3,215 in Orlando City Stadium.

“I thought the first 30 minutes tonight was the best we’ve played all season,” Pride coach Tom Sermanni said. “Best we’ve played for a long time. We were incredibly dominant in the game. Probably should have come in at half time with a significant lead and finished the game.

“The same in the second half. That’s a lesson tonight that you learn in soccer sometimes is that 1-nil is never safe. We didn’t get that second goal to kind of finish them off to then ease the pressure on us.”

Orlando took an early lead, but the Dash found an equalizer in the 79th minute. It looked like Dash midfielder Kealia Ohai was trying to send a cross to the back post from distance. The ball found the back of the net over