Spirit beat Wave late; Gotham and Reign draw

Rosemonde Kouassi performed hero for the Washington Spirit, amassing each objectives in a 2-1 thriller victory towards the San Diego Wave on Sunday.

Kouassi started with a threading header within the ninth minute, due to an help from Deborah Abiodun simply contained in the field. That stood as the one objective till the fifth minute of stoppage time, when Delphine Cascarino of the Wave completed off a calculated offensive drive for the extra-time equalizer.

Three minutes later, Kouassi delivered the game-winning objective on a shot from deep exterior the field for the Spirit (12-4-7, 43 factors), who proceed to sit down comfortably at second place in league standings.

Whereas the Spirit have not misplaced a match in practically 4 months, this heartbreak marks the Wave’s (8-8-7, 31 factors) seventh straight recreation with no win, barely hanging onto the eighth and last playoff spot over North Carolina by three factors.

Gotham FC 0, Reign 0

Claudia Dickey of Gotham FC (9-6-8, 35 factors) posted 5 saves to drive a 0-0 stalemate with the Seattle Reign (9-7-7, 34 factors) in Harrison, N.J.

Protection shined for the Reign as Gotham managed possession practically 64 % of the match, but its 10 shot makes an attempt proved fruitless. The Reign managed only one shot try for the match — and it was not on body.

Gotham, which hasn’t misplaced since Aug. 17, maintained third place within the standings and awaits a street date with the league-topping Kansas Metropolis Present on Oct. 11.

Third-place Gotham and eighth-place San Diego are separated by simply three factors within the playoff race, with a choose few matchdays remaining within the common season.

Utah 2, Chicago 2

The Chicago Stars (2-11-10, 16 factors) rallied for a draw with the Utah Royals (5-11-7, 22 factors) on Sunday in Bridgeview, Unwell.

Mina Tanaka etched each of Utah’s objectives within the second half — an explosive shot from the underside arc within the 59th minute and a penalty objective within the 66th minute — to present the Royals a 2-0 lead.

The Stars introduced on Ivonne Chacon and 17-year-old Micayla Johnson within the 79th minute and so they paid fast dividends. Chacon answered within the 83rd minute together with her first objective within the NWSL, then Johnson added her personal first objective for the equalizer within the 86th.

The Royals have been one of many league’s hottest groups with no losses since Aug. 8 — a stretch of eight straight matches.

–Area Degree Media

–Area Degree Media