Michael Parsons

FLORIDA TODAY

It didn't take long for Steph Catley to make her presence known with the Orlando Pride as she scored her first goal against South Florida Wednesday morning.

Catley's goal was the third of the day for the Pride, who scored the 3-0 win. Jasmyne Spencer and Monica Hickmann Alves also scored in the contest.

Fellow Australian Laura Alleway also made her first appearance in purple on Wednesday, entering the match after the halftime break.

The Pride will look to close the preseason with a fourth and final win on Saturday when it faces Florida State University in a closed-door match.



Tickets to the Pride’s April 23 home opener against Carli Lloyd and the Houston Dash are on sale now and can be purchased at orlando-pride.com/singlegametickets

Orlando City B preps

for Charleston Friday

The Orlando City B team will be back at Titan Soccer Complex at Eastern Florida State College Friday night when they host the Charleston Battery at 7:30 p.m.

Charleston is coming off a win in the opener as Romario Williams scored in the 94th minute for the 1-0 victory over Cincinnati FC. OCB opened with a tough loss to Wilmington and head coach Anthony Pulis expects to have most of the same team at his disposal Friday night.

"They are a good USL club, I think arguably one of the better teams in the history of the USL," Pulis said before practice Wednesday. "They have good players, a style and way of playing and players that suit that style."

Tickets for Friday night's game cost between $15 and $30 and are available online at orlandocitysc.com/ocb

Kantor to join

Pride squad

Former Eastern Florida and Florida Tech goalkeeper Julia Kantor is scheduled to join the Orlando Pride as a trialist on Friday.

Kantor is one of eight players on the Pride roster as trialists and will make her debut Friday because she is also a member of the Florida Tech women's lacrosse team, who is 8-4 on the season.

Former Nova Southeastern player Sierra Lelii is also in camp and has come off the bench in all three of the preseason games.

Area players vying

for playing time

Viera High graduate Katie Stengel has started each of the first two preseason games for the Washington Spirit and scored a goal in the opener against the University of Virginia.

Kristin Grubka (Melbourne High) has come off the bench for Sky Blue FC in each of the first two preseason games as she has been playing behind U.S. Women's National team member Christie Rampone and midfielder Michaela Hahn (Titusville High) came off the bench for Western NY Flash in the team's win over West Virginia.