[HOU-POR] Dash Starting XI: Campbell; Agnew, Brooks (c), Keever; Hanson, Mewis, Simon; Latsko, Daly, PrinceAvailable substitutes: Henninger, Hahn, Chapman, Shim, Kgatlana, Jordan, Murphy#HOUvPOR pic.twitter.com/o6Sh1yPMqP— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) May 9, 2018 Your Thorns + midweek match = 👍⚽️ Kick is 5pm PT on go90! #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/IGkBJjRXPR— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) May 9, 2018 Houston: Q Simon (starting); OUT Motlhalo Portland: Q none; OUT Franch Geist Menges Morris Raso Heath starts!
24' 0-1 Purce beats Keever through 5m box right to 1m mid-right, ground cross to Crnogorčević flashing to 3m right post, poked back to Sinclair at 8m 3-right. Sinclair runs past ball, leaves it behind. Heath collects, gets buried in a scrum -- hikes ball backward to Sinclair running behind her, toward spot. Agnew flying-lunge tackles ball off Sinclair's foot just short of spot, Sinclair trips over ball, ball trickles forward to 8m center. Crnogorčević pounces from 6-top right post, jukes left past Brooks lunging out, passes left instep into back left low. Immediately thereafter, Brooks's momentum takes her into Van Wyk's right lower leg, Van Wyk stays down with knee pain. .@AnaCrnogorcevic's account: opened. @ThornsFC with the lead in Houston.#HOUvPOR | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/l3W3Fex76t— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 10, 2018 Lori Lindsey keeps calling her "ser-no-gorne-vich" I say thee neh! 26' 0-1 Van Wyk limps into end zone, trainer motions to bench stay seated, be calm. Van Wyk returns a few (several?) minutes later.
[UTA-ORL] We’re ready for the rematch. #UTAvORL🔊 | https://t.co/fmJUKeoage pic.twitter.com/kFl99Af81L— Utah Royals FC (@UtahRoyalsFC) May 10, 2018 The gang going to work tonight in Utah. Catch the action at 9:00 ET on @go90. #UTAvORL | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/JRbH1l1VYg— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 10, 2018 Utah: Q none; OUT Arlitt Laddish Thorsnes Orlando: Q Mônica (but she starts); OUT Camila
58' 1-1 Latsko turns and touches to 19m 6-right as Simon runs center-to-right behind her. Latsko flicks a right outstep pass to 8m mid-right, Simon runs on and shoots right instep with hip twist sharp cross-mouth -- beats Eckerstrom's dive, just behind left post low. Lussi was up at 4R to sub in for Heath, but Parsons calls her back Houston got that work done. @KyahSimon comes through with the equalizer!#HOUvPOR | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/OkwWYCoQSj— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 10, 2018 59' 1-1 Daly crosses from box top left to Prince at arc top, she shoots right instep just wide left low. Testing Eckerstrom from long range ... 60' 1-1 K.Mewis overlaps to 2m box left, hard low cross smothered by Eckerstrom. 63' 1-1 K.Mewis cross from box top left to 8m 6-right, Latsko jump-pikes against own momentum and heads toward left side netting. Eckerstrom dives and microtouches it with fingertips, onto left post low, bounces over. 64' 1-1 Portland subs in (1 of 3) #34 Tyler Lussi for #17 Tobin Heath. 66' 1-1 Portland subs in (2 of 3) #30 Celeste Bourielle for #8 Andressinha.
[UTA-ORL] 24' 0-0 Pickett gets Mathesonned! 🤔 Think we've seen this before from @dmatheson8.#UTAvORL | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/faOYq6NQXY— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 10, 2018 [HOU-POR] 80' 1-1 Portland cross from the right to 5m center, Van Wyk leaping header clearance wide left and over. 82' 1-1 Klingenberg (2nd?) left ck, to Horan's head at 8m 1/3 right. Horan jumps away from pressure, heads across mouth toward back left with Campbell frozen at 1/3 right. Van Wyk, tied up 1-v-1 at 2m 2/5 left, jumps leaning backward and heads it over the bar. Like Klingenberg in the WWC Just @Janinevanwyk5 out here, saving this game for the @HoustonDash.#HOUvPOR | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/MdXyU3cug0— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 10, 2018 82' 1-1 Houston subs in (1 of 3) #11 Thembi Kgatlana for #12 Veronica Latsko. 88' 1-1 Houston subs in (2 of 3) #13 Savannah Jordan for #14 Nichelle Prince.
