Maybe everyone assumes NC will win with the usual 1-0 score, so no-one is excited! Should Houston win this one, it will be an incredible upset both for the league and for the predictions thread.
[HOU-NC] Dash Starting XI: Campbell; Daly, Brooks, Van Wyk, Mewis; Shim, Hanson; Prince, Motlhalo, Ohai ©; Simon#HOUvNC | #DashOn pic.twitter.com/inmvp6LlKN— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) April 28, 2018 990304645322084352 is not a valid tweet id Houston: none/none North Carolina: QUESTIONABLE Chapman (left hamstring), Dahlkemper (left ankle; starting), S.Mewis (right knee); OUT Doniak, Kawamura, King
Everyone knows that McDonald has a killer throw-in. How do you not figure out how to properly defend it? WTH was Houston doing?
03' 0-1 McDonald right throw-in from 6m, she heaves it long to 6m 3-right. Williams shields off Van Wyk and ball misses both, bounces untouched just over hapless Brooks caught halfway between, drops untouched again toward 7m center. Dunn sneaks in unnoticed from 12m left post, Daly inexplicably goes toward ball instead of boxing her out -- Dunn actually has time to shuffle her feet waiting for the ball to come down, grasstop volley beats Campbell into back right low. Ugh, that was softer than Stay Puft. .@crysdunn_19 getting it done. @TheNCCourage take the early lead in Houston. #HOUvNC | #NWSLonLifetime | @lifetimetv pic.twitter.com/YXwl9yDcG4— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 28, 2018
48' 0-2 North Carolina right ck, outswings to 11m right post, Daly heads it away to 28m arc left. O'Sullivan does a Fosbury challenge on Simon, jumps and turns her back and undercuts self, landing on back -- but that makes Simon turn away also. Ball bounces loose, Hamilton pounces on it first, off her knee to 24m left post. Hamilton chases and steps into a piledriver, one-touch golaaaaaaaaazo into back left low, past Campbell's dive. .@khamilton17 is not throwing away her shot. @TheNCCourage take a 2-0 lead.#HOUvNC | #NWSLonLifetime | @lifetimetv pic.twitter.com/j9K65JjYTY— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 28, 2018
[WAS-CHI] Kickoff from the Plex coming up soon!Check out our Starting XI for tonight's game.💻 https://t.co/iT5Rx8SZTB#WASvCHI // #WeWill pic.twitter.com/Lwa3OKqChl— Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) April 28, 2018 The Return#WASvCHI pic.twitter.com/3IdFCLsGn2— Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) April 28, 2018 Washington: OUT Lavelle, Matthews, Ship; QUESTIONABLE Quinn (right TFL muscle strain -- available as a sub) Chicago: QUESTIONABLE none; OUT DiBernardo, McCaffrey, Short, White
[ORL-SEA] The squad battling for Orlando tonight. #ORLvSEA | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/lW8fGKG47v— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) April 28, 2018 pic.twitter.com/ZfX7bb2sel— Seattle Reign FC (@reignfc) April 28, 2018 Orlando: QUESTIONABLE none; OUT Camila Seattle: QUESTIONABLE none; OUT Johnson, Rapinoe
[WAS-CHI] 04' 1-0 Church(?) chips long from circle back right, hits Pugh in stride way behind Chicago's left flank -- onside, properly timed. Pugh drives down to 3m mid-right, low hard cross through 2m eludes Naeher, rolls past left post. Ordega lunges past her marker, bundles ball across line and tumbles self into back left low. Ordega on the doorstep ✅ Early advantage: @WashSpirit.#WASvCHI | #NWSL | @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/UxEkABxkNK— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 28, 2018 07' 1-0 Sullivan bends a cross from 25m mid-right to Huster at 15m mid-left. Huster one-touch chest bump reflects ball toward arc left -- Ordega slaloms past 3 and collects to 10m 1/3 left, shoots just wide left low. Chicago are a bit out of sync in the back ...
20' 1-1 Stanton switches right to Nagasato, she hooks a fast cross from arc top wide right inswinging toward 6-top right post, just over E.Johnson's header try. Kerr cuts diagonally past Church, Bledsoe charges out and slides self down under Kerr -- Kerr raises right foot knee-high and side-volleys point-blank into Bledsoe's left hand or torso, then trips prone over Bledsoe. Ball rolls out to 13m 3-right, Mautz pivots to it and kicks it past Bledsoe just getting up and still facing wrong way. Somehow, Mautz is always there Mautz makes the most of a big second chance. We're all evened up, goal @chiredstarsPR.#WASvCHI | #NWSL | @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/X5CVauiZnh— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 28, 2018
Does anyone know who is doing the color commentary for the Pride-Reign game? Her first name is Shae I think.
