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Orlando\u2019s Barbra Banda scored a pair of goals and added an assist to send Bay FC to a 3-1 defeat in Florida on Friday in its final contest before the June international break.<\/p>\n

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Bay FC answered an early goal from the hosts when midfielder Caroline Conti scored her first goal of the season in the 7th minute for a 1-1 tie that lasted the rest of the half.<\/p>\n

However, two goals by Orlando in the first 10 minutes of the second half \u2013 Banda and Cori Dyke scored five minutes apart \u2014 proved to be the deciders, although Bay FC put the Pride on its heels as time ticked down.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously disappointed and frustrated with the outcome,\u201d said Bay FC coach Emma Coates. \u201c[I] thought was a game of two halves. This group, we\u2019ve faced a lot of adversity over the last week, it\u2019s been an intense week for us. I still stand by we\u2019re making progress and headed in the right direction, and I\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll start getting points on the board in the, in the next block of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a weather delay pushed back the opening whistle for over an hour,\u00a0a fast start saw both teams generate chances early in the match.<\/p>\n

Orlando opened the scoring in just the fourth minute of play, as Banda ran onto a bouncing ball played forward and slotted it in with her first touch. Conti then netted her goal after a failed clearance by Orlando fell to her in space.<\/p>\n

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Conti\u2019s goal was the first of her career in the run of play and first in regular season play in 2026. All three of her scores in 2025 came from the penalty spot, as did her penalty score in the club\u2019s April friendly vs. Northern Super League side Ottawa Rapid FC.<\/p>\n

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Bay FC thought they had found the net for the lead at the 15-minute mark after the club built up the center of the pitch once again. Forward Racheal Kundananji ran onto a through ball on the right flank and served to defender Sydney Collins on the back post, who put it through on a header before the offside flag came up to nullify the score and keep the match even.<\/p>\n

A fast start in the second half resulted in two scores for the Pride coming out of the break. Banda got out on the run from a ball played forward by substitute midfielder Summer Yates, scoring her second of the match in the 51st minute after winning the footrace towards goal.<\/p>\n

Bay (3-6-2) has lost three straight matches. Goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz and defender Aldana Cometti served one-game suspensions after receiving red cards Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the Chicago Stars.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0the NWSL schedule\u00a0set to pause\u00a0to\u00a0accommodate\u00a0international play in June, Bay FC returns to the pitch next on July 5.\u00a0The club will visit Boston Legacy FC in Providence, Rhode Island for the first of two straight road matches,\u00a0before returning home to take on the North Carolina Courage July 18.<\/p>\n

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