NWSL Fall Series brings Dash, Courage
The Orlando Pride will host the North Carolina Courage and Houston Dash during the NWSL Fall Series, with the league releasing more details about the matches Thursday.
The Pride will kick off the series at North Carolina and will later play at Houston to round out the fourmatch series.
Fans will not be admitted to either of the Pride’s home matches, which differs from an Orlando City policy allowing a limited number of fans to attend the Lions’ three home matches during the coronavirus pandemic.
For all four NWSL matches, the Pride will field a team consisting of a mix of returning talent, rookies and new players after the club sent 12 players on loan abroad for the year to play a more competitive schedule.
Both of the Pride’s matches against the
Courage will be broadcast on CBS, while the Houston matches will be available on Twitch and CBS Sports Network.
The Pride will play four matches in a five-week span
starting on Saturday, Sept. 19, when the team travels to North Carolina to take on the two -time reigning champion Courage team. The match will kick off at 1 p.m. and be broadcast on
CBS.
The team will then travel to Houston to face the Dash, who most recently won the 2020 Challenge Cup, on Sept. 26. The match will be streamed on Twitch.
The Pride will return home for their final two matches of the series. Their home match against the Dash will be played on Friday, Oct. 9, at the club’s Osceola County Stadium, which typically hosts matches for Orlando City B.
The final match against the Courage will be played Oct. 17 at Exploria Stadium. It will be the Pride’s first match in their home stadium since the 2019 season.