Orlandopride Stories

The world knows Alex Morgan as unstoppable on the field-but off it, she's facing her biggest challenge yet. After adopting a three-year-old girl from Korea, Alex must learn what it truly means to be a mother. Between fame, pressure, and a child learning to trust again, she quickly realizes...The greatest goal of her life isn't scored in a stadium-it's building a family.

Sixteen-year-old Madeline"Maddie" Grace Morgan has spent her teenage years in for her parents-juggling last-minute excuses, soccer, and the round-the-clock care of little sister Charlie, when baby brother Enzo arrived. Now, on the brink of high-school graduation, everyone expects her to follow the college path. But Maddie is ready for a different kind of starting lineup: a professional soccer career that demands every ounce of skill, grit, and heart she can muster. As scouts settle into stands and family obligations pull her in two directions Maddie must fight for what she's dreamed of as she's carried long before she ever laced up her cleats. A powerful-of-age story about sacrifice, ambition and the fierce bonds that tie us-and sometimes hold us back-on and off the field.

Under an azure sky, Samantha Grace Harris lounges in the sunshine-until a single thunderclap shatters the calm. Heart pounding, Sam flees indoors, her voice cracking as she calls for Ashlyn's arms. Safe at last, but far from whole. Because beneath the roar of this sudden storm lies a darker memory: a terrified three-year-old standing alone on a windswept playground, her parents vanished into the tempest. Now the skies darken once more, dredging up a childhood secret Sam thought she'd buried forever. When the thunder returns, will she finally uncover the truth behind that fateful day-or will the past consume her all over again?

The 2017 NWSL season closed with three of its ten teams on the brink of folding. After purchases and relocations, the league starts 2018 with its entire complement in the fold. Follow the 2018 season, one week and relationship at a time.

Six years ago, Alex Morgan brought home her bright-eyed four-year-old daughter, Melinda-Mindy for short. Now ten, Mindy has learned that when her mother calls her by her full name, Melinda Mae Morgan, something dark is about to unfold. Every syllable is a warning: a secret Alex has guarded fiercely, and a past that refuses to stay buried. As Mindy teeters on the edge of discovery, the bond between mother and daughter is tested by fear, loyalty, and a truth that could change everything.

Florida. The Sunshine State. Known for its beaches, theme parks, and party lifestyle. It is also known for its impeccable soccer atmosphere. Between Orlando Pride FC in the National Women's Soccer League and Orlando City in the Major Soccer League, the streets are always filled with fans parading towards the fields. Casey Radcliffe has been playing soccer since she was four, and has lived and breathed off the sport since she realized that she had a shot to go big. Ever since the Orlando Pride became a soccer club, she made the two hour drive with her family and friends from Tampa to go watch legends Alex Morgan, Marta, and Shelina Zadorsky play the game that she grew up playing. It was now her senior year of high school and she was ready to make the next big jump to play college ball. She had several Division I offers, big names of Florida State and Duke trying to get her to play with them. She had been in and out of training camps with the U-18 and U-20 Youth National Teams, but she had not been recognized by the senior team to play with the big dogs. Where will she go next? Follow the story of Casey Radcliffe in SUNSHINE.

Ten-year-old Naomi has always felt like a misplaced puzzle piece: moved from one foster home to the next, she's learned to keep her heart guarded-until Marta arrives. Compassionate and determined, Marta sees beyond Naomi's cautious smile to the brave, curious girl hiding inside. As Marta's adopted daughter, Naomi discovers a world where bedtime stories are shared over hot cocoa, where scraped knees are soothed with gentle words, and where questions about her past are met with love, not silence. Yet as Naomi begins to imagine a future filled with belonging, echoes of her early days in the Orlando foster system surface, challenging both her newfound stability and Marta's promise to protect her. Together they must navigate loneliness, fear, and the fragile threads of trust to forge a bond that neither abandonment nor uncertainty can unravel.

At five years old, Addie's life hung by a thread when her own parents, aware she couldn't swim, tossed her into the deep end of a pool. Panic rippled through the onlookers-until legendary soccer star Marta Da Silva dove in without hesitation, pulling the terrified child to safety. That moment of bravery became the starting whistle for a new chapter: Addie grew up under the loving care of Marta and her partner, superstar goalkeeper Carrie Lawrence. As she navigates fame's glare, competitive pressure, and the shadow of her past, Addie must find the courage to claim her own identity-on and off the field. A gripping tale of survival, family bonds, and the fierce determination needed to turn trauma into triumph.

