{"id":18622,"date":"2024-11-24T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18622"},"modified":"2024-11-24T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T10:09:06","slug":"marta-and-orlando-pride-win-first-nwsl-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18622","title":{"rendered":"Marta and Orlando Pride win first NWSL title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brazil legend Marta celebrated the first NWSL championship of her glittering career after the Orlando Pride beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Zambia striker Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute to give Orlando their first NWSL title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Pride began this season with a 23-match unbeaten run and set the league record for points with 60 from 26 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Banda, 24, ended her first season in Orlando with 13 goals in the regular season and four in the play-offs, while Marta, 38, scored nine, then two in the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saturday&#8217;s victory in Kansas City marks a triumphant end to Marta&#8217;s eighth season in Orlando and the 24th year of her professional career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t expect ever [to be] in this moment here, but I believe so much that God knows what time is the right time for things to happen,&#8221; the six-time Fifa Best award winner told CBS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This means so much. Playing with these players, it&#8217;s something really special that I never had at any other club, so I&#8217;m so happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c0mz77g29n1o\">www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil legend Marta celebrated the first NWSL championship of her glittering career after the Orlando Pride beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Saturday. Zambia striker Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute to give Orlando their first NWSL title. The Pride began this season with a 23-match unbeaten run and set the league record for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}