Aubrey Kingsbury made a crucial save in a shootout and the Washington Spirit beat the Orlando Pride 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to win the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup

The Washington Spirit won the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup, with Leicy Santos' incredible goal key to a breakthrough against the Orlando Pride.

The depleted Washington Spirit won the NWSL Challenge Cup with a 4-2 shootout win at 2024 champion Orlando Pride after their match ended 1-1 after regulation.

In a rematch of the NWSL title game, the Spirit beats the Pride for the Challenge Cup on penalty kicks, 4-2, after the score was tied at 1 after regulation.

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Washington Spirit superstar Trinity Rodman has only one priority for this season, which begins Friday with a championship rematch against the Orlando Pride for the league’s Challenge Cup.

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NWSL season officially gets underway on Friday with the Challenge Cup, this year featuring 2024's best teams – the Orlando Pride and the Washington Spirit. The Pride return to play after a record-breaking 2024 season in which the team won their first-ever trophies,

The Pride struck in the first half before the Spirit found an equalizer in the second. Per Challenge Cup rules, the game went directly to penalty kicks after 90 minutes finished in a 1-1 tie. Orlando midfielder Summer Yates missed her kick wide left in the third round of spot kicks.

The NWSL champion Orlando Pride face a Washington Spirit side that wants revenge as the Challenge Cup marks the start of the 2025 season.