Four matches, including a rare Monday game. Full weekend of soccer.How/where to watch ➡️ https://t.co/V0fwZGwcJa pic.twitter.com/1Sp3MMqBUP— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 25, 2019
IIRC the Spirit have done a Memorial Monday game once or twice before, but I don't think any team in the league has done a Monday game (holiday or otherwise).
[NJ-POR] Pierre-Louis for James; Lewandoski(!!) for Dydasco (and Monaghan => LB). Game ready. Our Starting XI for tonight’s match. #NJvPOR pic.twitter.com/aWb6kpzKeZ— NJ/NY Gotham FC (@GothamFC) May 25, 2019 Ball for Carpenter; Salem/Lussi for Boureille/Andressinha; Charley (1st cap!) for Foord. Today's Starting XI at @SkyBlueFC; kickoff at 3PM (PT). #BAONPDX #NJvPOR pic.twitter.com/eAKYkEqpXD— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) May 25, 2019 Sky Blue: Q none / OUT (OK =>) Dydasco James (=) Freeman Tiernan / INTL (USA) Lloyd (CAN) Sheridan (CMR) E.Johnson Portland: (OK => Q) Purce / OUT none / INTL (USA) Franch Heath Horan Sonnett (AUS) Carpenter Raso (BRA) Andressinha (CAN) Sinclair .@SimoneCharley makes her professional debut! Also, @asalem6, @eball_er and @tyler_lussi make their first starts of the 2019 season. #BAONPDX #NJvPOR pic.twitter.com/keLFiaysIY— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) May 25, 2019
04' 0-0 Portland sustain pressure in Sky Blue's 1/3. Right ck, backpass to 22m box right, high serve to 3m left post -- and it bounces untouched, heading wide left. Brynjarsdóttir bicycles it back to 3m 1/3 right, Haracic catches chest-high in traffic above somebody's head. 06' 0-0 Portland continue possession. Sky Blue pick up a loose ball at own 12m wide right, promptly miss a pass into near touch. Oddly tentative performance by al of Sky Blue so far. 07' 0-0 Klingenberg left ck, to 4m 1/3 right, Haracic punches it rightward. Salem(?) promptly banks it off Monaghan, into far touch. 08' 0-0 Portland backpass from arc tangent right back to Klingenberg at 22m center, she shoots right instep bend to right post face-high, Haracic catches.
I thought Lewandowski was a center back? But Dydasco is out this week and I guess they don't have any other outside back?
11' 0-0 Klingenberg runs a curl inside past Lewandoski, crosses to 6m right post. Lussi arrives from mid-right, jumps with ~3 others and heads a pop-up wide right. 11' @meghankling serves a great ball to set up @tyler_lussi for a chance. Still scoreless, early. #BAONPDX #NJvPOR pic.twitter.com/5S3X2yt0Dh— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) May 25, 2019 13' 0-0 Dorsey chases to endline wide left -- a rare Sky Blue sortie past midfield. Ball steals with a perfect slide-hook stop, gets up first and clears. 14' 0-0 Dorsey wins a race down wide left to 4m, high cross swings out to 9m 6-right. Pierre-Louis jumps behind Klingenberg not jumping, heads just wide of right post, Eckerstrom catches anyways. 15' 0-0 Lewandoski(?) misses a forward pass into a 1-v-2, Klingenberg collects. Portland promptly longballs up centerline, too far for Brynjarsdóttir.
17' 0-0 Stoppage? Haracic gets a right calf stretch, all others get a hydration break. 19' 0-0 Klingenberg right throw-in at circle top, Salem clangs it past her foot. They trade turnovers along near touch. Lewandoski chips up wide (her) right, Pierre-Louis backs up into Menges and undercuts her? Foul on Pierre-Louis. 20' 0-0 Dorsey dribbles with speed up box left, but leaves ball in front of her a few times too often, eventually loses it. 22' 0-0 Charley does slightly better going up box (her) right, loses it but right to Lussi, she promptly serves medium-long to box top arc right, volleyed away. 25' 0-0 Klingenberg crosses to 8m left post, Brynjarsdóttir heads a high pop-up to 0.5m center, Haracic catches high.
27' 0-0 Klingenberg left ck, to 5m left post, Crnogorčević(?) heads off a defender, wide left. Klingenberg 2nd left ck, misses Brynjarsdóttir's head at 6-top left post, continues across to 12m mid-right. Reynolds runs on and shoots one-touch right foot toward center low, it deflects off Rodriguez's ankles, over endline right. 28' 0-0 Klingenberg right ck, to 4m center, Haracic boxes out Brynjarsdóttir and catches high.
