60' 1-0 Ohai counters to 27m box left, Ball pancakes her somehow. Foul, yellow card on Ball. 63' 1-0 Portland subs in (2 of 3) #34 Tyler Lussi for #38 Simone Charley. 68' 1-0 Brynjarsdóttir heads away from own 15m center to arc top mid-left, #_ heads wide left to Huerta at 15m. Huerta crosses to 7m 1/3 right, Reynolds(?) stretches right foottop and volleys across to 5m 6-right. Ohai is right there, lifts knee-high right instep and volleys way high wide right. 🤯🤯🦊 1-1 🌹 #HOUvPOR https://t.co/aRFJVZZiAL— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) June 30, 2019 69' 1-0 Simon counters to 25m center, passes right outstep to Ohai unmarked through box top mid-right to 12m. Ohai shoots right instep toward 1/4 right, directly into Eckerstrom's chest. Hmph.
70' 1-1 Off that restart, Lussi veers inside to arc top 6-right, shoots left foot just inside right post, past Campbell's dive, into 1/4 right back low. Nobody stopped ball! We 👀 you, @tyler_lussi. Not bad for your first goal of 2019!#HOUvPOR | #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/TaFF4haJpv— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) June 30, 2019 75' 1-1 Houston underhits a square pass left across circle top, Seiler(?) intercepts. Murray slides from her right flank and trips her down, foul, yellow card on Murray.
76' 1-2 Portland fk at circle back right, to Brynjarsdóttir at circle top. She chips up centerline to arc top, Prisock jumps and backheads disastrously past Brooks and Romero. Ball hits Lussi's right thigh at 14m 1/3 left, deflects to 12m 1/3 right, directly at Purce's feet. Purce steps to ball, shoots one-touch right instep half-volley rising over Campbell's hands, into back right edge 1/2 high. Lussi and Purce were 2-v-3 through box top, and ended up completely unmarked .@100Purcent makes 'em pay. #HOUvPOR pic.twitter.com/tqW6zmoWM3— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 79' 1-2 Portland subs in (3 of 3) #30 Celeste Boureille for #8 Andressinha.
86' 1-2 Houston subs in (2 of 3) #25 Ariana Catrina Calderón Valdez for #2 Arianna Jeanette Romero Tellez. 89' 1-2 Purce gets to 10m 1/3 left, quick right toe-poke rolls slowly to Campbell. 90' 1-2 Brooks longball from 35m mid-right to 8m 1/4 left, ball bounces off somebody, off Calderon's right shoulder (handball called), cleared as Calderon goes down. +2'. 90+2' (of +2') 1-2 Huerta fk at 27m wide right, right instep inswing to 2m 6-left -- bounces through Simon's legs, untouched over endline left. FT 1-2. Portland leaps to #1 for a week on 19 pts, as they won and both Washington and Utah lost.
Awww, I made my predictions assuming WWC players weren't going to be on the pitch yet: Erceg and especially Debinha being playing for North Carolina Courage of course made a HUGE difference!!!
Erceg was a late scratch. Nothing serious, just a precaution. Debinha was POTM, though. And it helps that Rowland had a strong game.
