NWSL

FT Sunday, October 27, 2019
Chicago Stars FC WWWWW 0
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North Carolina Courage WWLWW 4
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WakeMed Soccer Park · 10,227 att.

Match Report

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North Carolina Courage crush Chicago Red Stars to repeat as NWSL champs

The North Carolina Courage won their second successive NWSL championship Sunday with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over the Chicago Red Stars.

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Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
4
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
1.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CHI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NC

  1. 1Stephanie LabbeG
  2. 13Abby DahlkemperD
  3. 6Abby ErcegD
  4. 15Jaelene DanielsD
  5. 17Heather O'ReillyD
  6. 5Sam MewisM
  7. 8Denise O'SullivanM
  8. 19Crystal DunnM
  9. 10DebinhaM
  10. 9Lynn BiyendoloF
  11. 14Jessica McDonaldF

Substitutes

  1. 16Julia SpetsmarkSUB
  2. 99Katelyn RowlandSUB
  3. 23Kristen HamiltonSUB
  4. 21Cari RoccaroSUB
  5. 7McCall ZerboniSUB
  6. 25Meredith SpeckSUB
  7. 3Kaleigh KurtzSUB

CHI

  1. 1Alyssa NaeherG
  2. 8Julie ErtzD
  3. 6Casey KruegerD
  4. 14Sarah GordenD
  5. 5Katie NaughtonD
  6. 12Yuki NagasatoM
  7. 10Vanessa DiBernardoM
  8. 13Morgan GautratM
  9. 9Savannah McCaskillM
  10. 24Danielle ColapricoM
  11. 20Sam KerrF

Substitutes

  1. 21Emily BoydSUB
  2. 15María SánchezSUB
  3. 28Kayla SharplesSUB
  4. 32Zoey GoralskiSUB
  5. 33Katie JohnsonSUB
  6. 2Nikki StantonSUB
  7. 23Brooke ElbySUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! North Carolina Courage 1, Chicago Red Stars 0. Debinha (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 26' Goal! North Carolina Courage 2, Chicago Red Stars 0. Jessica McDonald (North Carolina Courage) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lynn Williams with a cross.
  3. 45'+5' Goal! North Carolina Courage 3, Chicago Red Stars 0. Crystal Dunn (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chicago Red Stars. Katlyn Johnson replaces Savannah McCaskill.
  5. 47' Vanessa Di Bernardo (Chicago Red Stars) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Goal! North Carolina Courage 4, Chicago Red Stars 0. Samantha Mewis (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Abby Dahlkemper following a corner.
  7. 62' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. McCall Zerboni replaces Crystal Dunn because of an injury.
  8. 67' Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' McCall Zerboni (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Kristen Hamilton replaces Jessica McDonald.
  11. 75' Substitution, Chicago Red Stars. Nikki Stanton replaces Vanessa Di Bernardo.
  12. 84' Substitution, Chicago Red Stars. Brooke Elby replaces Danielle Colaprico.
  13. 89' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Cari Roccaro replaces Heather O'Reilly.

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