90+1' (of +2') 1-1 Horan chases past circle top left as Van Wyk races to a 50-50, both slide and ram shins into each others'. Horan stays down in a ball. Yellow card on Van Wyk. 90+3' (of +2') 1-1 Houston cross from wide right to 4m 2-right for Daly(?), Eckerstrom breaks it up and clears. FT 1-1.
Well, the erudite portion of this forum had the feeling that this name would have created problems, hadn't they?
I have been very disappointed with Marta's performances this year. And not just with Orlando. I thought she was very underwhelming in the Copa America. I don't know if she's not in great form right now, or if Father Time is starting to catch up to her, but this is definitely not the same Marta who was terrorizing defenses with Morgan last year.
Something to track through the season-- goal scoring. We are almost 2 months in, and 2018 NWSL is averaging only 2.28 goals/game (per Wikipedia). Compared to past years: 2013: 2.70 (the year of Holiday/Wambach/Leroux) 2014: 3.04 (the year of Little) 2015: 2.79 (the year of Dunn) 2016: 2.63 (the year of Ohai/Williams) 2017: 2.87 (the year of Kerr)
[POR-ORL] Our Starting XI on this beautiful Saturday. 🌹 #PORvORL #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/O8lolfZep4— Portland Thorns FC (@ThornsFC) May 12, 2018 How we're rolling out in PDX. #PORvORL | #VamosOrlando pic.twitter.com/2ZgZwUNUI0— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) May 12, 2018 Portland: Q Menges (but she starts); OUT Franch Geist Klingenberg Morris Raso Orlando: Q Mônica, Morgan (yet both start); OUT Camila Any questions?
11' 0-1 Kennedy(?) turns at circle left as Orlando start a sprint-duel vs. Portland's back line way up nearly at (their) circle back. Kennedy passes to 25m wide left for Edmonds, one-touch cross bounces at 9m 2/5 left, "harmlessly" across mouth 0-v-4. Weber swings awkward cross-body at 7m right post facing own goal, whiffs on ball (and twists right knee), ball skitters nigh-untouched to 5m 7-right. Morgan pounces from the flank, slides down and one-touch shot flat across mouth, beats Eckerstrom hugging near post, into left bottom pipe. Morgan finally scores in 2018 Goal! @alexmorgan13 takes advantage and puts the @ORLPride up in Providence Park. #PORvORL | #NWSLonLifetime pic.twitter.com/pU4ud0UJmC— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 12, 2018 After the play, Weber limps heavily on right knee. No sub, so I guess she stays in.
21' 0-2 Mônica hoofs from circle right to 25m arc left, Nairn heads ball upward but loses it. Purce jump-heads a clearance, but lobs it back to Nairn. Nairn chests ball down to 25m mid-left, instantly lifts a left foot half-volley on the way up -- and fast-lobs Eckerstrom backpedaling, over her fingertips and under crossbar center. I don't think Eckerstrom is a bad shot-stopper, but she leaves these windows that are only 1.5 diameters wide, and the ball just keeps finding it Christine. Nairn. 😱 @ORLPride add another.#PORvORL | #NWSLonLifetime pic.twitter.com/0Cd7wQ4ljP— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 12, 2018 23' 1-2 Heath left ck, inswings to 5m 2/5 right, drops just over Kennedy's head. Sinclair makes her spike-approach unchallenged from 8m to ball, drills a header past Harris frozen in center, into 1/3 right. Welp, Sinclair probably sees tougher defense than that during training drills with Parsons standing in the way. Battle of the Christines? @sincy12 answers for @ThornsFC to cut the lead in half!#PORvORL | #NWSLonLifetime pic.twitter.com/7FNgbAf11q— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 12, 2018
[NC-WAS] 995430695802691585 is not a valid tweet id McDonald, no Williams As we count down to kickoff, here’s our Starting XI!#WeWill // #NCvWAS pic.twitter.com/P35A2xnlDI— Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) May 12, 2018 NC: Q D'Angelo (Rowland starts), S.Mewis (starts); OUT Doniak Kawamura King Washington: Q E.Johnson; OUTLavelle Matthews Ship
Gosh... North Carolina's finishing is so wasteful. Every broadcast, they say Riley is making them work on it in training, but then game time arrives and it's always the same.
