Barbra Banda Leads Orlando Pride Vs San Diego Wave Into Snapdragon Return
orlando pride vs san diego wave arrives with Orlando carrying a 3-1 loss to Denver Summit FC and Barbra Banda still driving the attack after scoring the lone goal. San Diego Wave FC hosts the Pride at Snapdragon Stadium on Sunday, May 24, with kickoff set for 4:00 p.m. PT.
Snapdragon Stadium On Sunday
The match comes with a sharp edge because the teams have met eight times across all NWSL competitions, and Orlando owns the 5-1-2 edge. Their last meeting at Snapdragon Stadium went Orlando’s way too, a 2-1 victory on Sept. 26, 2025.
Lizbeth Ovalle put Orlando in front in the eighth minute that day, Dudinha answered two minutes later, and Carson Pickett finished the job in the 54th minute. That sequence still shapes the matchup now, because San Diego has to solve the same opponent on the same field after one of its most active attacking starts to a season.
Barbra Banda And Dudinha
Banda’s goal against Denver came after a pass from Haley McCutcheon, and it was her 15th career regular-season away goal. She enters Sunday with a league-best nine goals and a rate of 0.72 goals per 90 minutes in regular-season road matches.
San Diego can point to its own form in the final third. Dudinha scored her team-leading fourth goal of the season in the 2-2 draw with the Houston Dash on May 20, then the Wave found a late equalizer after Houston had taken a 2-1 lead in the 89th minute.
Wave Shot Volume
The bigger number on San Diego’s side is 152 shots through the opening stretch of the campaign. Opponents have managed 79, leaving the Wave with a shot margin of 73 that is more than 20 shots greater than any other club in the NWSL this season.
That creates the main test for Orlando: a team that already knows how to beat San Diego must absorb sustained pressure while Banda carries the finishing load. Fans who follow the matchup live can watch it on Victory+ and see whether the Pride can repeat the result from September while the Wave try to turn shot volume into a cleaner home performance.
