Strong Orlando Pride GM selection comes with a bit of irony | OneFootball

It would have been amazing for the Orlando Pride to select a new General Manager from the team they defeated for the 2024 NWSL Championship. Well, they didn’t. But almost.

The Orlando Pride selected their new Vice President of Soccer Operations and General Manager from the club that fought to prevent their advancement to the NWSL Championship match.

Caitlin Carducci helmed the Kansas City Current as the squad opposed the Pride in their final match before advancing to the championship. She’s now the new General Manager and plans to helm the club as they go all the way this season.

Choosing the Current’s former general manager isn’t as ironic as if they’d selected someone from the Washington Spirit. That’s the club they defeated for the championship. But it’s almost that ironic.

Her Current club lifted the NWSL Shield in 2025. Now she has everything listed for the Pride: Both the NWSL and Concacaf championships, the FIFA Club World Cup, and another NWSL Shield.

She knows that with the established players and youth on the roster, the Pride can work hard, fight for wins, and yet care about each other as they achieve success.

Nov 22, 2024; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Haley Carter from the Orlando Pride speaks during a DEI Summit ahead of the 2024 NWSL Championship match at Union Station. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images | Denny Medley-Imagn Images

She fills the spot Haley Carter held. In the past three years, Carter led the organization to deliver Orlando’s first major sports championship with their NWSL victory in 2024. After facing monumental competition challenges, they finished the 2025 season in fourth place and a record of 11-8-7, 40 points.

Carter left to pursue other interests but pledged to stay close to the team to ensure a seamless transition. The organization couldn’t have selected a finer one.