With a 2-0 win over the Washington Spirit, the Orlando Satisfaction clinched the NWSL Defend on an electrical Sunday evening in entrance of their dwelling crowd at Inter&Co Stadium. The victory stored Orlando’s unbeaten season intact, and prolonged their league finest document of unpolluted sheets, with three video games nonetheless to play within the common season.

The breakthrough for Orlando on Sunday got here within the 56th minute when Brazilian legend Marta calmly transformed a penalty kick after Washington’s Tara McKeown took down Satisfaction ahead Barbara Banda within the field. Whereas Orlando earned the essential 1-0 lead, McKeown walked away with a yellow card for the play.

However the Spirit defender’s misfortune didn’t finish there. Within the 72nd minute, Satisfaction ahead Adriana took a shot from exterior the penalty space, which was deflected by McKeown and sailed previous keeper Aubrey Kingsbury into the web. The purpose gave Orlando a two-goal cushion, successfully stifling Washington’s hopes for a outcome on the street.

Regardless of the loss, the Spirit nonetheless sit in second place within the NWSL standings, even on factors with Gotham however with a slight edge on purpose differential.

With the NWSL Defend now of their arms, Orlando will quickly enter the playoffs as the highest seed in very good kind, seeking to carry their momentum ahead into what might be the franchise’s first-ever NWSL Championship.

No workforce in NWSL historical past has ever gone a whole season unbeaten, so with three common season video games remaining, the Satisfaction simply might need extra document breaking to come back.