{"id":5053,"date":"2026-07-16T08:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:33:29","slug":"barbara-olivieri-scores-early-defense-holds-on-as-legacy-defeat-pride-for-first-road-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5053","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Olivieri scores early, defense holds on as Legacy defeat Pride for first road win"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Boston Legacy scored early, defended fiercely for much of the second half, and earned the first road win in the club\u2019s history on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5052\">Late heroics lift Argentina to a 2-1 win over England and back to the World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy held off the Orlando Pride, 1-0, to improve to 4-7-4 (16 points) and are unbeaten (2-0-1) in three matches since a month-long break for the start of the World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The win moved Boston to within 4 points of eighth-place Orlando for the eighth and final playoff position.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Barbara Olivieri gave Boston the lead in the 17th minute with her first goal of the season. Ella Stevens took a pass from Alba Ca\u00f1o at the top of the box. Stevens settled the pass and elected to make a touch to her left for a charging Olivieri, who stuck a shot just inside the right post with her left foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>Orlando had a goal pulled off the board in the 41st minute. Jacquie Ovalle appeared to score directly off a corner, only to have referee Cristian Campo whistle Ally Lemos for fouling Legacy goalkeeper Casey Murphy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Boston had its own reasons for feeling aggrieved during stoppage time when Jorelyn Carabal\u00ed was pulled down in the box by Ovalle during a corner kick. Campo reviewed on video, only to deem it not a penalty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5050\">The NBA is satisfied with salary cap system that led to the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pride had the vast majority of possession in the second half, but could not find a way past Murphy, who finished with two saves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Orlando\u2019s Solai Washington had a bid in the 64th minute go wide of the left post after she won the ball away from Emerson Elgin leading to a counterattack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy will face American star Trinity Rodman and Washington on Sunday night at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. The team announced Tuesday the lower bowl of the 10,500-seat stadium had sold out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The World Cup final between Argentina and Spain will be shown prior to the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5049\">Governor Ayotte again vetoes \u2018poorly drafted\u2019 N.H. bill that sought sex-separated bathrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston is 2-0-1 since the seasons resumed from its month-long break and is within four points of eighth-place Orlando for the eighth and final playoff position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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