NWSL

FT Sunday, October 17, 2021
Gotham FC LDWDW 3
–
North Carolina Courage LLWLL 0
1st2ndT
GFC033
NC000
WakeMed Soccer Park · 7,064 att.

Head to Head

NC leads series 3-2

Lineups

NC · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Casey MurphyG
  2. 6Abby ErcegCD-L
  3. 3Kaleigh KurtzCD-R
  4. 4Carson PickettLB
  5. 11Merritt MathiasRB
  6. 8Denise O'SullivanCM-L
  7. 21Cari RoccaroCM-R
  8. 9Lynn BiyendoloCF-L
  9. 14Jessica McDonaldCF-R
  10. 25Meredith SpeckAM-L
  11. 10DebinhaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Brittany RatcliffeSUB
  2. 13Ryan WilliamsSUB
  3. 2Taylor SmithSUB
  4. 29Rylee BaisdenSUB
  5. 7Diane CaldwellSUB
  6. 34Angharad James-TurnerSUB
  7. 12Amy RodriguezSUB
  8. 20Lindsay AgnewSUB
  9. 42Samantha LeshnakSUB

GFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Kailen SheridanG
  2. 24Estelle JohnsonCD-L
  3. 12Gina LewandowskiCD-R
  4. 28Imani DorseyLB
  5. 3Caprice DydascoRB
  6. 7McCall ZerboniCM
  7. 9Nahomi KawasumiLM
  8. 16Allie LongRM
  9. 10Carli LloydF
  10. 25Ifeoma OnumonuLF
  11. 23Midge PurceRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Erica SkroskiSUB
  2. 19Elizabeth EddySUB
  3. 11Lee SodamSUB
  4. 22Mandy FreemanSUB
  5. 20Evelyne ViensSUB
  6. 27Gaëtane ThineySUB
  7. 13DiDi HaracicSUB
  8. 17Dominique RichardsonSUB
  9. 4Paige CroninSUB

Timeline

  1. 45'+2' Merritt Mathias (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 54' Goal! North Carolina Courage 0, Gotham FC 1. Margaret Purce (Gotham FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 63' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Amy Rodriguez replaces Meredith Speck.
  4. 64' Goal! North Carolina Courage 0, Gotham FC 2. Margaret Purce (Gotham FC) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  5. 67' Goal! North Carolina Courage 0, Gotham FC 3. Carli Lloyd (Gotham FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Estelle Johnson.
  6. 72' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Angharad James replaces Denise O'Sullivan.
  7. 72' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Taylor Smith replaces Jessica McDonald.
  8. 73' Substitution, Gotham FC. Paige Monaghan replaces Margaret Purce.
  9. 82' Substitution, Gotham FC. Elizabeth Eddy replaces Ifeoma Onumonu.
  10. 82' Substitution, Gotham FC. Gaëtane Thiney replaces Nahomi Kawasumi.
  11. 83' Gaëtane Thiney (Gotham FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Ryan Williams replaces Carson Pickett.
  13. 89' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Brittany Ratcliffe replaces Debinha.
  14. 89' Substitution, Gotham FC. Mandy Freeman replaces Estelle Johnson.
  15. 89' Substitution, Gotham FC. Évelyne Viens replaces Carli Lloyd.

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