‘Bring it home for Marta’: Moorhouse reveals what drove Orlando to NWSL title

Goalkeeper describes Brazilian as ‘one in a billion’
‘We had this calmness, this stillness and belief,’ she says

Orlando Pride’s determination to ensure that their “one-in-a-billion” Brazil icon Marta won her first NWSL Championship title helped focus their resolve to get over the line, says the team’s goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse.

The 38-year-old Marta, who was named as Fifa’s women’s footballer of the year six times between 2006 and 2018, had spent seven seasons with Orlando without lifting a trophy before the team became only the second in the NWSL to win the league winner’s shield and the championship title in the same campaign after defeating Washington Spirit 1-0 in Saturday’s final.

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