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Orlando Pride and Brazil superstar Marta announces contract extension with NWSL side in wake of 2024 championship victory

<p>The Orlando Pride and midfielder Marta have agreed on a new two-year contract, extending the Brazil star through the 2026 season on the heels of their 2024 NWSL Championship victory and NWSL Shield triumph.</p><p>After a brilliant 2024 season in which the 38-year-old was named a finalist for NWSL MVP and NWSL Midfielder of the Year - as well as being named to the 2024 NWSL Best XI First Team and the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/marta-aitana-bonmati-highlight-2024-fifpro-women-s-world-11-as-no-uswnt-stars-make-the-side/blt1bda01b1cb1a254e" target="_blank">2024 FIFPRO Women’s World 11 </a>- she will return for ninth and 10th seasons with the Pride after an already stupendous eight-year run.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Since joining the club in 2017, the midfielder has made 128 appearances, scoring 42 goals and recording 19 assists - leading the club in both categories all-time. Internationally, Marta is a six-time World Player of the Year and the lone player in the men's or women's game to be named five times in a row. She holds the record for the most goals scored at the World Cup with 17 and was the sport's first player to score at five-different World Cup tournaments.</p><p>On Thursday, the club posted a video of the Brazilian in what began as an emotional farewell clip hinting at her her professional retirement - until the screen went black only for Marta herself to begin dancing, with fireworks in the background as she announced her extension.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From <a href="https://twitter.com/martavieiras10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@martavieiras10</a>, with love 💜 <a href="https://t.co/fNB3BH9iPs">pic.twitter.com/fNB3BH9iPs</a></p>— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) <a href="https://twitter.com/ORLPride/status/1877386208462164165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>“Coming off the most successful season in our club’s history and, personally, one of the best of her professional career, re-signing Marta was a key business priority for us during this offseason,” Orlando Pride VP of sporting operations and sporting director Haley Carter said in a statement. “The impact she has made on our team, our locker room and our community is evident, of course through her incredible skill as a player, but even more so through her selfless and exemplary leadership style. We are thrilled to have secured her as a member of the Pride for the next two years and look forward to seeing what more we will accomplish during her tenure.”</p>

WHAT THE PRIDE SAID

<p>Still in offseason mode, the 2025 campaign begins in February.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MARTA?

Orlando Pride and Brazil superstar Marta announces contract extension with NWSL side in wake of 2024 championship victory | Goal.com English Oman

The 38-year-old Brazil legend has signed a two-year deal to keep her at the NWSL side through 2026

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