Forward Barbra Banda scored three goals on the winning night, recording a brace and helping out on a Julie Doyle finish. Banda put the game away with two late goals, which makes her the team leader to start the season.

The reigning champion Orlando Pride opened the National Women’s Soccer League season Friday night with a 6-0 home rout of the Chicago Stars.

The Pride took down the Stars 6-0 in Orlando to begin Chicago’s 2025 NWSL season with a thunderous road loss while the team was without lead strikers Ludmila and Mallory Swanson

Orlando Pride player Kylie Nadaner (3) heads the ball away from the net ahead of Orlando goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse (middle) and Orlando player Ally Lemos (30) during the Chicago S

The defending champs got the season off to a strong start with a six-goal win — tying the largest margin of victory in NWSL history.