All teams in action once again this week, beginning with...
The Boston Breakers hosting the Portland Thorns FC on Friday night. Adrianna Franch and Abby Smith play goal. Boston opened in the thirty-eighth minute with a Natasha Dowie goal, via Adriana Leon. The Breakers added on in the forty-eighth minute with a Rosie White goal, set up by Dowie. Portland got on the board in the fifty-seventh minute with a Nadia Nadim penalty kick goal after a Megan Oyster handball in the box. The Thorns saw yellow cards for fouls by Mallory Weber in the sixty-fifth minute and Meghan Cox in the sixty-eighth minute. Portland tied it on a Nadim goal in the eighty-third minute, coming off of Hayley Raso. Angela Salem of Boston had a yellow card for a ninetieth minute foul. The game ended at 2-2, with the woman of the match being Nadim for the equalizing brace. Other standouts this week were Lindsey Horan and Emily Sonnett of the Thorns and Salem, Dowie, and White for the Breakers.
On Saturday, Sky Blue FC welcomes the Houston Dash to New Jersey. Lydia Williams and Kailen Sheridan are set to start in goal. Sky Blue started in the twentieth minute on a Sarah Killion penalty kick goal, coming after Houston's Amber Brooks took down Sky Blue's Raquel Rodriguez in the box. The Dash tied it on a fortieth minute goal by Andressa after her first shot deflected back to her off the post. Cami Privett of Houston had a yellow card for an eighty-fourth minute foul. Sky Blue took the lead on the free kick in the eighty-fifth minute, as the ball fell to Rodriguez, who scored it after a frenzy of chances. Sky Blue saw a yellow card for Madison Tiernan's foul in the eighty-ninth minute. The game ended 2-1, with the woman of the match being Rodriguez, while Sam Kerr and Killion also excelled for Sky Blue, and the Dash saw good performances from Andressa, Kealia Ohai, and Rachel Daly, who played in a defensive role unlike her usual forward position.
The other Saturday game saw the Washington Spirit host FC Kansas City. Nicole Barnhart and Stephanie Labbe are the goalies. Kansas City led off in the thirty-ninth minute with an Alexa Newfield goal, set up by Sydney Leroux. Kansas City saw a yellow card for a foul by Becky Sauerbrunn in the forty-eighth minute. Washington's Francisca Ordega took a yellow card for her eighty-fourth minute foul. The game ended 1-0, with Newfield being the woman of the match. Also excelling for Kansas City were Sauerbrunn, Barnhart, and Shea Groom, while the Spirit saw good efforts from Alyssa Kleiner and Kristie Mewis.
On Sunday, the North Carolina Courage bring in the Chicago Red Stars. Alyssa Naeher and Sabrina D'Angelo are the keepers. Chicago began in the thirtieth minute with a Christen Press penalty kick goal. The Red Stars added on in the thirty-seventh minute with a Sofia Huerta goal, via Press. Chicago extended the lead as Vanessa DiBernardo scored in the forty-fifth minute. North Carolina got on the board in the fifty-fifth minute with a Lynn Williams goal, assisted by Jaelene Hinkle. Casey Short of the Red Stars had a yellow card for a seventy-fifth minute foul, as did teammate Julie Johnston Ertz in the ninety-fourth minute. The game ended 3-1, with Press the woman of the match. Also excelling for the Red Stars were Huerta and DiBernardo, while the Courage's best were Hinkle, Debinha, and Williams.
Finally, the Seattle Reign FC host the Orlando Pride. Ashlyn Harris and Haley Kopmeyer guard the woodwork, but Harris was subbed off injured and replaced by Caroline Stanley in the twenty-sixth minute. Seattle struck first in the fortieth minute on a Beverly Yanez goal, set up by Rachel Corsie. The Reign had yellow cards for a forty-ninth minute foul by Lauren Barnes and dissent by Megan Rapinoe in the fiftieth minute. Orlando tied it on a fifty-second minute goal by Marta, set up by Camila. Both of those Pride players received yellow cards later, Camila for an eighty-third minute foul, and Marta for dissent in stoppage time. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with the Reign's best being Yanez, the woman of the match, and also Carson Pickett and Kopmeyer, while the Pride saw great games from Marta and Ali Krieger.
Outsider Sports Team of the Week
GK Nicole Barnhart
RB Ali Krieger
CB Becky Sauerbrunn
CB Emily Sonnett
LB Alyssa Kleiner
DM Sarah Killion
AM Raquel Rodriguez
AM Rosie White
RF Christen Press
CF Nadia Nadim
LF Sam Kerr
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