69' 0-1 Portland long serve from circle top mid-right to arc top left. Ball drops just over Brynjarsdóttir's head, Killion can't clear, Charley collects and shoots toward left post -- off Skroski's turned back at 12m left post. Ball deflects square right to Purce at 14m 2/5 right, she turns away from Richardson and shoots between Richardson and Monaghan, wrong-foots Haracic, into 1/3 left back low. .@100Purcent opens the scoring for @ThornsFC 0-1 | #NJvPORWatch Live: https://t.co/gI1qjmcIpT pic.twitter.com/INe3zDYkRw— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 25, 2019 FT 0-1.
[UTA-ORL] Vincent for Corsie. Bringing the 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/oJCaaIITo8— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) May 25, 2019 Elinsky for Marta; Viggiano for for van Egmond; Callahan for Boyles. Your XI for #UTAvORL. 😈 #VamosOrlando Kickoff is at 8:00 on @YahooSports! pic.twitter.com/FE2BJCi1FE— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 25, 2019 Utah: Q none / OUT (=) Nolf / SEI (=) Lytle Ratcliffe / INTL (USA) Sauerbrunn O’Hara Press (CAN) Matheson Scott (SCO) Corsie Orlando: Q (OK =>) Keene (<= OUT) Edmonds / (OK => OUT) Boyles / MAT Leroux / INTL (USA) Harris Krieger Morgan (CAN) Zadorsky (AUS) Kennedy van Egmond (BRA) Camila Marta
02' 0-0 Moros longball from midfield wide left to arc tangent right, Rodriguez splits the high line and chips a mini-lob across mouth. Kopmeyer is way up at 7m, reaches back and gets right hand under ball, touches it just wide left low. 2' | Kop called upon early and comes up huge! 0-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/CYSbhlZTjq— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 26, 2019 03' 0-0 Bowen(?) curls a pass from midfield right touch to Hill through box top mid-right, Hill shoots right foot low across mouth (possibly going wide left), Barnhart dives and pushes it wide right.
09' 0-0 Utah surge to arc top left, square pass right to Stengel at arc tangent left. Stengel touches leftward away from Pressley to 17m mid-left, shoots left foot across mouth, Kopmeyer dives and blocks ball rightward, to 2m 4-right. Rodriguez chases it down, sliding volley into right side netting. 9' | Kop with another quality stop down to her left in the early going! 🚫0-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/gkZkhlOOqa— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 26, 2019 12' 0-0 Viggiano(!) right ck, whiffed volley try at spot, ball bounces rightward to Elinsky at 10m mid-right. Elinsky cuts back to left foot, shoots left instep but pulls it wide right low. 13' | Chance! Elinsky controls a ball in the box and drags her shot just wide.0-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/GuBpfJXm8Q— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 26, 2019 14' 0-0 Jónsdóttir slides to clear off Elinsky's foot, takes laces or a knee to her right short rib, stays down gasping. Brief stoppage, she resumes.
21' 0-0 Utah long switch from circle right to Stengel behind the high line through box top mid-left. Greening chases her down, Stengel touches to 10m mid-left, shoots left foot but slices it terribly, way wide left and high. Orlando's frenetic activity is disrupting Utah's short build-ups, but they've left themselves exposed to a couple of balls over the top. 23' 0-0 Vero goes down onto back to break up a pass, crabwalks (on hands and feet, facing upward ) and kicks at ball 2-3 more times before it finally escapes her 1m radius. Foul on Vero That could be the halftime entertainment, eight random fans and a large helium balloon --
Who knew when all my youth coaches made us do that during practice, it would turn out to actually be put in use in a game...
27' 0-0 Hill chases down a pass over her shoulder through arc left, has 1 step lead over Vincent, touches to 10m 6-left. Left foot shot rises toward left post, Barnhart tips it with right hand off left post face-high, wide left. 27' | Hill causing more problems for the Utah defense! 0-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/QeKUXTFeQd— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 26, 2019 29' 0-0 Laddish turns away at arc top wide left, crosses to 9m center. Pickett blocks ball away but doesn't blast it, only out to 15m left post. Vero plants under the bounce, Callahan lunges in from 16m and slides down for an improbable wrap-around clearance try, instead scissors Vero down backward. Obvious foul, pk ... 30' 0-0 ... and a yellow card on Ubogagu, for dissent? 31' 1-0 Rodriguez pk, right foot rising into back right high, as Kopmeyer stepped wrong, but that's not saveable regardless. Clinical from the spot. @AmyRodriguez8 puts @UtahRoyalsFC in the lead! #UTAvORL | 1-0 pic.twitter.com/nlurMCNQlk— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 26, 2019
32' 1-0 Brief injury stoppage, Vero trots off. Not shown? 35' 1-0 Vero returns. 38' 1-0 Viggiano right ck, inswings to spot, Hill(?) jumps in traffic and twists for a back-header, ball continues rightward into near touch. 39' 1-0 Utah subs in (1 of 3) #15 Erika Tymrak for #10 Veronica Boquete.
