NWSL

Racing Louisville FC vs North Carolina Courage, 2022 National Women's Soccer League, Regular Season

· NWSL
Racing Louisville FC
    FT
    0 - 3
    North Carolina Courage
    • 4': Kaleigh Kurtz
    • 45'+1': Diana Ordóñez
    • 90'+1': Debinha

    About

    Racing Louisville FC are hosting North Carolina Courage at Lynn Family Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the NWSL.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 3': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Julia Lester.
    • 4': Goal! Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 1. Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Debinha following a corner.
    • 6': Foul by Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage).
    • 6': Jaelin Howell (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandra Chidiac.
    • 7': Debinha (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 8': Offside, Racing Louisville FC. Cecelia Kizer tries a through ball, but Jessica McDonald is caught offside.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kerolin.
    • 9': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Katie Lund.
    • 12': Diana Ordoñez (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Rebecca Holloway (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 14': Foul by Jaelin Howell (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 14': Malia Berkely (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage).
    • 14': Lauren Milliet (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage).
    • 14': Jaelin Howell (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Gemma Bonner (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 15': Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Lauren Milliet (Racing Louisville FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Savannah DeMelo with a cross.
    • 18': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Denise O'Sullivan.
    • 20': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Cecelia Kizer (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 24': Jessica McDonald (Racing Louisville FC) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Jaelin Howell.
    • 26': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 33': Attempt missed. Diana Ordoñez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Carson Pickett.
    • 34': Foul by Carson Pickett (North Carolina Courage).
    • 34': Lauren Milliet (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Carson Pickett.
    • 37': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Diana Ordoñez tries a through ball, but Brianna Pinto is caught offside.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Debinha (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 42': Alexandra Chidiac (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Kerolin (North Carolina Courage).
    • 44': Attempt missed. Jessica McDonald (Racing Louisville FC) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Emily Fox with a cross.
    • 45'+1': Goal! Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 2. Diana Ordoñez (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Merritt Mathias with a cross.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 2.
    • 46': Offside, Racing Louisville FC. Emily Fox tries a through ball, but Jessica McDonald is caught offside.
    • 50': Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Kerolin (North Carolina Courage).
    • 51': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Emily Fox.
    • 51': Foul by Diana Ordoñez (North Carolina Courage).
    • 51': Katie Lund (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 53': Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Substitution, Racing Louisville FC. Freja Olofsson replaces Rebecca Holloway.
    • 55': Offside, Racing Louisville FC. Lauren Milliet tries a through ball, but Jessica McDonald is caught offside.
    • 60': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Kaleigh Kurtz.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Alexandra Chidiac (Racing Louisville FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 61': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Lauren Milliet (Racing Louisville FC) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
    • 63': Foul by Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage).
    • 63': Lauren Milliet (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 64': Foul by Carson Pickett (North Carolina Courage).
    • 64': Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Merritt Mathias.
    • 66': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck replaces Brianna Pinto.
    • 67': Substitution, Racing Louisville FC. Nadia Nadim replaces Cecelia Kizer.
    • 67': Substitution, Racing Louisville FC. Emina Ekic replaces Alexandra Chidiac.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 68': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Kaleigh Kurtz.
    • 70': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck tries a through ball, but Kerolin is caught offside.
    • 71': Foul by Carson Pickett (North Carolina Courage).
    • 71': Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Nadia Nadim (Racing Louisville FC).
    • 74': Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Emina Ekic (Racing Louisville FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Merritt Mathias (North Carolina Courage).
    • 75': Merritt Mathias (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 76': Corner, Racing Louisville FC. Conceded by Merritt Mathias.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Julia Lester (Racing Louisville FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 77': Offside, Racing Louisville FC. Savannah DeMelo tries a through ball, but Jessica McDonald is caught offside.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julia Lester.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Diana Ordoñez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kerolin.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Emina Ekic (Racing Louisville FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emily Fox.
    • 83': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Ryan Williams replaces Merritt Mathias.
    • 83': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Taylor Smith replaces Kerolin.
    • 83': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Jaelene Daniels replaces Malia Berkely.
    • 83': Substitution, Racing Louisville FC. Nealy Martin replaces Jaelin Howell.
    • 84': Substitution, Racing Louisville FC. Ebony Salmon replaces Lauren Milliet.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 87': Offside, Racing Louisville FC. Emina Ekic tries a through ball, but Emily Fox is caught offside.
    • 87': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Jorian Baucom replaces Diana Ordoñez.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Ebony Salmon (Racing Louisville FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julia Lester.
    • 90'+1': Goal! Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 3. Debinha (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taylor Smith with a through ball.
    • 90'+4': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck tries a through ball, but Jorian Baucom is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Racing Louisville FC 0, North Carolina Courage 3.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 5
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    3 Saves 2
    55.4 Possession 44.6
    10 SHOTS 12
    5 ON GOAL 3
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    374 Accurate Passes 275
    477 Passes 381
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 4
    13 Crosses 16
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    62 Long Balls 46
    30 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 6
    19 Effective Tackles 13
    28 Tackles 21
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    8 Interceptions 12
    16 Effective Clearances 11
    16 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: NWSL

    Venue: Lynn Family Stadium
    Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
    Attendance: 5,738

    NWSL Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Angel City FC 0 0 0
    2 Bay FC 0 0 0
    3 Boston Legacy FC 0 0 0
    4 Chicago Stars FC 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    LOU Racing Louisville FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Katie Lund (GK)
    15 Julia Lester
    4 Gemma Bonner
    25 Rebecca Holloway
    11 Emily Fox
    5 Cece Kizer
    7 Savannah DeMelo Yellow Card
    6 Jaelin Howell
    14 Jessica McDonald
    27 Alex Chidiac
    2 Lauren Milliet
    Racing Louisville FC Substitutes:
    Nealy Martin, Taylor Otto, Freja Olofsson, Ebony Salmon, Satara Murray, Hillary Beall, Kirsten Wright, Emina Ekic, Nadia Nadim.

    NC North Carolina Courage (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Casey Murphy (GK)
    6 Abby Erceg
    3 Kaleigh Kurtz
    4 Carson Pickett
    11 Merritt Mathias Yellow Card
    10 Debinha
    8 Denise O'Sullivan
    7 Malia Berkely
    12 Diana Ordóñez
    9 Kerolin
    5 Brianna Pinto
    North Carolina Courage Substitutes:
    Jaelene Daniels, Taylor Smith, Jorian Baucom, Meredith Speck, Katie Bowen, Emily Gray, Ryan Williams, Katelyn Rowland, Rylee Baisden.

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