NWSL

FT Sunday, September 12, 2021
Portland Thorns FC WWWLW 1
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North Carolina Courage WWWDD 0
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WakeMed Soccer Park · 5,161 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. 10DebinhaAM-L
  11. 19Havana SolaunAM-R

POR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 31Bella BixbyG
  2. 20Kelli HublyCD-L
  3. 5Emily MengesCD-R
  4. 36Angela SalemDM
  5. 14Natalia KuikkaLB
  6. 18Christen WestphalRB
  7. 19Crystal DunnAM
  8. 10Lindsey HeapsLM
  9. 11Rocky RodríguezRM
  10. 12Christine SinclairCF-L
  11. 9Sophia WilsonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Merritt Mathias (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Cari Roccaro (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! North Carolina Courage 0, Portland Thorns 1. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christine Sinclair with a through ball.
  4. 61' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck replaces Havana Solaun.
  5. 61' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Amy Rodriguez replaces Jessica McDonald.
  6. 63' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Morgan Weaver replaces Christine Sinclair.
  7. 64' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Meghan Klingenberg replaces Christen Westphal.
  8. 76' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Olivia Moultrie replaces Lindsey Horan because of an injury.
  9. 81' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Taylor Smith replaces Cari Roccaro.
  10. 81' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Ryan Williams replaces Merritt Mathias.
  11. 84' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Tyler Lussi replaces Sophia Smith.
  12. 84' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Becky Sauerbrunn replaces Emily Menges.
  13. 88' Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 88' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Angharad James replaces Denise O'Sullivan.

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