Ali Krieger is a soccer player and Ashlyn Harris is a paramedic and what happens when her squad gets a call to the exploria stadium about a soccer player fainting. Little does Ali Krieger know that she's pregnant. Will Ashlyn Harris fall for Ali Krieger and date her even though she's pregnant? Will Ali Krieger date Ashlyn Harris even though Ashlyn Harris is intersex?

A story where number 13 falls for 5 but she hides a secret

Y/N is in college at North Carolina, The #1 ranked keeper in college, oft en compared to Ashlyn Harris. What will happen when someone you look up to comes to a game? Where will that lead your life.... who will that lead you to?

Nine-year-old Jayla Jane Harris arrives on Ashlyn Harris's doorstep under sudden, heart-wrenching circumstances-an emergency adoption born of friend in crisis. Old enough to understand the loss, Jayla carries the weight of separation anxiety and the restless fear of every new face. In Ashlyn's warm, bustling home, Jayla must learn to trust again, finding her voice amid whispered doubts and unfamiliar routines. As two lives intertwine-one seeking refuge, the other driven by compassion-they embark on a delicate journey of healing. With step every tentative forward, Jayla discovers that courage can blossom in unexpected places and home, that is where hope begins.

At dawn on an empty highway, veteran defender Ali Kreiger slams on her brakes to avoid a terrified ten-year-old sprinting into her path. In that heartbeat, two lives collide-and nothing will ever be the same. The child's haunted eyes and whispered name, Regina Grace Knolles, pull Ali into a mystery of loss and fear she can't ignore. her wife, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris, by her side, Ali unravels the desperate journey that brought Regina here-and finds the courage to rewrite her future. From a roadside rescue to a new family name, Regina Grace Kreiger-Harris begins a story of resilience, love, and the fierce beauty of chosen family. In the face of hidden scars and fresh starts, three women discover that sometimes the most extraordinary bonds are forged in a single, life-changing moment.

Mel has been a soccer fanatic for as long as she can remember. She loves to play and couldn't imagine a better job than being a professional soccer player. When she got the opportunity to play for Arsenal she did not hesitate. Also because she could finally leave Orlando. But can she forget what happened? Can it work that she keeps all this secret from her new team? And what will happen if she suddenly meets old team members again?

When a routine afternoon with her closest friend turns into a life-altering moment, Carrie finds herself on the other end of a call from Conselhoelar Tut, pleading for someone to care for her six-month-old niece, Amanda. Without., hesitation carrie says yes-and enlists Marta for her to join on a journey neither of them anticipated. Thrown into sleepless nights and first-time parent panic, the two women navigate every swirl of baby spit-up every, midnight whisper, forging a tender bond that neither expected. As they unravel circumstances that the Amanda brought into their care, they discover long-buried family secrets, test the limits of their own strengths, and learn that love can be found in the most surprising places. Filled with moments of, laughter, doubt and pure wonder, this is a story resilience of and hope-where becoming a family means stepping into the unknown and finding yourself in the unelilikest of companions.

Nine-month-old Alyssa Grace Harris-Krieger arrived in her mothers' arms as a newborn, but it wasn't until she found comfort nursing at Ashlyn's side that her true journey began. In those quiet, tender moments, Alyssa wove a delicate bond with both Ashlyn and Ali-one built on trust, patience, and the unwavering promise of love. As she grows, her laughter and curiosity illuminate the remarkable partnership of two women who stepped into parenthood with open hearts and fierce devotion. Together, they navigate the uncharted waters of first smiles, midnight feedings, and tiny triumphs, discovering that family is defined not by biology alone but by the strength of connection and the courage to love beyond all expectations.

Y/N Y/L/N was just a simple girl from Westlake, Ohio. She grew up in the same neighbor hood as the famous Paul Brothers, but had absolutely nothing else to do with them besides babysitting and tutoring the boys, she hated it, but loved soccer, it was her escape from everything, she had a great life, but struggled with depression, soccer took that away from her, but in her senior year, a goal keeper from Cincinnati breaks her ankle, and in college, the same keeper, who now goes to Wake Forest University, breaks her ankle.

Emily Sonnett's world was recently flipped upside down, putting her in a state of misery and frustration. She feels as though she has lost control over everything that goes on in her life. What happens, however, when someone new comes along and is capable of changing her entire perspective? Will Emily's new friend change her life for the better? Or will her stubborn nature take over?