The defending champion Orlando Pride scored a goal in each half for a 2-0 win over the Seattle Reign in the quarterfinals of the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs on Friday night.

Haley McCutcheon slotted the ball into the back of the net from just inside the box to make it 1-0 in the 21st minute after an exchange of passes on the right wing between Marta and Julia Doyle.

It was McCutcheon’s fourth goal of the season, and the second consecutive year she has scored for Orlando in the playoff quarterfinals.

The Reign piled on the pressure in the second half but couldn’t find a way through the Pride's sturdy defense.

Seattle’s biggest chance of the night fell to Maddie Mercado in the 76th minute. But her close-range shot was denied by the outstretched leg of Anna Moorhouse, who fini

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