18' 0-0 Catley races S.Mewis to a ball, pokes it ahead, their legs colocate and Catley takes an inadvertent kneecap to the outside of her right knee. Stoppage, Catley sits down, trainer does some bend tests. 21' 0-0 Resume, and Catley trots back on. Dunn spins cw past Barnes coming up tight against her back at circle center, Barnes tugs her down with two hands to the shoulders, foul. Barnes dishes one out for the team 25' 0-0 NC pass up wide left to Debinha facing away at 27m, Barnes comes up to be tight against her back -- Debinha does a receive-while-spinning, blows past her, alone to box top right. Chip cross to 7m left post for Ln.Williams outflanking Theresa, she clangs ball centerward, follows and shoots right instep pull, way over -- touch called, NC corner. 29' 0-0 Catley(?) crosses from ~wide left over Balcer to 7m 1/4 left, Erceg heads out to box top mid-left. Long chests ball down to feet, shot/pass goes directly to J.Taylor unmarked, facing away at 7m 1/3 right. J.Taylor one-touch tap back to Balcer open at 10m 1/4 right, Balcer cuts left around 1, shoots left foot, Erceg blocks it over left 90. White left ck, cleared.
[WAS-ORL] 04' 0-0 Underway! Orlando have had most of the attack so far, going up the right. 1' - Kickoff from Audi Field!#WASvORL // #CatchTheSpirit pic.twitter.com/okVKRsIClE— Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) August 24, 2019 08' 1-0 Krieger backpasses to Harris at 4m 2-left, Thomas veers to chase. Harris touches ball ahead to 6m left post, steps to it still in wheelhouse -- Thomas throws self down into a right roundhouse on knees, it's in her wheelhouse too, kicks it right off Harris's feet into 1/4 right back low. Like Dempsey vs. Pique back in the old Confederation Cup Crystal Thomas pounces on a mistake by Ashlyn Harris to put @WashSpirit in front. 1-0 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/DfNFqMPmGH— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 24, 2019
[NC-REI] 34' 0-0 Debinha lags a perfect pass down wide left for Dunn overloading Catley -- and continues her own run through box top right. Dunn cutback ground cross to Debinha at 14m mid-right, one-touch right foot shot across mouth deflects off Barnes, juuust wide right low as Murphy dives to the post. 36' 0-0 Theresa through-ball up centerline, J.Taylor offside. 39' 0-0 Catley ground pass up wide left, J.Taylor offside.
40' 0-0 NC fk at 17m mid-right, _ dummies left foot up to ball, stops -- then Debinha shoots right instep across mouth through the wall at head-height. Murphy flies right, fingertips ball off crossbar 1/4 left, it bounces back into box. 1165410700388438016 is not a valid tweet id 42' 0-0 Debinha turns and steps to 22m mid-right, shoots right instep dipping to right 90, Murphy pushes it over crossbar again. +2'. 1165411366720745472 is not a valid tweet id HT 0-0. North Carolina 18(3)-(0)4 shots(sog), 5-3 corners, 18-7 crosses (11-18 clearances), 0-4 offsides , 2-6 fouls, 55% possession. Reign have had a couple of decent touches at NC's box top, NC have had the rest.
[WAS-ORL] 26' 1-0 Bailey serves from 35m box left to 7m 1/3 right, Hatch sidesteps through Orlando's semi-high line (across 10m and not getting back), glances-heads down to 3m 1/8 right. Harris falls left, double-blocks the bounce wide right, over endline. Marta just ❤ playing against @WashSpirit. 1-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/zO4vAfQiB4— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 31' 1-1 Viggiano turns at circle half-front wide right, Bailey is up on her and Staab is inexplicably stepping way up toward her. Hill backcuts Staab up right touch, Viggiano passes into her stride -- held way onside by P.Nielsen at 35m. Hill sprints through box top wide right, 3m ahead of Staab chasing. P.Nielsen must rotate over to stop ball, Marta runs behind her through box top center, with a 2m lead and inside position on Huster. Hill goes to 7m mid-right, fast ground cross to 6m center. Marta opens left instep, deflects ball across mouth past Bledsoe stranded at right post, into 1/5 left back low. Sullivan appeals for offside on Hill's 1st cut, not noticing P.Nielsen hanging back -- so perhaps Washington had called a high trap, and blew the execution? The 🐐 has a thing for scoring against Washington. 😈#WASvORL | #SKOPURP pic.twitter.com/U4NvtDWVGx— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) August 25, 2019 HT 1-1. Washington 7(3)-(1)5 shots(sog), 2-5 corners, 7-9 crosses, 62%(!) possession. Washington have been exuberantly pumping in head-high crosses that just miss.
