What to watch for, powered by Verizon, as the Orlando Pride host the Washington Spirit
Orlando Pride (4-0-0, 12 points) vs Washington Spirit (3-1-0, 9 points) When: Saturday, April 19, 5:00 p.m. ET Where: Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Fla. TV: ION
How Acquired: via transfer from Shanghai Shengli FC on Mar. 7, 2024
Club Highlights
2024 NWSL Championship MVP
Scored the game winning goal for the Pride in the 2024 NWSL Championship.
Named a finalist for 2024 NWSL MVP.
Named to the 2024 Best XI First Team.
Named 2024 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year.
Became the first African to ever be named to the FIFPRO Women’s World 11 in 2024.
Named a finalist for the Ballon d’Or.
Finished second in the Golden Boot race scoring 13 goals in 2024. Added six assists and recorded four braces, tying the single-season league record during the regular season.
Scored 41 goals across 52 career games in Shanghai.
International Highlights
Represented Zambia in the 2024 Paris Olympics and scored four goals, which was tied for the second-most scored in the tournament, including a hat trick against Australia.
Became the first player in women’s football to score three hat tricks at the Olympic Games
In 2021, became the first player in Olympic history to score back-to-back hat tricks and the first to total two hat tricks over one tournament – scoring three against both the Netherlands and China.
Led Zambia to the COSAFA Women’s Championship, and won the Golden Ball with 10 goals over five matches
Helped then No. 79 ranked Zambia knock off No. 2 ranked Germany, scoring a brace, including the stoppage-time game-winner
Debuted with Zambia in 2016 and has since represented the side at both the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Scored the game-winning goal in Zambia’s for the nation’s first-ever World Cup win and served as the 1000th goal in Women’s world cup history.