The Orlando Pride returned to Concacaf W Champions Cup action Wednesday night at home needing a win to reach the semifinals in their first time in the competition. Another shot of Marta magic was not enough by itself to provide a victory against CF Pachuca Femenil and the clubs drew 1-1. The Pride created plenty of chances to find a second goal, but were wasteful with those opportunities. As a result, they were eliminated from the tournament on goal differential, despite tying for second in the group with the visitors from Mexico.

Seb Hines played a few more starters than he had been using in the competition, but with three matches in eight days, he still opted for rotation rather than playing his best starters in a must-win match. He introduced more of those starters in the second half,...