Jasmyne Spencer and Kristen Edmonds didn’t know each other well in 2014 when they became teammates on the Western New York Flash roster.

They quickly developed a friendship that would carry over to their tenure with the Orlando Pride, shining bright during a tough inaugural season.

A defining moment two years ago helped seal their bond and take them to new heights.

“I can remember clearly,” Spencer said. “We were playing the Washington Spirit and it was 2-2 at the time and [Edmonds] got the ball up the right side. And I made a run into the box, . . . she just put a ball on the platter and I finished it in the air with a header.”

Edmonds assisted Spencer, who scored the game-winning goal during the Flash’s 3-2 victory over the Spirit on May 23, 2015.

Coming off a first-round playoff exit in 2015 with the Flash, Edmonds and Spencer looked ahead to the following season.

The Orlando Pride were joining the National Women’s Soccer League and it looked like the two women who had become best friends were bound to be separated as the Pride targeted Spencer for their first roster.

Weeks after getting selected in the NWSL expansion draft in 2015, Spencer summoned the courage to ask if it was possible to bring Edmonds to Orlando.

“She actually persuaded [me] and told me to look at her,” Pride coach Tom Sermanni said of Spencer. “The two of them are joined on the hip. It showed last season, and the two have a positive effect to the team.

“Every day they come up to training with a smile on their face and ready to go with enthusiasm.”

The Pride were working on a trade to bring Becky Edwards to Orlando and included Edmonds, sending the Flash future draft picks. Those picks eventually went to the North Carolina Courage, the new name for the Flash following an ownership change. Sermanni later called the acquisition of Edmonds a steal.

“Me and Jazzy have been together since . . . our first year with the Flash. We were there for two years, and then when she got picked up in the expansion draft, I was so happy for her,” Edmonds said. “And a couple months later, I got traded here, so we were really excited to be able to continue that friendship and bond on the field. But it’s never going to stop off the field.”

Their impact for the Pride last year showed.

They combined to score 10 goals last season, delivering highlight plays during a rough stretch when key Orlando teammates were called up for the Rio Olympics.

They arrive for training sessions together and leave the field together. During the season, they’re roommates. And during the offseason, “Jasten,” as they’ve named themselves, try to find time to reunite given their close proximity when they return home to the northeast.

“We have a lot of things in common, and we’ve been living together for the last two years and it translates on the field automatically,” Spencer said. “We sit and watch games together, we know each other’s habits, our strengths, what we like to do on the ball. When you bring that on to the field, you just get a relationship that comes natural. You don’t have to think twice about it.”

The 2017 season, however, will bring more challenges. Spencer and Edwards will be called upon to not only elevate their play but serve as team leaders.

“. . . There’s a big challenge for them, which is to live up to what’s going to be higher expectations,” Sermanni said. “They have a different mindset and have set their goals even farther. The challenge last year was to get themselves established. This year it’s about building on that.”

Wherever their journey takes them in the future, they’ll remain close friends, Spencer and Edmonds said.

“I think people have picked up that we’re ‘Jasten’ … it’s pretty noticeable,” Edmonds said. “We’re always together, people make fun of us on the fact we’re always together so much, but I think they’re just jealous.”