Two games are on during midweek action in the NWSL. We begin with...
The North Carolina Courage hosting the Seattle Reign FC. Michelle Betos and Sabrina D'Angelo protect the nets. North Carolina's Kristen Hamilton took a yellow card for a foul in the fourteenth minute. The Courage got going in the seventieth minute with a Jessica McDonald goal, set up by Hamilton. The final held at 1-0 for the Courage, but the woman of the match was Betos, who went 4 for 5 in saves with plenty of help from the posts. The Reign's other good players were Megan Oyster, Allie Long, and Beverly Yanez, while the Courage saw great efforts from McDonald, McCall Zerboni, Denise O'Sullivan, and Abby Erceg.
In the other game, the Chicago Red Stars host the Houston Dash. Jane Campbell and Alyssa Naeher are the gloved women. Chicago struck first in the seventh minute as Sarah Gorden sent in a cross that deflected off of Houston's Kristie Mewis and into her net for an own goal. In the ninth minute, the Red Stars' Arin Gilliland received a yellow card for a foul. Chicago added on with a Lauren Kaskie goal in the eleventh minute, created after Campbell saved the initial shot from Sofia Huerta. In the forty-fourth minute, Houston's Kimberly Keever took a yellow card for a foul. The Red Stars extended the lead in the seventy-fourth minute as Huerta scored, with the help of Danielle Colaprico. In the eighty-second minute, Amber Brooks of the Dash took a yellow card for dissent. In stoppage time, Chicago's Sam Johnson received a yellow card for a foul. The final was 3-0 Red Stars, with Huerta as the woman of the match. Also starring for Chicago were Katie Naughton, Gorden, Colaprico, Huerta, and Kaskie, while Janine van Wyk and Haley Hanson had the best of a weak team performance from the Dash.
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