Major collision as two players slide into each trying to get the ball at the same time. Mayor of Tigres stayed down for quite a while. Looked like "fine" contact to me, if a very rough 50/50 challenge because double slides will be like that, but the Spanish announcers are calling for both colors of card. =Edit= A minute later and Tigres get they second to pull ahead for the first time tonight. Gotham are definitely underestimating them, they're being kinda lazy Gotham have now subbed Gonzalez in Gotham almost respond a minute later but a foul called at the top of the box to stop the play
Gonzalez equalizes for Gotham. Almost looked offside but she's excellent at timing her runs. Four goal in just twenty minutes... This game could keep going
Diaz with a brace, giving Tigres a third. That one definitely should have been called offside (it was close but still clear on the freeze frame) but wasn't and there's no VAR, so it stands.
Very interesting and obvious juxtaposition of play styles on display tonight: when Gotham have the ball, things get more compact with lots of passing and a slower speed; when Tigres have the ball, it's a lot faster and open with more running. Tigres put another in the net but this one is correctly called offside, game remains 2-3 Mayor gets away with a big body bump after the restart because Gotham retained possession anyway The number of times I'm seeing three or more Gotham players almost on top of each other is concerning
Panic goalkeeping from Tigres but they avoid conceding on the stroke of first half stoppage time ...and then nearly a Tigres own goal a minute later! Gotham are pushing hard
3-3 at halftime. Both teams with 5 shots on goal, per Google, while total shots are just 6-5 in Gotham's favor - really weird seeing a game with 10/11 shots on frame. Only one corner kick in the game so far (Gotham) while Tigers have been called offside 3 times to none by Gotham. Gotham leads possession 56%-44%. I feel like those stats definitely validate my style comments earlier
Both teams with a sub at halftime, and Sonnett almost immediately injures her ankle in a footrace just a minute or so after entering High kick from Gotham takes down Kgatlana a minute later
Gotham offside for the first time tonight (Sheehan, definitely not Gonzalez) Tigres with a great chance a moment later but the header goes wide First yellow of the night as Sheehan drags down a Tigres player by the whole arm Then we get the first corner of the night for Tigers too - two, in fact And then penalty called for Tigres! Ovalle takes and converts, 3-4 in the 60'
Double sub for Gotham to bring Williams and Ryan on right at a corner kick, but don't make much of it Williams is doing work, though, as she fuels two great sequences down the left
Another Williams-fueled sequence ends with a wild high-arcing lobbed goal for Lopez! 4-4 Zerboni out, Nighswonger in
Collision at midfield takes down a player on both teams but ref lets play on Replay shows the Tigres player slid in under the Gotham player who then completely halted momentum and fell, causing both players to roll awkwardly Players are definitely getting frustrated both with the other team and with the ref
Play stops for a bit as Tigres make a sub and Miller gets her legs stretched out (cramp?) by Gotham staff
Ryan through traffic forces a diving save from the Tigres keeper, resulting in two subsequent corner kicks Five minutes left in regulation, plus whatever stoppage time. Honestly not sure if there's another goal in this game... Really hoping Gotham find something, though, they're definitely trying
Three minutes of stoppage have begun Seems like both teams are just going through the motions now Late corner to Gotham, ball goes in and out of the box a bit until Williams commits a foul And that's full time, 4-4 Wild game... And there's still an entire other USA - MEX game about to begin
Announcer reminding everyone that America beat the Wave when they visited back during the Summer Cup SD seeing more of the ball early on but America already having two or three chances Cascarino goes on a great run/dribble sequence on her own but tries doing too much solo and America eventually clears it out
SD free kick results in America counter-attack that gets past Girma, and Sheridan DOGSOs to reduce SD down to 10
SD being really poor with 50/50s and generally giving the ball away... Which was noticeable even before going down a player. Will be tough for them to keep America off the score sheet
Holy shit ref misses a massive call as Morroni gets past the last defender and then gets CLEARLY clipped from behind right outside the box. Should have been a direct red to Luna of America... But ref's initial call was play on and there's no VAR Not even a foul, but even without that America still leads in fouls 6-1 HT
Morroni off the crossbar after a defensive deflection Before the corner, America player pushes Van Egmond to the ground America finally clears after a bit of in and out
Luebbert picks up a rebound that Beall doesn't control and America has their go-ahead goal I'm still pissed about the missed red on Luna at the end of the first half. SD has been playing incredibly well for bring down a player for so long
Double sub for SD, including taking Shaw out, which seems quite odd to me considering she's been great at far and SD really need an equalizer
Cascarino on a breakaway forces a diving save; SD corner, but ref is doing crowd control on America shoving in the box during the corner prep Van Egmond gets a head on the corner kick but it goes wide