Seattle Reign open with weather-delayed win in Orlando

Brittany Ratcliffe scored a late goal to give the Seattle Reign a 2-1, rain-delayed victory on the road against the Orlando Pride on Sunday.

BY PHUOC NGUYEN

Mar 15, 2026, 7:05 PM Updated: 7:29 pm

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Brittany Ratcliffe scored a late goal to give the Seattle Reign a 2-1, rain-delayed victory on the road against the Orlando Pride to begin the National Women’s Soccer League season Sunday.

Seattle Reign 2, Orlando Pride 1: Match summary

The Reign opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Nérilia Mondésir slipped in a pass to Jess Fishlock who put on a few nifty moves to put the visitors ahead 1-0.

In the 42nd minute, off a corner kick delivery from Jacquie Ovalle, defender Rafaelle appeared to have tied it up, but it was called back due to a foul.

After a lengthy weather delay of some three hours, Haley McCutcheon would find Barbra Banda in the 51st minute for the equalizer. Orlando received a major boost when Banda was removed from the season-ending injury list early this week.

Five minutes after subbing on, Ratcliffe headed home the winner in the 83rd minute, with Mondésir providing her second assist of the game.

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