Michael Parsons

FLORIDA TODAY

Brevard County soccer fans are going to want to clear their calendar on March 19.

That is the day that Alex Morgan, Ashlyn Harris, Toni Pressley and the rest of the Orlando Pride will play the Eastern Florida State College women’s soccer team at Titan Soccer Complex.

But that is not all. The Eastern Florida men’s soccer team will host the Orlando City B squad making for a fun-filled day of soccer.

“It will be the first preseason game for the Orlando Pride. We are really excited about the relationship we have with Orlando City, OCB and the Orlando Pride,” Eastern Florida women’s soccer coach Jeff Carr said. “They just put in the temporary seats so it now holds 3,500 fans and the branding of purple is on its way. By the 19th, it should be all purple.”

The men’s game will be first, kicking off at 1 p.m. It will be the first time local fans will be able to see the Orlando City B squad as they play their final preseason game before the team opens the season on March 26.

Eastern Florida has faced the Orlando City squad and now gets a chance to see what the OCB squad brings to the field.

“We really enjoyed the experience of playing the first team a few weeks ago and playing OCB will be another great opportunity for our lads, the coaching staff and fans around the area,” Eastern Florida men’s soccer coach Oliver Twelvetrees said. “I am hoping to keep the game tight and take some chances and create some opportunities.”

Then the Pride will take on the Titans women’s team at 3 p.m. It will be the first preseason game for the Pride and will be a “home” game for Harris and Pressley.

“We are not expecting to win the game but we are expecting to be respectable in the game,” Carr said. “It is exciting. It is exciting for Brevard County soccer fans to get to see players like Ashlyn Harris, Toni Pressley and Alex Morgan.”

With only 3,500 tickets available for the free event, fans that want to go will have to go online to reserve tickets at oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/ocsoccer/EN/buy/details/16MOCBOP