[NC-REI] 60' 0-0 North Carolina subs in (1 of 3) #14 Jessica McDonald for #23 Kristen Hamilton. 63' 0-0 Reign FC subs in (1 of 3) #11 Darian Jenkins for #9 Jodie Taylor. 65' 0-0 Dunn(?) longball from circle back box right through arc top box right, McDonald leans chest level with Oyster. Oyster reaches right hand in front of McDonald's torso for forearm pressure, they collide shoulder-to-shoulder, Oyster twists ccw and spins down onto back. Foul on McDonald crowd bays 69' 0-0 NC dump ball into spot, Dunn outworks Yanez for it, then wrests it off Catley's foot, turns down to 7m mid-right, shoots right foot rising to right post head-high, Murphy double-blocks it wide right and over. .@CaseyMurph keeps saying 🙅♀️ to shots from @TheNCCourage. 0-0 | #NCvSEA pic.twitter.com/9HlC7a8Vhq— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019
Third stream underway soon! Tile those windows <= 1, 2, 3 [#6.HOU-NJ.#8] Prisock for Polkinghorne. Starting XI tonight vs Sky Blue FC.#DashOn pic.twitter.com/LzpXmd7E5r— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) August 24, 2019 Lewandowski for E.Johnson. Locked in down south #HOUvNJ Watch on @YahooSports 💻 pic.twitter.com/n95TwTSWDF— NJ/NY Gotham FC (@GothamFC) August 24, 2019 Houston: Q (OK =>) Jackmon Simon / OUT none / SEI (=) Latsko McCoy Prince Sky Blue: OK (Q <=) Kawasumi / Q (=) Lewandowski Richardson / OUT (=) Freeman Tiernan / INTL (CMR) E.Johnson / (4YEL James Doyle)
[NC-REI] 72' 0-0 Long is down just past midfield wide left, Murphy plays into near touch. Stoppage, trainers, all others get water. 74' 0-0 North Carolina subs in (2 of 3) #17 Heather O'Reilly for #11 Merritt Mathias. Reign resume with 10. 75' 0-0 Long returns. 76' 0-0 White(?) diagonal pass left from circle center hits Balcer in stride through 30m mid-left. Balcer runs alongside S.Mewis, can't pull ahead and has zero central support, touches to 8m mid-left, shot deflects off S.Mewis over endline left. White left ck, tight to 1m 1/3 left, Labbé catches high. 80' 0-0 Reign FC subs in (2 of 3) #5 Rebecca Quinn for #31 Rosie White.
[WAS-ORL] 48' 1-1 Farquharson dribbles to 6m box left, ground cross to 6-top left. Thomas, facing away, taps one-touch across mouth to Hatch unmarked at 7m 1/3 left. Hatch shoots one-touch left instep, shanks it way over bar 59' 2-1 Huster drives a cross from 33m wide right to 6m center, Hatch outjumps Krieger and twist-heads against Harris' momentum, perfect bloop over her dive into 1/4 right back low. 🔙 in front.@ash_hatch33 leaps and scores with her head.2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/PJpgaydpF7— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 60' 2-1 Orlando subs in (1 of 3) LF #7 Claire Emslie for #16 Carson Pickett (and Edmonds => LB).
