NWSL

North Carolina Courage vs Portland Thorns FC, 2023 NWSL, Regular Season

· NWSL
North Carolina Courage
  • 1': Emily Menges (OG)
  • 26': Kerolin
  • 70': Victoria Pickett
FT
3 - 3
Portland Thorns FC
  • 22': Crystal Dunn
  • 52': Crystal Dunn
  • 83': Olivia Moultrie

About

North Carolina Courage are hosting Portland Thorns FC at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina, 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.
  • 1': Own Goal by Emily Menges, Portland Thorns. North Carolina Courage 1, Portland Thorns 0.
  • 6': Hand ball by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
  • 12': Hand ball by Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns).
  • 13': Foul by Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns).
  • 13': Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Kerolin (North Carolina Courage).
  • 16': Natalia Kuikka (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Weaver.
  • 18': Foul by Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage).
  • 18': Meghan Klingenberg (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Crystal Dunn.
  • 22': Goal! North Carolina Courage 1, Portland Thorns 1. Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sophia Smith.
  • 26': Goal! North Carolina Courage 2, Portland Thorns 1. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Williams.
  • 29': Corner, Portland Thorns. Conceded by Ryan Williams.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rikke Madsen with a cross.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christine Sinclair.
  • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage).
  • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 36': Foul by Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage).
  • 36': Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sophia Smith.
  • 41': Foul by Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage).
  • 41': Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Christine Sinclair (Portland Thorns) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Coffey with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 42': Foul by Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns).
  • 42': Malia Berkely (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Natalia Kuikka.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Meghan Klingenberg (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emily Menges.
  • 45'+3': Attempt saved. Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kerolin.
  • 45'+3': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Bella Bixby.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, North Carolina Courage 2, Portland Thorns 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Carolina Courage 2, Portland Thorns 1.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hina Sugita.
  • 50': Foul by Rikke Madsen (North Carolina Courage).
  • 50': Hina Sugita (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
  • 52': Goal! North Carolina Courage 2, Portland Thorns 2. Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Meghan Klingenberg.
  • 54': Foul by Natalia Kuikka (Portland Thorns).
  • 54': Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Natalia Kuikka (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Foul by Rikke Madsen (North Carolina Courage).
  • 56': Kelli Hubly (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Olivia Wingate replaces Rikke Madsen.
  • 56': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Victoria Pickett replaces Meredith Speck.
  • 58': Attempt saved. Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kerolin with a cross.
  • 58': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Bella Bixby.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerolin.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Coffey.
  • 61': Corner, Portland Thorns. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kerolin.
  • 62': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Bella Bixby.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Hina Sugita (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 67': Substitution, Portland Thorns. Olivia Moultrie replaces Christine Sinclair.
  • 68': Foul by Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage).
  • 68': Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 70': Goal! North Carolina Courage 3, Portland Thorns 2. Victoria Pickett (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivia Wingate.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 74': Corner, Portland Thorns. Conceded by Denise O'Sullivan.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Natalia Kuikka (Portland Thorns) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Meghan Klingenberg.
  • 76': Substitution, Portland Thorns. Adriana Leon replaces Morgan Weaver.
  • 76': Substitution, Portland Thorns. Meaghan Nally replaces Emily Menges.
  • 80': Substitution, Portland Thorns. Izzy D'Aquila replaces Hina Sugita.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Meghan Klingenberg.
  • 83': Goal! North Carolina Courage 3, Portland Thorns 3. Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Natalia Kuikka.
  • 87': Corner, Portland Thorns. Conceded by Narumi Miura.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 88': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Mille Gejl Jensen replaces Tyler Lussi.
  • 89': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns).
  • 89': Delay in match because of an injury Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
  • 90': Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns).
  • 90'+2': Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Narumi Miura with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+4': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Meaghan Nally.
  • 90'+5': Adriana Leon (Portland Thorns) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
  • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Izzy D'Aquila (Portland Thorns) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Coffey with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, North Carolina Courage 3, Portland Thorns 3.
  • 0': Match ends, North Carolina Courage 3, Portland Thorns 3.
  • 0': Match ends, North Carolina Courage 3, Portland Thorns 3.

Game Information

Competition: NWSL

Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park
Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
Attendance: 7,070

NWSL Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kansas City Current 26 +36 65
2 Washington Spirit 26 +9 44
3 Portland Thorns FC 26 +7 40
4 Orlando Pride 26 +6 40
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Casey Murphy (GK)
7 Malia Berkely
3 Kaleigh Kurtz
10 Denise O'Sullivan
12 Emily Fox
13 Ryan Williams
25 Meredith Speck
6 Narumi Miura
9 Kerolin
14 Tyler Lussi
17 Rikke Marie Madsen
North Carolina Courage Substitutes:
Clara Schilke, Kiki Pickett, Haley Hopkins, Olivia Wingate, Frankie Tagliaferri, Millie Farrow, Mille Gejl, Katelyn Rowland, Victoria Pickett.

POR Portland Thorns FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Bella Bixby (GK)
5 Emily Menges
20 Kelli Hubly
25 Meghan Klingenberg
14 Natalia Kuikka Yellow Card
12 Christine Sinclair
17 Sam Coffey
19 Crystal Dunn
9 Sophia Wilson Yellow Card
22 Morgan Weaver
8 Hina Sugita
Portland Thorns FC Substitutes:
Meaghan Nally, Taylor Porter, Adriana Leon, Olivia Moultrie, Rocky Rodríguez, Michele Vasconcelos, Izzy D'Aquila, Shelby Hogan, Reyna Reyes.

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