[ORL-SEA] 17' 0-0 Betos is busy, but sharp, with two clean catches on hard shots. Saves. Saves everywhere.#ORLvSEA | #NWSL| @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/fm1J2WgyaP— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 28, 2018 [WAS-CHI] HT 1-1.
30' 0-0 Seattle break up the right, simple cross hits J.Taylor in stride to 8m right post. She delicately dinks a shot off right post bouncing outward, cleared over. 33' 0-0 Fishlock gets 1/2 step ahead of Nairn, who aggressively tugs her back by arms, shoulders, ..., other joints, until Fishlock finally goes down. Foul on Nairn. 33' 0-1 Kawasumi fk at 30m box right, sailed high to 6m right post, Harris comes out and double-punches high. Ball drops at 14m right, deflects off Nairn's left shin -- then she tries a twisting roundhouse clearance, but the bounce jams her leg and she pulls it high instead of away, to arc top left. Oyster outjumps Marta, snaps a header from arc tangent left through traffic, to 8m left post as Long bursts through and emerges in the clear. Long swings left roundhouse half-volley on the run, across mouth past Harris's dive, into back right low. Allie Long gives @ReignFC the lead on the road!#ORLvSEA | #NWSL | @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/Jh8T7gxgXY— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 29, 2018
Well this is a first for go90 streaming: somehow Tobin Heath just appeared in the middle of the Washington-Chicago game. [edit: If it had been any other player I would have found that annoying.]
Really good first half from the Reign. Having Utsugi, Kawasumi and Catley in the starting lineups have done wonders for our control in the midfield. Interesting that neither Barnes nor Averbuch started. Probably needed pacy CB to keep up with Marta and Morgan.
[ORL-SEA] HT 0-1. [POR-UT] Our lineup for #UTAvPOR; kick is 6PM PT. #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/zkMBOJ4IhV— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) April 29, 2018 Tonight's starting XI and substitutions!🎧 | https://t.co/6qM98PN8WT pic.twitter.com/kNmQ8ZX0gZ— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) April 29, 2018 Portland: QUESTIONABLE none; OUT Franch, Geist, Menges, Morris, Raso Utah: QUESTIONABLE none; OUT Arlitt, Laddish
[ORL-SEA] 53' 0-1 Fishlock breaks up mid-right lane, goes down in a tangle at 27m. Stays down with -- left knee pain, severe. Trainers emerge, do a stability test 55' 0-1 Fishlock walks off gingerly. Whew, but not out of woods. 57' 0-1 Seattle subs in (1 of 3) #12 Morgan Andrews for #10 Jessica Fishlock. 61' 1-1 Marta fk at arc top center, 5 person wall as mere spectators, dummy taker (Kennedy?) standing at arc top left. Marta takes it (was there any doubt), left instep outswings through right 90 into right side netting high, above Betos's dive. Welp, can't stop that. Marta's having a DAY at the office, with this beauty of a free kick. All tied up in Orlando.#ORLvSEA | #NWSL | @go90sports pic.twitter.com/mtghl4hcK2— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 29, 2018
In the first half, Rodriguez with a huge chance and huge miss, and Sauerbrunn playing like a defender of the year....some things just never change.
And then Rodriguez coming through with a goal! Again, classic. Its nice to see ARod back. Utah up, 1-0.
[UT-POR] 53' 1-0 Hubly chases a bouncing ball back to own 25m box right, with Rodriguez on her back. Hubly swings on a running cross-body volley clearance -- and whiffs Rodriguez collects and drives through arc left, Eckerstrom comes out and undercuts Hubly, Rodriguez veers centerward through spot and stays on her feet. Klingenberg forlornly drops back to 4m center, trying to cover the empty net with her legs -- Rodriguez finally settles her happy-feet, sweeps ball into back left low. Utah's first goal! Who else but @AmyRodriguez8 for the first ever @UtahRoyalsFC goal at the RioT? #UTAvPOR | #NWSL | @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/93Tf23iUPg— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 29, 2018 Another angle of URFC's first goal at the RioT! pic.twitter.com/KpNFVXt4ur— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) April 29, 2018 56' 1-0 Utah subs in (1 of 3) #24 Katie Stengel for #8 Amy Rodriguez. 57' 1-0 Portland subs in (1 of 3) #17 Tobin Heath for #7 Ana Maria Crnogorčević.
67' 1-1 Scott is caught with back turned at own 27m mid-right, Andressinha pokes through her wicket and taps ball away to Sinclair. Sinclair turns on an instant counter to arc top mid-right, simple diagonal pass finds Heath unmarked down left post lane, to 12m. A.Smith comes out low in a squat, Heath cruelly chips right outstep and lobs her into center back, like a Panenka. Heath trots to endline left and takes a bow Oh, that finish from @TobinHeath 😎 — goal, @ThornsFC. #UTAvPOR | #NWSL | @go90Sports pic.twitter.com/QG775NMK0Y— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) April 29, 2018