NCC Take On: Orlando Pride

[Music] G fires touched away Casey Murphy says no but Saved By Murphy Wier crosses it in on the ground and it's saved the Box bolser header saved Casey Murphy a brick wall between the Pikes we had our game plan coming in and uh it was a grind for sure back line came up big as always blocking shots blocking crosses for me uh so another shut out which is always nice Sanchez plays it across and it's flicked in three goals in three matches for Tyler Lucy and North Carolina take a one nil lead on their home field Tyler is um an unstung hero a lot of times um you know I think she makes her own look with her relentlessness her tireless work ethic so you know I'm so so happy for her um and and this is just the beginning for Tyler it's a really gritty win obviously we just finished out Casey made some unbelievable saves clean sheet our defense was you know locking it down so yeah it's gritty win and now we're ready to get on the road you know today was one of those games we had to grind out the result um and and and that happens sometimes um you know now it's about um recovering and getting ready for the next couple games away obviously we got a midweek game and then a weekend game [Music] because we were in such a big expansive shape on our in possession our out of possession made it a little more challenging and they were able to transition us so we had a little bit more gaps in the back uh Casey had some brilliant saves but I feel like at the end of the game when things are going crazy everyone did their job everyone stepped up blocked shots did what they needed to do to get the clean sheet it was a really difficult game um you know rain came in and did did a really good job of trying to stop us finding any rhythm and and um they made it difficult for us and and sometimes those games you just have to grind out a result and we did that we found a way and you know that's the most important thing and we're trying to change that form on the road um I think this week the main priority really was to get people recovered as quickly as possible so that we're ready to go and you know we've got a really good squad there's players that can come in and and do a good job so um I think they're going to be crucial this week in terms of how we do it's always tough when you're playing more than two matches in a 7-Day span this time we've got three and eight very challenging the match day is by far our biggest loads of the week so now we're uh smashing them in into one week huge load takes us probably to one of our bigger loads of the entire season when we got something like this happen uh we do train for it we train at a very high standard uh very intense pretty high volume the players are ready for I feel like this is the kind of week that we prepare for and historically we have actually shined during weeks like this especially when other teams are in similar periods of match congestion so we're ready for it it is going to be a challenge but we're up for it I expect a better performance than we put out in the last game um honestly we can only go up in terms of in possession but you know when when it comes down to the end of the day everyone just needs to put in the effort obviously like we're not always going to have the best performance we can't just always always climb up it's an EV flow of a roller coaster and hopefully it's like a more Rolling Hills than a roller coaster ride but you know just doing our best to bring the energy and do what we need to do to get out of win NC on 4 1 2 3 4 NC [Music]