ORLANDO PRIDE DEFEATS HOUSTON DASH 2-1
Written by Michael Thervil
[ORLANDO DEFEATS HOUSTON DASH] With the Houston Dash playing an early match today many fans showed up early to see how the Houston Dash is going to finish off the rest of the season against the Orlando Pride. The top of the first half according to announcers appeared to display somewhat “clumsy” but workable plays. While the Houston Dash was playing a good game on the pitch, it would be at the 16’ minute that Orlando Pride Midfielder Luana (#8) would score the first goal of the match against Houston Dash Goalkeeper Jane Campbell. It appeared that the Houston Dash saw this goal as nothing more than a minor setback as they maintained their composure and strength on the pitch.
At the 30’ minute Orlando Pride Rookie Midfielder Solai Washington drove hard into the box and secured a goal as this would be her first goal as a professional player. With the Orlando Pride scoring the second goal of the match, the Houston Dash still appeared to be focused on the pitch. The only question that a Dash fan had was “can the Houston Dash catch up?” The answer to that question is “possibly” and this was due to Dash Midfielder Danielle Colaprio (#24) scoring a goal in the top of the second half at the 55’ minute mark cutting the Houston Dash 's deficit by half.
By the end of today's match between the Houston Dash and the Orlando Pride, the Dash closing the goal deficit by 50% simply wasn't enough to stop the Orlando Pride from winning today's match as the final score was Houston Dash one, Orlando Pride two. The key stats of today's match stand with the Houston Dash and the Orlando Pride taking 12 shots with the difference being that three of the Dash’s shots falling on goal compared to Orlando Pride having six of their 12 shots taken landing on goal. The Dash blocked two shots as Orlando blocked three shots. Orlando Pride possessed the ball 55% of the time, with 473 successful passes, with a pass accuracy rate of 80%. The Houston Dash possessed the ball 46% of time, executed 377 total passes, with an 81% pass accuracy rate.
The Houston Dash had five corners and 10 clearances; the Orlando Pride had six corners and had a whopping 30 clearances. When it came to being offsides both the Houston Dash and the Orlando Pride were called for being offsides twice. The Houston Dash committed 11 fouls in doing so, one of those fouls resulted in them being issued a yellow card. The Orlando Pride committed a total of five fouls, and no yellow cards were issued to them. Neither team received a red card. The next Houston Dash match will feature them going head-to-head against the Chicago stars. With the second to the last match for the Houston Dash getting ready to occur for the season, fans still appear to not only support the Houston Dash but are still rallying for them to continue to do their best on the pitch – and that is to play and play well.
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