Barbra Banda is out for Orlando Pride’s Friday availability report because she is on international duty, leaving one of the club’s most important attackers unavailable for the Matchweek 14 meeting with Chicago Stars. The report lands on the first day of Matchweek 14, when three games are scheduled in the NWSL.
That makes Banda’s absence the clearest change in a list that is crowded with outs across the Friday slate. Orlando Pride have no questionable players on their report, while Portland Thorns, Houston Dash and Bay are also listed without any players in that category, a detail that keeps the focus on who is missing rather than who might still be available.
For Orlando Pride, the unavailable group is long. Hannah Anderson is out with a lower leg injury. Kylie Nadaner is out on maternity leave. Viviana Villacorta is out with a knee injury listed as D45. Ryan Connaughton is out with a knee injury. Emma Egizii is out with a lower leg injury. Bea Franklin is out with a torso injury. Jordyn Huitema is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Natalia Kuikka is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Mallory Swanson is out with a lower leg injury. Taylor Wood is out with a lower leg injury. Messiah Bright is out with a groin injury. Emina Ekić is out with an excused absence. Makenzy Robbe is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Abby Dahlkemper is out on maternity leave. Anouk Denton is out with a lower leg injury. Caprice Dydasco is out on maternity leave. Taylor Huff is out with a foot injury. Alyssa Malonson is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Emily Menges is out on maternity leave. Bella Bixby is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Julie Dufour is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Caiya Hanks is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Reilyn Turner is out with a knee injury. Kayla Duran is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Esther González is out with an excused absence. Taryn Torres is out with a knee injury listed as SEI. Cate Hardin is the only Orlando Pride player listed as questionable, and she is dealing with an ankle injury.
The report also shows why Friday’s slate matters beyond Orlando’s lineup. Michelle Alozie is on international duty, and Racheal Kundananji is away with Zambia. The article does not identify Banda’s national team, but it does place her absence in the same category: a player pulled away for international duty just as Matchweek 14 begins. WAFCON starts in three days, and that timing helps explain why availability lists are changing now rather than later in the week.
There is one more detail that gives the report a longer horizon. A Canadian international will remain in the Rose City through the 2028 season after being subbed out early on Saturday and later placed on the SEI list with an ACL injury. For Friday, though, the immediate consequence is simpler: Orlando Pride enter the Chicago Stars match without Banda, and the rest of Matchweek 14 begins with squads already thinned before the first whistle.