[#8.ORL-CHI.#7] Marta for Evans; Callahan for Weatherholt. Your Pride XI for Pride Night! 🌈⏰ 5:00 p.m. 📺 @YahooSports #ORLvCHI | #FilledWithPride pic.twitter.com/16jzCMSUDn— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) June 30, 2019 Vasconcelos for Johnson; Kerr for McCaskill. The Return.The #MKOT Starting XI presented by @MagellanCorp. More | https://t.co/QBUmxjxfK8 pic.twitter.com/TagxPl37Hd— Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) June 30, 2019 Orlando: (OK => Q) Edmonds / (OK => OUT) Weatherholt / MAT (=) Leroux / BACK (BRA) Camila Marta / INTL (USA) Harris Krieger Morgan (CAN) Zadorsky (AUS) Kennedy van Egmond (SCO) Emslie Chicago: (OK <= Q) Elby / Q (OK =>) Naughton (=) Wright / OUT (=) Jahansouz Mautz / BACK (AUS) Kerr / INTL (USA) Brian Davidson Ertz Naeher
06' 0-0 Short skips a fast ground cross from 27m right touch to 8m 1/3 right, Kerr one-touch right instep to 1/4 right, Kopmeyer catches chest-high. 07' 0-1 Off that restart (not shown, due to a replay in the run of play), Reid underhits a backpass from box top (Kerr's) left to 8m mid-left. Kerr pounces as Kopmeyer comes out, pokes it past her to 5m mid-left, spins cw to her forehand and shoots right instep into empty net 1/3 right 2/3 high. .@samkerr1 wastes NO time getting back in the swing of things and @chiredstarsPR are in the lead. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/JvKEm2DlKF— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/HCgVdXCwCA— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019
10' 0-1 Hill passes from wide right to Marta at 18m box right. Marta does a drag-back left, crosses left instep bend to 7m 1/4 left. Pickett slides behind Short and volleys rising to 1/4 left 1/2 high, Boyd dives and pushes it over bar. Goal-bound? Not if @emilynboyd1 has something to say about it. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/Ow7OmTHyE7— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 12' 0-1 Nagasato fouls Callahan -- with a header knock? Callahan promptly bleeds from right forehead Stoppage, trainers wrap her head in bandages. 16' 0-1 Orlando subs in (1 of 3) #9 Camila for CAM #22 Bridget Callahan, who walks off with 2 trainers, head wrapped and a red bloody spot showing.
22' 1-1 Ubogagu presses tight on Naughton's back at box top mid-left, Naughton backpasses, Ubogagu continues her chase into box. Boyd clangs ball away to 6m 7-left, lunges at it, Ubogagu steps up and shin-blocks ball off Boyd's foot. Ball hops over Boyd's right leg to 4m 4-left, right at Ubogagu's feet, she pokes into empty net. If you're gonna give it up to @ChiAlreadyKnow expect to be punished for it. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/6edevxnGHb— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019
31' 1-1 DiBernardo passes to Nagasato at 30m mid-right, she touches forward past 1 and passes down wide right for Short on a long run. Short cuts in through 15m box right, shoots low to right post, Kopmeyer smothers. 32' 1-1 Short beats Pressley to a ball at 4m wide right, faces her up, nutmegs and rounds her to 6m mid-right, shoots left foot hard to 4m right post. Kopmeyer dives and blocks it out to 6m 1/3 left, Greening clears away from Kerr. Nagasato shoots from arc tangent left, just over bar. Oh my @CaseyShort3. pic.twitter.com/jqg26Q3kwt— Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) June 30, 2019
45+3' (of +5') 1-2 Kopmeyer gk to circle back box left, Nagasato heads it upfield, Kerr back-cuts Reid from 27m mid-right. Ball bounces perfectly in her stride at arc top 6-right, Kerr chests it through arc right, follows to 9m right post, kicks right outstep past Kopmeyer at 6m center, into 1/5 left back low. Nagasato's precise header is basically a stuff-block Two easy, @samkerr1. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/tUbsR8cXYM— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 45+4' (of +5') 1-2 Nagasato chips from circle top to 3m 6-right, Kerr chases it down and volleys right roundhouse to 4m right post, Kopmeyer catches face-high. HT 1-2.
46' 1-2 Chicago subs in (1 of 3) #23 Brooke Elby for #5 Katie Naughton. 51' 1-2 Viggiano square pass to own arc top right post, Pressley gacks a one-touch backpass softly through box top center, directly in front of Kerr. Kerr touches to 11m left post, shoots left instep, Kopmeyer comes out and blocks to 10m center. Nagasato follows and taps rightward, Pressley slide-blocks and misses, Nagasato trips over her. Ball spins out to 2m mid-right, Kopmeyer races DiBernardo to it, slides and pokes it over. .@hkopmeyer coming up HUGE to deny @samkerr1 the hat-trick. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/21IbZXnjBn— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019
I've been watching ORL CHI and compared to what I have been watching in the world cup, the soccer is plainly poor, which disappoints me.
