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Orlando Pride journey to title defense unveiled….Barbra Banda, Grace Chanda and Co to swing into action in March 

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Copper Queens duo of skipper Barbra Banda and striker Grace Chanda will kick off their National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Championship defense with Orlando Pride in March. 
This follows the release of the NWSL Championship 2025 regular season schedule. 
Pride will start the season by hosting the Washington Spirit in the Challenge Cup Final on Friday, March 7, at Inter&Co Stadium.
 BELOW IS A FULL STATEMENT FROM ORLANDO PRIDE ON THE NEW SEASON 
ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan 22, 2025) — The Orlando Pride has announced its 2025 regular season schedule, presented by Orlando Health. The Pride will look to defend the NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship through the 2025 season, hosting 13 of their 26 matches from the friendly confines of Inter&Co Stadium as well as the Challenge Cup Final.
Season Ticket Memberships for the 2025 season are currently on sale, with STMs receiving a number of benefits, including a 2025 Orlando Pride replica jersey, tickets to the 2025 Challenge Cup Final, a 20% discount on food and beverage at Inter&Co Stadium and a 15% discount on merchandise. More information on seating options and benefits is available here. The Pride have also announced the Orlando Pride Two-Match Pack which includes a ticket to the Challenge Cup Final and the Pride’s home opening match for just $25. For more information for that is available here. Fans can sign up for single match pre-sale access by registering at the link here.
The Pride will open the 2025 season hosting the Washington Spirit in the Challenge Cup Final on Friday, March 7, at Inter&Co Stadium. The regular season campaign will kick off the following week on Friday, March 14, as the Pride welcome the Chicago Stars to Inter&Co Stadium in what will serve as a rematch from the first round of the 2024 NWSL Playoffs. The regular season opener, presented by Orlando Health, will kick off at 8 p.m. ET. Prior to the start of that match, the Pride will hold a banner-raising ceremony for the 2024 NWSL Championship.
Orlando will play every NWSL team once at home and once on the road, while also having back-to-back home matches on four separate occasions across the season. The Pride’s first road game of the 2025 season will be a trip to Sports Illustrated Stadium to take on NJ/NY Gotham FC on Sunday, March 23.
The Pride will match up against the Kansas City Current on May 16 at Inter&Co Stadium, before returning to CPKC Stadium for the return leg against the Current on Aug. 16. The two sides met three times last season with the finale being in the semifinals of the 2024 NWSL Playoffs. The Pride came out on top in that match and then would go on and win the 2024 NWSL Championship, which was hosted at CPKC Stadium.
The complete 2025 schedule can be found below.
New this season, NWSL Rivalry Weekend, set for August 8-10, will see the league’s most exciting matchups in action, including the league’s oldest series in the storied Cascadia Rivalry between Portland Thorns FC and Seattle Reign FC. Other contests throughout the weekend include the SoCal Rivalry between Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC, an East Coast battle between two of the league’s veteran clubs in Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit and the Pride facing off against Racing Louisville.
The regular season concludes with the return of NWSL Decision Day, featuring all 14 clubs in action on Sunday, November 2 as teams battle for a spot in the 2025 NWSL Playoffs presented by Google Pixel. ESPN will televise two Decision Day matches while the remaining five contests will be available on NWSL+.
The opening round of the postseason begins the weekend of November 7-9. ESPN/ABC will air two quarterfinal matches, while CBS/Paramount+ and Prime Video will each distribute one of the remaining two quarterfinal contests.
The semifinals, set for the weekend of November 14-16, will air across CBS/Paramount+ and ESPN/ABC, with each partner carrying one contest.
For the fourth-straight year, the 2025 NWSL Championship presented by Google Pixel, will air in primetime on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+.
2025 Orlando Pride Schedule, Presented by Orlando Health




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A match of moments- Mutapa describes Kitwe derby draw 

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The Kitwe derby came alive and lived up to its billing with high intensity, endless action and two beautiful goals as the match ended in a 1-1 draw at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
Ever since Oswald Mutapa took charge of Power Dynamos, he has yet to taste a derby victory and that streak continues after the draw. 
Nkana struck first in the second half, taking the lead in the 67th minute thanks to a Lazarus Kambole goal. 
They controlled most of the early phases of the game, showing a strong response after going 10 matches without a win.
Power Dynamos however kept pushing, grew stronger as the match went on, and found the equaliser in the 77th minute through Chifundo Mpansi’s sitter  bringing  life into the derby.
Nkana’s winless run now extends to 11 games, while Power Dynamos take a point to continue their unbeaten run. 
Mutapa said it was a match played in moments with his team created more chances than Nkana. 
 “It’s a game that we played in moments. Yes, in terms of creation of chances maybe we created five, with them one or two half chances. But you know a Derby,emotions ,you could see from the players the way they reacted. This is just the game. But two points dropped. We could have done better with the chances we had. But this is football, we move on,” he said. 
 “In terms of performance, like I’ve said, we performed in moments. Of course in the second half energy levels went down. Nkana had a full week of preparation and we only had one day so it was always going to be difficult. But we were much better when we brought in others that were fresh and I feel we could have killed the game at that point,” he added. 
Before the game, Coach Mutapa said he wanted the team to play like champions.
And he believes they showed character
“Yes, when we went down, we came through and that’s what you need in a team. You go down, show character, and still come back. We could have won it today,” Mutapa told the ZamFoot Crew. 
Despite still not having a derby win under his belt so far during his time in charge of Aba Yellow the coach says he is not disappointed
“I am not disappointed actually. We got a point. We went one goal down and got the result which has pushed us somewhere. For me it’s about the results not personal glory, it’s the result that the team needs,” he said. 
“Yeah, I think Nkana played very well. They played very well and hopefully they can continue playing like that. Nkana is a big team, and we want it in the Super League. But they need to ground results, not just in a Derby because others are waiting as well. It’s a difficult league, they just need to build on what they have gotten from this one.”