41' 1-0 Utah left ck, cleared through box top mid-right, Ubogagu dribbles upfield with Tymrak pressing. Backpass to Pressley(?), she underhits a pass directly to Tymrak, Pickett pokes it away. Ubogagu(?) fires a long ground pass up left touch for Elinsky side-by-side with Moros. Elinsky wins that, touches through 5m box left to 6m 8-left, shoots right foot to left post, Barnhart blocks it wide left. 41' | Elinsky solo run making something out of nothing on that bit of play. 1-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/AoSrxjnL3q— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 26, 2019 45+2' (of +2') 1-0 Callahan dribbles backward at own 35m arc right, tries to turn 180 but loses footing, then Stengel bumps her. Callahan recovers, backpass. Orlando switch right and go up right touch, Greening misses a pass toward Elinsky, into near touch. HT 1-0.
49' 1-0 Stengel turns at 5m wide right, crosses to 4m right post, Reid heads away to 12m mid-right. Rodriguez swings left roundhouse half-volley just over crossbar center, Kopmeyer reaches for it but is deemed to have missed. Inches away! Nearly a second goal of the game from @AmyRodriguez8. 1-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/rYyko549QM— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 26, 2019 50' 1-0 Tymrak turns at arc top center amidst ~5, shoots quick right foottop rising just over bar again. Inches away! Nearly a second goal of the game from @AmyRodriguez8. 1-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/rYyko549QM— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 26, 2019
52' 1-0 Pickett fends off LaBonta way up in Utah's left corner. LaBonta inexplicably kicks across Pickett's body at ball more than 2m away, instead whacks Pickett's right shin. Pickett stays down, Weatherholt crosses into box, cleared. Stoppage, trainers examine Pickett. 54' 1-0 Stretcher comes out, R1 motions Pickett to crabwalk self 3m into near touch. Pickett gingerly takes two steps, limping heavily on right leg. Orlando resumes with 10. 56' 1-0 Pickett returns! 58' 1-0 Bowen longball from midfield right touch, Rodriguez escapes everybody, chases the bounce to ~10m right post. Kopmeyer comes out tall, Rodriguez leans back and dinks ball over her -- it drops wide left.
63' 1-0 Tymrak cuts upfield past Weatherholt, Weatherholt reaches out and gently hugs her around the ribs/hips, Tymrak promptly goes down. Foul, yellow card on Weatherholt. 67' 1-0 Utah subs in (2 of 3) #20 Mallory Weber for #7 Mandy Laddish. 67' 1-0 Orlando chips to circle top left, Elinsky back-heads in the direction of Hill, Hill loses it but Moros(?) clears it directly into Elinsky's stride. Elinsky takes one touch too many, runs self into Vincent(?)'s back and goes down, Moros collects and clears up wide right. Callahan upends Jónsdóttir, foul. Elinsky is still down with right ankle pain -- jammed it into ground on impact? R1 trots 30m to check on her, turns and runs half the length of the field to give a yellow card to Callahan. Orlando have a few too many players who haven't mastered the just-in-time passing tempo (nor the art of creating separation), and so their dribbling attacks bog down due to self-inflicted hesitations.
75' 1-0 Orlando subs in (1 of 3) #8 Danica Evans for #20 Abby Elinsky. 76' 1-0 Greening dribbles past Weber down right touch to 7m, cross to 3m 1/4 left, Barnhart backhands it away to the right. Greening crosses again to 3m 3-left, Hill diving header goes wide left. 79' 1-0 Utah subs in (3 of 3) #13 Makenzy Doniak for #24 Katie Stengel.
82' 1-0 Ubogagu cuts toward box top mid-left, Jónsdóttir lunge-stomps right foot in front of Ubogagu's feet, pokes ball away, then Ubogagu hooks own feet on Jónsdóttir's and face-plants, no call. Ball poked into near touch. Brief stoppage, Ubogagu gingerly resumes. 83' 1-0 Evans flip-throw to ~8m center, Hill soft header down toward left post, Barnhart collects. That woke up the crowd 84' 1-0 Orlando subs in (2 of 3) #26 Caitlyn Farrell for #23 Marisa Viggiano. 85' 1-0 Evans 2nd flip-throw to ~10m 1/3 left, Barnhart comes out and punches it away.
89' 1-0 LaBonta fouled near circle center. 89' 2-0 Utah fk at circle center -- taken so quickly that the stream was stuck in a previous replay Doniak somehow races alone through box top mid-right to 7m 7-right, Kopmeyer steps up to 5m, Doniak shoots right instep under her, across mouth into back left low. +4'. First goal back from injury. 💪 First goal for @UtahRoyalsFC. 👑 Well played, @makenzy_allyson!2-0 | #UTAvORL pic.twitter.com/nGnwbKhvdE— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 26, 2019 Game. Set. Match.@makenzy_allyson ices it with her first goal since tearing her ACL in 2018 pic.twitter.com/fQ0ORrHFC5— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) May 26, 2019 90+1' (of +4') 2-0 Pickett 2nd right ck, tight inswinger just under crossbar center, Barnhart slaps it onto the roof. FT 2-0.