This post holds the two semifinals for the NWSL Playoffs this year. We begin on Saturday in...
Portland, as the Thorns FC host the Orlando Pride. Ashlyn Harris and Adrianna Franch play in goal. Portland started in the twelfth minute with an Amandine Henry goal, via Meghan Klingenberg. The Thorns added on in the fifteenth minute with an Emily Sonnett goal, helped along by Tobin Heath on a free kick. Orlando got on the board with an Alanna Kennedy goal in the twenty-third minute, set up by Toni Pressley. Portland shot back with a Hayley Raso goal in the seventy-first minute, guided in by Lindsey Horan. In the eightieth minute, Henry of the Thorns took a yellow card for a foul. Portland extended the lead as Christine Sinclair scored in the eighty-second minute, thanks to Nadia Nadim. This made it 4-1, with the woman of the match being Raso. Other strong Thorns efforts came from Klingenberg, Henry, Heath, and Sonnett, while the Pride's best were Kennedy, Pressley, and Steph Catley.
The other semifinal is in North Carolina, as the Courage host the Red Stars. Alyssa Naeher and Katelyn Rowland are the keepers. Chicago's Danielle Colaprico had a yellow card for her thirty-sixth minute foul. North Carolina dented the scoreboard in the ninetieth minute on a Denise O'Sullivan goal, set up by Jessica McDonald. This stood for a 1-0 win, with the woman of the match being O'Sullivan. Also good for the Courage were Taylor Smith, McCall Zerboni, and Lynn Williams, while the best Red Stars were Naeher, Katie Naughton, Julie Ertz, and Christen Press.
The NWSL Championship is on October 14, featuring the Courage and Thorns.
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