[NC-REI] 82' 1-0 Dahlkemper passes to McDonald facing away at arc top box wide right. McDonald touches away to 25m wide right, then spins cw and drives centerward to arc top mid-right, taps a pass down mid-right for Dunn breaking through the line alone. Dunn follows to 6m mid-right, fires a square pass left to 7m center. Ln.Williams sticks right foot past Theresa and turns ball up centerline under Murphy diving back from right post, into 1/3 left back low. .@J_Mac1422 ➡️ @crysdunn_19 ➡️ @lynnraenie @TheNCCourage push in front.1-0 | #NCvSEA pic.twitter.com/iWA1oFKCUF— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 84' 1-0 North Carolina subs in (3 of 3) #7 McCall Zerboni for #10 Debinha. 85' 1-0 Reign FC subs in (3 of 3) #25 Ifeoma Onumonu for #24 Bethany Balcer. +4'. FT 1-0. Reign beat the spread
[WAS-ORL] 63' 2-1 Washington subs in (1 of 3) #20 Cheyna Matthews for #17 Cali Farquharson. 68' 2-1 Matthews spins cw around Greening through 5m box left, dumps Greening down, no call. Matthews goes to 3m mid-left, backpass eventually lost. After the play, stoppage, Greening is down with left leg held straight, trainer examines her left knee. 69' 2-1 Washington subs in (2 of 3) #13 Bayley Feist for #4 Jordan DiBiasi. 71' 2-1 Krieger crosses from 15m box right to 6m 1/4 left, Hill throws self down and stretch-pokes right outstep to 1m 1/4 left. Bledsoe, sit-falling to 1/5 left, reaches left arm out and blocks ball to a full stop, then pulls it into her side with zero rebound HOW IN THE WORLD, @AubreyBledsoe?! 😳🙌2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/ZaGyBSFsBr— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 72' 2-1 Orlando subs in (2 of 3) #20 Abby Elinsky for #19 Erin Greening. 76' 2-1 Orlando subs in (3 of 3) #9 Camila for #23 Marisa Viggiano.
[HOU-NJ] 26' 0-1 Sky Blue fk at 29m wide right, Killion steps up to take it. Houston are still organizing: Brooks has back turned facing centerward at box top 6-right, a clump of 4 are not marking anybody all bunched up at 25m wide right, Hoy lurks unmarked at arc top right touch -- holding self onside by watching Brooks and Prisock Killion quick restart to Hoy, Chapman must chase. Hoy rounds Chapman through 4m box right -- and Lloyd backcuts Fields through arc left, overtakes and front-cuts Hanson (and Japan's entire WWC'15 defense ) through 8m left post. Hoy skips a cross to 4m 1/3 left, Lloyd arrives alone and half-volleys right instep low, into back right high. .@CarliLloyd is able to just tap it in at the back post after @SkyBlueFC's quick restart. 0-1 | #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/z1wjJsm8qc— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 42' 0-2 Rodríguez receives at circle back arc right, jukes centerward past Schmidt at circle tangent front right, whips a long forward pass into Lloyd's stride through 17m mid-left, 1/2 step ahead of Prisock running inside-out just to challenge. Lloyd drives to 8m 6-left, draws Campbell out to 5m left post, shoots right outstep between Campbell's right hand and near post, into 1/3 left back low. .@CarliLloyd is on 🔥0-2 | #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/6err1ARKhI— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019
43' 0-2 K.Mewis right ck, inswings to 4m 4-left. Daly twist-heads over Sheridan, off crossbar 1/5 right as Sheridan spins a full 360 , bounces down to 1m 1/4 right. Brooks heads a half-volley toward right side netting, Sheridan completes her spin and reflex-slaps it away with left glove, Sky Blue clear. 43' SO. CLOSE.🦊 0-2 ☁️ #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/8v3tgPhMp0— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) August 25, 2019 HT 0-2.