63' 1-0 NC fk at box top wide right, Dahlkemper(?) facing ball, Hinkle facing away. Hinkle takes it early, left-foot crossbody fast cross to center of scrum at 5m center. Two Red Stars double S.Mewis at 1/4 right, three surround McDonald at 1/3 left -- and nobody picks up Erceg up centerline, uncontested snap header down past own left armpit to goalline 1/4 left, bounces into left side netting. Bledsoe never moved: helpless against a point-blank redirection. Lead at home ✔️ @aerceg5 heads it home for @TheNCCourage.#NCvWAS | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/HwBN4Ccb0D— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 13, 2018
[CHI-HOU] Ertz and Ohai start! Bringing it back.#CHIvHOU pic.twitter.com/wHYbICMjkn— Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) May 12, 2018 Dash Starting XI: Campbell; Chapman, Brooks, Van Wyk, Keever; Mewis, Hanson, Simon; Prince, Daly, Ohai (c)Available substitutes: Henninger, Agnew, Latsko, Shim, Kgatlana, Hahn, Jordan | #CHIvHOU pic.twitter.com/B1QyjrzS7c— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) May 12, 2018 Chapman starts at LB, Daly moves up! Chicago: Q none; OUT DiBernardo McCaffrey Short Houston: Q none; OUT Motlhalo
06' 0-1 Daly tracks back harassing Naughton almost to midfield mid-right, finally lets her go, Naughton rushes a pass to Gilliland. Gilliland one-touch pass toward Nagasato(?), intercepted by Brooks. Brooks steps up to circle back right, passes inside-out to Prince at circle half-front mid-left -- meanwhile, Daly turns and runs into Naughton's void, with a 3m lead past circle top, held onside by S.Johnson on centerline. Prince sees it, two-touch pass to 25m arc left in Daly's stride, ahead of Naughton chasing. Daly takes two touches to 14m 6-left, opens hips rightward and shoots a perfect diving shot to far post, past Naeher's dive, into right bottom pipe. Why was Naughton that high up with no coverage behind her? Dash on, Daly. @RachelDaly3 gives @HoustonDash an early lead at Toyota Park!#CHIvHOU | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/YhEm1JSBD6— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 13, 2018 20' 1-1 Chapman (at RB?) backpass to Van Wyk at 12m box (Chicago's) left, Van Wyk turns and rolls a harmless square backpass toward 7m left post. Kerr lopes from box top left toward spot, applying token pressure. Campbell steps up and clears a ground pass toward Brooks at arc right. Brooks peeks and notices Gilliland at 27m mid-right, backpedals unwarily as Gilliland sprints in, peeks again at the worst possible instant -- with the ball, her, and Gilliland in a 2m triangle. Panic puts Brooks in about three minds, and none of them reach her feet -- she loses balance and goes down to all 4s untouched, as Gilliland collects and touches to 11m right post. Campbell steps up, Kerr stays behind ball, Gilliland squares, Kerr sweeps into center back low. Oops Goals everywhere. @samkerr1 equalizes as @chiredstarsPR capitalize on this chance at the back.#CHIvHOU | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/NCFZ3K13Hq— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 13, 2018 (blooper reel forever)
No blame for Van Wyk or Brooks on that goal. It is all on Campbell. You must be aware of space and where opposing players are. You never play the ball short to your CB in that scenario. A simple long clearance will do. It's reasons like this I don't want Campbell on the WNT right now. Naeher and Harris are pretty entrenched. Besides them, give me Franch, Betos, Bledsoe or Smith over Campbell.
Nairn may win GOTW for sheer audaciousness, but in my opinion Kristie Mewis deserves it for that brilliant free kick. Very well worked.
47' 1-1 K.Mewis interposes body and shields Huerta off with right arm, takes a chest-bump and goes down flat. Foul. 48' 1-2 Daly fk at 25m mid-left, scripted trick play! Ground pass to Simon facing her at box top center, and K.Mewis spins cw around 2 at arc left. Both of Mewis's defenders turn inward to follow ball, Simon one-touch dink pass to 8m 6-left. Mewis runs on, one-touch left foot blast across mouth, past Naeher stuck near post, rising into back right edge high. Wow, there was never anybody in front of the ball or Mewis on that entire play. Kristie Mewis is out here testing the strength of our nets. The @HoustonDash are back on top after this one!#CHIvHOU | #NWSL pic.twitter.com/VjE8bCGjB9— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 13, 2018
[SEA-SkB] Rapinoe returns, L.Williams starts. Barnes on bench. Substitutes for today's match are Yanez, Westphal, Addo, Andrews, Barnes, Spencer, Betos pic.twitter.com/TDmtNWZXrn— Seattle Reign FC (@reignfc) May 13, 2018 We got next. #SEAvNJ pic.twitter.com/tvnPpwX22N— NJ/NY Gotham FC (@GothamFC) May 13, 2018 Seattle: Q none / OUT Averbuch Dallstream J.Johnson Sky Blue: Q none / OUT Pierre-Louis