55' 1-3 Vasconcelos passes to Kerr at 26m box left. Kerr backs down Pressley to arc tangent left, turns her and gets to box top 2/5 right, shoots right instep pull against her run, under Kopmeyer's dive into back left low. Pressley had 15m of cushion to give, and Kerr still cleared the planet 🚨 SAM KERR HAT-TRICK ALERT 🚨#ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/MGmkcwjYg9— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 61' 1-3 Yellow card on Colaprico, for a foul on Camila. 62' 1-3 Orlando subs in (2 of 3) #20 Abby Elinsky for #27 Morgan Reid.
70' 1-3 Chicago subs in (2 of 3) #9 Savannah McCaskill for #7 Michele Vasconcelos. 70' 1-3 Kerr turns down to 10m mid-right, shoots right foot wide right into side netting. 71' 1-3 Elinsky chases right up against Short's back for a ball bouncing through box top mid-right, can't get around Short's box-out, Boyd comes up to 14m and collects. 72' 1-3 McCaskill dribbles from own box top left to circle tangent front right, passes to Nagasato down wide right to 2m. Nagasato crosses to 6-top 3-left, Kerr heads down past Kopmeyer across mouth to 1m right post. Pickett jumps and swings waist-high right instep, knocks ball square left into Kopmeyer's basket and she hangs on. Carson Pickett playing some BIG D to keep another goal out of the back of the net. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/DJHtHFuvxA— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019
78' 1-3 Marta dribbles up centerline(?), passes to Camila through box top mid-left. Camila goes to 10m alongside Short, cuts inside between Short and Elby, trips flat. Foul on Elby, penalty. 79' 2-3 Marta pk, left instep into 1/4 right 2/3 high, over Boyd's dive. Camila hacked down in the box and it's Marta to step up and convert the PK to tighten up this game. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/7LkwHI7zds— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 80' 2-3 2H hydration break. 80' 2-3 Orlando subs in (3 of 3) #8 Danica Evans for #15 Rachel Hill.
87' 2-3 Yellow card on Camila. For a foul? 88' 2-3 Marta switches left to Ubogagu through box top mid-left. Ubogagu cuts inside at 12m, Elby recovers and out-footworks her, runs around her left forearm and takes ball away through box top. Camila steals and hops through box top left post to 13m, shoots left instep across mouth, deflected just wide right low past Boyd's dive. 89' 2-3 Chicago subs in (3 of 3) #33 Katie Johnson for #12 Yuki Nagasato. +5'.
90+3' (of +5') 2-3 Marta serves from 27m mid-left to 13m 1/3 left, Evans twist-heads softly to 6-center, Boyd picks up. 90+4' (of +5') 2-3 Kerr steals off Boyles' foot just past midfield box right, sees Kopmeyer way up at own box top, fast-lobs her from 45m Kopmeyer chases back to 0.5m right post as ball bounces twice, slaps it behind her to 6-top, collects. Post-game appreciation for the 💯 hustle of @hkopmeyer. #ORLvCHI pic.twitter.com/m3PxmUDm6q— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) June 30, 2019 FT 2-3.
Confirmation of the season-ending injury: I always say life comes at ya hard & fastCL Medal, player of month, torn ACL.Gotta ride the highs & lows.Those who know me, know I will come back soon.. stronger & better 💁🏼♂️I appreciate those reaching out, I will never forget your kind words in my moment of heart break. ❤️— Jessica Fishlock MBE (@JessFishlock) July 3, 2019 She has a little less than a year probably to come back and make the Oly roster. Doable, but definitely not easy.