Canterbury United Pride

{{Short description|New Zealand football club}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Canterbury United

| image = Canterbury United Pride logo.svg

| upright = 0.5

| fullname = Canterbury United Pride

| nickname =

| founded = 2002

| ground = English Park

| capacity = 3,000

| league = National Women's League

| manager = Mike de Bono

| owner =

| current =

| website = http://www.mainlandfootball.co.nz/canterbury-united-pride/

}}

Canterbury United Pride is a semi-professional women's association football team based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The team was established in 2002 as Mainland Pride by Mainland Football as the regional federation's representative in the National Women's League. As such, the teams plays matches at English Park, a 3,000 capacity venue and the headquarters of Mainland Football.

Mainland Pride's first achievement was in their 2011–12 season, with the team finishing first in the National Women's League Southern Conference. However, they didn't manage to advance past the semi-finals of the play-offs, after a 1–6 defeat to Waikato-Bay of Plenty.{{cite web|url=http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nz-womchamp.html |title=New Zealand - List of Women Champions and Cup Winners |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=2011-07-15 |accessdate=2012-09-02}} The team secured their first title in 2013 after defeating Northern Football Federation 4–2 in the final of the National Women's League. In 2014 Pride finished the regular season in first position and were again crowned champions after winning the National Women's League final 3–1 against New Zealand Football Development.{{cite web|title=Barker bags brace as Pride secure back-to-back titles|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/63924478/barker-bags-brace-as-pride-secure-backtoback-titles.html|publisher=stuff.co.nz|accessdate=23 August 2015}}{{cite web|title=PSG avoid slip-up, Pride crowned champions again|url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2014/m=12/news=psg-avoid-slip-up-pride-crowned-champions-again-2489665.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924210332/http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2014/m=12/news=psg-avoid-slip-up-pride-crowned-champions-again-2489665.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=fifa.com|accessdate=23 August 2015}}

In the 2016 season of the National Women's League, Canterbury United Pride changed their name from Mainland Pride.{{cite web|last1=Egan|first1=Brendon|title=Canterbury United Pride name strong squad|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/84400824/Canterbury-United-Pride-name-strong-squad|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|accessdate=19 September 2016}}