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Players Abroad: Mutandwa, Kings Kangwa, Sakala, Fashion on target 

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Zambian players were on song on Friday and Saturday with great performances, goals and assists.
Kingston Mutandwa continued his goal scoring form while Patson Daka put in a full shift and set up a goal for Leicester City. 
Fashion Sakala was on target as well as Kings Kangwa who converted from 12 yards. 
Benson Sakala finally opened his goal account for his club with Miguel Chaiwa coming off the bench to score just after two minutes. 
Austria 🇦🇹
🎯👑 KING ON TARGET AGAIN 
Kingston Mutandwa scored the winner for SV Ried who edged BW Linz 2-1. Mutandwa also assisted the opener. 
Mutandwa has scored seven league goals so far in the Austrian Bundesliga this season and made 9 goal contributions (7 goals and 2 assists ).
In the Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Benson Sakala opened his Bohemians Praha 1905 goal account, scoring the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win over Zlin.
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Chipolopolo striker Patson Daka assisted the equalizer scored by  De Cordova-Reid as Leicester City came from a goal down to beat Norwich City 2-1 away at Carrow Road. 
Daka put in a full shift for the Foxes who ended a five match winless run.
Israel 🇮🇱
Klings Kangwa scored from the penalty spot for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in a 2-2 draw with Ashdod in an Israeli Premier League Week 10 encounter.
Midfielder Emmanuel Banda put in a full shift for Maccabi Bnei Raina in their 2-1 loss to Maccabi Netanya. 
Elsewhere, Golden Mashata and Hapoel Ranaana were held to a 1-1 draw by Bnei Yehuda. 
Kennedy Musonda’s Hapoel Ramat Gan played to a goalless draw with Hapoel Kfar Saba. 
In Italy, Lameck Banda put in a 77 minute shift for US Lecce in their goalless draw against Verona. 
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
78′ Miguel Chaiwa introduced 
80′ Miguel Chaiwa scores the third goal for Hibernian FC who beat St Mirren 3-0 in a Scottish Premiership encounter. 
🎯He only needed two minutes to get his goal, talk of immediate impact.
In Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Fashion Sakala scored the second goal as Al Fahya beat Al Okhdood 2-0 in a Roshni Saudi Pro League encounter. 
The win takes Al Fahya up to 9th place with 11 points after 8 games. Sakala has made 3 goal contributions so far this season (2 goals and an assist).
In Tanzania 🇹🇿, Chipolopolo midfielder Clatous Chota Chama scored Singinda Big Stars’ goal in their 1-1 draw with Pamba in a Tanzania NBC Premiership encounter. 
Chama has scored in 3 of his last four matches.
Joshua Mutale started for Simba SC who cruised to a 2-1 win over JKT Tanzania. 




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Sichone names provisional squad for Bafana, Burundi friendly

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Chipolopolo coach Moses Sichone has summoned a 41-member provisional squad for the back-to-back FIFA window friendly matches against South Africa and Burundi.
Sichone handed debut calls to a number of local league standout players among them Zanaco’s Eliya Mandanji, FC Muza’s Solomon Mpasela, Kabwe Warriors’ Yoram Chanda and Mutondo Stars defender Aaron Musonda.
The squad is a mix of seasoned campaigners and debutants and will be trimmed further after a three-day window prior to departure for South Africa.
Zambia will play South Africa on Saturday in Port Elizabeth at the Nelson Mandela Stadium before trekking to Bujumbura for the November 18 clash with Burundi.
The friendly matches are part of the Chipolopolo’s preparation for the Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Zambia is in Group A alongside Morocco, Mali and Comoros.
FULL PROVISIONAL SQUAD
(GOALKEEPERS)
Mangani Banda (Kabwe Warriors), Francis Mwansa (Zanaco), Charles Kalumba (Red Arrows), Willard Mwanza (Power Dynamos)
(DEFENDERS)
Owen Mwamba (Mufulira Wanderers), Stoppilla Sunzu (Yatai FC-China), Yoram Chanda, Killian Kanguluma (both Kabwe Warriors), Aaron Musonda (Mutondo Stars), Kabaso Chongo, Gift Mphande (both Zesco United), Benson Sakala (Bohemians 1905-Czech Republic), Mathews Banda (Nkana), Obinno Chisala (El Merreikh-Sudan), Lubambo Musonda (Magdeburg-Germany), David Hamansenya (Leganes-Spain)
(MIDFIELDERS)
Owen Tembo, Frederick Mulambia (Power Dynamos), Given Kalusa, Solomon Mpasela, Kelvin Mwanza (all FC Muza), Miguel Chaiwa (Hibernian-Scotland), Humphrey Bweembya (Kabwe Warriors), Kings Kangwa (Hapoel Be’er Sheva-Israel), Gift Siame (Leganes-Spain), Wilson Chisala (Zanaco FC), Kelvin Kampamba, David Simukonda (both Zesco), Joseph Liteta (Cagliari-Italy)
(FORWARDS)
Lameck Banda (Lecce-Italy), Joseph Sabobo Banda (Hapoel Be’er Sheva-Israel), Rickson Ng’ambi (Muza FC), Fashion Sakala (Al Fayha-Saudi Arabia), Pascal Phiri (Zesco United), Albert Kangwanda (Red Arrows), Patson Daka (Leicester-England), Kennedy Musonda (Hapoel Ramat-Israel), Kingston Mutandwa (SV Reid-Austria), Elia Mandanji (Zanaco), Andrew Phiri (Singinda Black Stars-Tanzania)




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