NWSL roundup: Seattle Reign clean Racing Louisville

After storms rolled by Kentucky on Friday evening, Racing Louisville and Seattle Reign postponed their scheduled match to Saturday and Maddie Dahlein’s aim helped the Reign earn a 1-0 victory.

Seattle (4-3-2, 14 factors) earned the win by a hustle play within the thirty ninth minute, when the Reign stored a ball from going out of bounds. After Seattle stored possession going, Samantha Meza discovered Dahlein down the left flank and the ahead buried a shot throughout the face of goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer and into the fitting nook of the online.

With excessive wind nonetheless rolling by the realm, crosses and photographs lifted in Louisville, which made offense laborious to return by for Racing (3-4-2, 11 factors) and Samantha Demelo’s potential to cross into harmful areas. Racing managed just one shot on aim with 20 photographs whole, in comparison with solely 4 whole photographs with three on the right track for Seattle.

The Seattle win halts a three-match unbeaten streak (2-0-1) for Louisville. In the meantime, the Reign have received two of their previous three video games

Braveness 2, Stars FC 0

Manaka Matsukubo scored a second-half brace and goalkeeper Casey Murphy made 4 saves as North Carolina blanked Chicago in Cary, N.C.

After a scoreless first half, Matsukubo gave the Braveness (3-3-3, 12 factors) a 1-0 lead within the 51st minute, taking a by ball from Denise O’Sullivan and delivering a shot to the underside left nook of the field for her first aim of the season.

The Braveness padded their lead within the 77th minute, when Matsukubo took a go from Shinomi Koyama and located the fitting high nook of the online. For Murphy, it marked her third clear sheet of the season because the Braveness improved to 3-0-1 of their final 4 video games.

For Chicago (1-7-1, 4 factors), goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stored her crew inside putting distance with six saves. Of their previous 4 video games, the Stars are 0-3-1.

Spirit 3, Royals 3

Casey Krueger scored late in second-half stoppage time to salvage some extent for Washington within the nation’s capital in a draw towards Utah.

A match that featured three lead modifications went into the twelfth minute of second-half stoppage time. Tara McKeown stored the ball from going out for a aim kick and despatched in a cross that Krueger buried to offer the Spirit (5-3-1, 16 factors) their first draw of the season.

Utah (1-6-2, 5 factors) goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn saved 9 photographs, together with a penalty kick by Ashley Hatch within the ninetieth minute. That save stopped Hatch’s league-record 11-0 good penalty kick document, although she did rating within the first half.

Utah’s Cece Kizer scored one of many sport’s 5 first-half targets however left the match within the 54th minute after taking a success.

Bay FC 2, Angel Metropolis FC 0

Penelope Hockin and Caroline Conte scored as Bay FC welcomed their in-state rivals from Los Angeles in a 2-0 win at San Jose.

Earlier than the match, Bay FC (3-4-2, 11 factors) scored a number of targets in an everyday season match solely as soon as. It solely took 5 minutes to attain twice, and it started within the twenty third minute when a cross by Taylor Huff glided by two teammates and landed on the ft of Hocking, who gave the house aspect an early lead.

Then within the twenty eighth minute, Huff and goalkeeper Angelina Anderson of Angel Metropolis (4-3-2, 14 factors) each went for a ball however Huff made it to the ball first, solely a pair yards from the end-line. Anderson made contact and it earned Bay a penalty that gave the house aspect a lead it could not relinquish as Conte scored.

Within the second minute of second-half stoppage, Angel Metropolis star Alyssa Thompson and Bay’s Alyssa Malonson each went up for a ball and their heads collided. After minutes of medical help, Thompson left the match whereas Malonson returned earlier than the ultimate whistle.

–Area Stage Media