[WAS-ORL] 79' 2-1 Matthews takes Edmonds to 11m mid-left, cuts back to 13m, shoots right instep zero bend across mouth -- and you can see the ball straddling both sides of right post from 12m all the way until contact .@Cheynalee_ deserved better. 2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/sZSBdxZdPF— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 81' 2-1 Edmonds turns past Bailey's rash lunge, to endline mid-right. Ground cross to 10m 1/4 right, Marta shoots one-touch right instep rising across mouth, off crossbar 1/4 left, it bounces down and away. Marta also deserved better. 2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/gEZXynkMiC— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 87' 2-1 Washington subs in (3 of 3) #7 Amy Harrison for #33 Ashley Hatch. 88' 2-1 Feist receives facing away at 14m mid-right, she fakes going away, spins ccw and splits Krieger and Zadorsky stepping up too far on her right, goes unchecked to 6-top right. Right foot shot rising to right post, Harris blocks it high over bar. .@Baysfeist11 with some silky moves in the box, but her shot is saved by @Ashlyn_Harris. 2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/JvD1EZz6Re— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019
90+2' (of +4') 2-1 Krieger left ck, backpass to Emslie at 15m wide left. Cross to 6-top 1/4 right, Hill pike-heads down to goalline 1/4 right, Sheridan falls left and double-scoops ball out, P.Nielsen scythes ball away. Harris(!!) calls off Krieger (who drops back), collects at 32m 6-left -- she's that far up! .@AubreyBledsoe is not of this world. 👽2-1 | #WASvORL pic.twitter.com/MEP2DUKjXt— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 Wuuuuuuuuuut. #WASvORL | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/S3JYT5TWmm— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) August 25, 2019 FT 2-1. Announced attendance (during the pbp) is 19,470 1165440683584446464 is not a valid tweet id That's a lot of #SpiritFam.#WASvORL // #CatchTheSpirit pic.twitter.com/6E6RgR2fB2— Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) August 25, 2019
Hey, they found 1 more person! ➕3️⃣ for @WashSpirit in front of 1️⃣9️⃣4️⃣7️⃣1️⃣ at @AudiField. #WASvORL | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/qXGafMVFKj— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 1165441304442093570 is not a valid tweet id
[HOU-NJ] 07' 0-0 Yellow card on Dydasco, for a foul on Chapman. 34' 0-1 Yellow card on Skroski, for a foul on Daly. 46' 0-2 Houston subs in (1 of 3) #10 Christine Nairn for #24 Jamia Fields. 46' 0-2 Sky Blue subs in (1 of 3) #5 Julie James Doyle for #8 Erica Skroski. 49' 0-1 Yellow card on Lewandowski, for a foul on Brooks. 63' 0-2 Houston subs in (2 of 3) #25 Ariana Catrina Calderón Valdez for #23 Ally Prisock. 64' 0-2 Daly receives a diagonal pass, holds up at 33m arc right. Daly passes to 12m box right for Nairn catching up, and goes on her own run up right post lane. Nairn one-touch cross to 5m 1/5 right, Daly half-volleys off her shin way over bar 64' *screams*🦊 0-2 ☁️ #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/V7t51yoFC1— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) August 25, 2019 66' 0-2 Sky Blue subs in (2 of 3) #29 Amandine Pierre-Louis for #7 Jennifer Hoy.
75' 0-2 Houston subs in (3 of 3) #15 Cecelia Kizer for #13 Sophie Schmidt, who steps into far touch and walks the long way around. 75' 0-2 Kizer passes from 27m mid-right to Hanson at 14m wide right. One-touch cross to 6-top right post, Huerta hop-heads off crossbar 1/4 right, ball bounces down to 6-top and James Doyle clears. No 🍀 for @HoustonDash tonight as the crossbar keeps them off the scoresheet.0-2 | #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/nEOjPVqE07— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 78' 0-2 Stoppage, Pierre-Louis is face-down at circle center, holding her ... lower back? She walks into near touch, promptly waits at the T to re-enter.
83' 0-2 Yellow card on Sheridan, for delaying a fk. 84' 0-2 Sky Blue subs in (3 of 3) #17 Dominique Richardson for #4 Paige Monaghan. 90+4' (of +4') 1-2 Brooks longball from circle back right to 24m left post, Kizer backheads down to Ohai at 18m mid-left. Ohai faces up Dydasco, does a dragback-and-step-right to elude Rodríguez overtaking her from behind, gets to 17m arc right. Right foot pull shot beats Sheridan's dive, just inside left post low. .@KealiaOhai with a great finish to pull a goal back for @HoustonDash. 1-2 | #HOUvNJ pic.twitter.com/8JpHkQ0WGm— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) August 25, 2019 FT 1-2. Sky Blue lean past Orlando into 8th.
Lots of woodwork and incredible saves, in these last matches. Theoretically there should have been way more goals than there actually were.
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[#1.POR-CHI.#3] Identical. Our Starting XI vs. @chiredstarsPR.#PORvCHI | #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/nbvTuDHUBl— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) August 25, 2019 Naughton for Colaprico (and Ertz => MF); McCaskill for Wright. Your #MKOT Starting XI for #PORvCHI presented by @MagellanCorp pic.twitter.com/BE5FeePfyZ— Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) August 25, 2019 Portland: OK (<= Q) Franch Pogarch / Q none / OUT (=) Andressinha Boureille Salem Seiler Chicago: OK (<= Q, sub) Wright / Q (OK =>, starting) Brian Davidson DiBernardo Naeher (OK =>, sub) Colaprico / OUT (=) Jahansouz Mautz Vasconcelos