Nearly a decade after she arrived in the National Women's Soccer League, Brazilian legend and women's soccer icon finally won the NWSL Championship. The six-time Best FIFA Women's Player of the Year has only ever made one trip to the NWSL postseason,

Brazil legend Marta celebrates the first NWSL championship of her glittering career after the Orlando Pride beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Saturday.

Barbra Banda's goal stood up as the winner to lift the Orlando Pride to their first NWSL Championship in a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit on Saturday at CPKC Stadium. With the win, the Pride became the first team since 2019 to follow up winning the NWSL Shield (best regular-season team) with an NWSL Championship,

Orlando's win gave Brazilian star Marta her first NWSL title. The 38-year-old Marta, considered arguably the greatest female soccer player of all time, joined the Orlando Pride in 2017 but had never reached an NWSL championship game until this year.

Banda was named the game's MVP but as anyone who watched on TV will attest, there was a different figure who stood out above all the rest: Tereza Vieira de Sá — a.k.a. Marta's mom. Marta finally won the first NWSL title of her legendary career,

Orlando Pride forward Marta has played in a World Cup final and three Olympic gold-medal matches but said no game ranks higher for her than Saturday's NWSL Championship.

She became the first player in the NWSL to score in each round of the playoffs. The Pride’s Angelina was nearly called for a push before passing it to Banda, but the VAR determined that the play was fair.