The Pride began this season with a 23-match unbeaten run and set the league record for points with 60 from 26 games and Marta is happy that a title has finally arrived.
Brazil legend Marta celebrated the first National Women's Soccer League championship of her glittering career after the Orlando Pride beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on November 23.
Zambia striker Barbra Banda scored in the 37th minute to give Orlando their first NWSL title, eight years after becoming the 10th team to be added into the league in 2016.
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Elsewhere at the Police Sacco Stadium, Police Bullets secured a 3-0 comfortable win against KISPED, to begin their title defense on the front foot.
The Pride began this season with a 23-match unbeaten run and set the league record for points with 60 from 26 games.
Banda, 24, ended her first season in Orlando with 13 goals in the regular season and four in the play-offs, while Marta, 38, scored nine, then two in the play-offs. Saturday's victory in Kansas City marks a triumphant end to Marta's eighth season in Orlando and the 24th year of her professional career.
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"I didn't expect ever to be in this moment here, but I believe so much that God knows what time is the right time for things to happen," the six-time Fifa Best award winner told CBS as reported by the BBC.
"This means so much. Playing with these players, it's something really special that I never had at any other club, so I'm so happy," she added. Mata has scored 300 career goals across 11 clubs she has represented.
Marta holds the record for being Brazil's top goal scorer with 119 goals. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in any World Cup, women’s or men's.
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