Temwa Chawinga from Current the fastest up to 25 NWSL goals after you have achieved the winner against Pride

The current striker Temwa Chawinga in Kansas City became the fastest player in NWSL history, who scored 25 career season goals on Friday when she scored a 1-0 win over the pride of Orlando. Chawinga reached the feat in 34 games.

“I'm happy for you, but I also don't think Temwa will stop here,” said Kansas City head coach Vlatko Andonovski. “She has a lot more to offer.”

But Chawinga left the game in the 89th minute due to an injury.

Andonovski confirmed that Chawinga's edition on Friday is related to an unspecified leg injury with which the NWSL MVP and the Golden Boot winner was dealt with this season in 2024.

The victory expanded the leadership of the electricity on the NWSL table to four points and revenge a semi -finals against the pride of 2024, which last year won the NWSL Shield and the NWSL championship.

Kansas City, anchored by the Centerback Kayla Sharples, used a coarse -grained defense against a talented pride attack.

“I am very proud of the team,” said Andonovski. “To come here and win a game, you not only have to be very good and show a lot of quality, you have to have a heart. If you don't have a heart, you have no chance. And today I think we have shown heart as a team.”

However, the victory was potentially high costs. Midfielder Debinha and Centerback Alana Cook also left the match in the second half.

Cook went directly into the changing room after her left knee was rated by the trainer.

Andonovski said he had no specific information that could be shared for one of the injuries, “but everything I can say is that I hope it is nothing serious and we will have it back soon.”

Orlando has now lost three of his last five games and only won once in this route, a 3-2 victory against Angel City FC after sunk 2-0. The pride endured last week in added time against the courage of North Carolina to save a point.

Orlando started an unbeaten series with 23 games last season.

With the loss and 1-0 victory by San Diego Wave against Gotham FC on Friday, pride in third place fell. The defending champions could fall up to fifth place by the end of the weekend, depending on other results.

Andonovski quickly warned that “the season is long” when he was asked about his team's pillow at the NWSL Shield Race, but he called the victory on Friday a boost.

The goal of the electricity is still to win a trophy that you no longer did last year, even though you started the 2024 season with an unbeaten series of 15 games and scored a league record for goals (57).

“We want to be the best team,” said Sharples. “We want to reach a climax in the right moments. We want to win a final, and that's the most important game. So we just have to do the work in these games to get there.”