NWSL

North Carolina Courage vs Orlando Pride, 2023 NWSL, Regular Season

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North Carolina Courage
  • 32': Kerolin
  • 77': Meredith Speck
  • 83': Haley McCutcheon (OG)
FT
3 - 0
Orlando Pride

    About

    North Carolina Courage are hosting Orlando Pride 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.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Ally Watt (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adriana.
    • 2': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
    • 4': Foul by Ally Watt (Orlando Pride).
    • 4': Tess Boade (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Attempt saved. Ally Watt (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julie Doyle.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tess Boade.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Tess Boade (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Malia Berkely.
    • 12': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Anna Moorhouse.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Malia Berkely following a corner.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Mille Gejl Jensen (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan with a headed pass.
    • 17': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Adriana (Orlando Pride).
    • 21': Attempt missed. Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Messiah Bright.
    • 23': Foul by Mikayla Cluff (Orlando Pride).
    • 23': Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 24': Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride).
    • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Kerolin (North Carolina Courage).
    • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 32': Goal! North Carolina Courage 1, Orlando Pride 0. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tess Boade.
    • 33': Foul by Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride).
    • 33': Mille Gejl Jensen (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Emily Madril.
    • 35': Attempt saved. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Frankie Tagliaferri.
    • 36': Offside, Orlando Pride. Haley McCutcheon tries a through ball, but Messiah Bright is caught offside.
    • 39': Adriana (Orlando Pride) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 39': Foul by Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage).
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Messiah Bright (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 43': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, North Carolina Courage 1, Orlando Pride 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins North Carolina Courage 1, Orlando Pride 0.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Messiah Bright (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Haley McCutcheon with a cross.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kerolin with a through ball.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerolin.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Adriana (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikayla Cluff.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Mikayla Cluff (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Messiah Bright.
    • 53': Substitution, Orlando Pride. Kerry Abello replaces Messiah Bright.
    • 55': Offside, Orlando Pride. Mikayla Cluff tries a through ball, but Ally Watt is caught offside.
    • 55': Adriana (Orlando Pride) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
    • 56': Ally Watt (Orlando Pride) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Adriana (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Viviana Villacorta (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 58': Foul by Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride).
    • 58': Malia Berkely (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Offside, Orlando Pride. Kylie Strom tries a through ball, but Ally Watt is caught offside.
    • 63': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Kerolin tries a through ball, but Tess Boade is caught offside.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Narumi Miura.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Tess Boade (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Julie Doyle (Orlando Pride) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Adriana.
    • 67': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Rikke Madsen replaces Tess Boade.
    • 67': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck replaces Frankie Tagliaferri.
    • 67': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Olivia Wingate replaces Mille Gejl Jensen.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Adriana (Orlando Pride) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Meredith Speck.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Narumi Miura.
    • 72': Substitution, Orlando Pride. Erika Tymrak replaces Julie Doyle.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Kerry Abello (Orlando Pride) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adriana.
    • 73': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Kaleigh Kurtz.
    • 73': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Haley McCutcheon.
    • 75': Foul by Kerry Abello (Orlando Pride).
    • 75': Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rikke Madsen with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 77': Goal! North Carolina Courage 2, Orlando Pride 0. Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Olivia Wingate.
    • 80': Foul by Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage).
    • 80': Mikayla Cluff (Orlando Pride) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 81': Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Foul by Ally Watt (Orlando Pride).
    • 82': Hand ball by Ally Watt (Orlando Pride).
    • 83': Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
    • 83': Own Goal by Haley McCutcheon, Orlando Pride. North Carolina Courage 3, Orlando Pride 0.
    • 85': Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Foul by Adriana (Orlando Pride).
    • 86': Substitution, Orlando Pride. Amanda Allen replaces Ally Watt.
    • 86': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Tyler Lussi replaces Kerolin.
    • 87': Substitution, Orlando Pride. Summer Yates replaces Mikayla Cluff.
    • 87': Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Kerry Abello (Orlando Pride).
    • 88': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Haley Hopkins replaces Narumi Miura.
    • 89': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Haley McCutcheon.
    • 90': Offside, Orlando Pride. Kylie Strom tries a through ball, but Amanda Allen is caught offside.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Emily Fox.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Haley Hopkins.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Orlando Pride. Conceded by Meredith Speck.
    • 90'+3': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Ryan Williams tries a through ball, but Tyler Lussi is caught offside.
    • 90'+3': Emily Fox (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Adriana (Orlando Pride).
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, North Carolina Courage 3, Orlando Pride 0.
    • 0': Match ends, North Carolina Courage 3, Orlando Pride 0.

    Game Information

    Competition: NWSL

    Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park
    Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
    Attendance: 4,014

    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 (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Casey Murphy (GK)
    7 Malia Berkely
    3 Kaleigh Kurtz
    12 Emily Fox
    13 Ryan Williams
    19 Frankie Tagliaferri
    6 Narumi Miura
    10 Denise O'Sullivan
    28 Tess Boade
    22 Mille Gejl
    9 Kerolin
    North Carolina Courage Substitutes:
    Olivia Wingate, Meredith Speck, Katelyn Rowland, Brittany Ratcliffe, Tyler Lussi, Rikke Marie Madsen, Haley Hopkins, Brianna Pinto, Sydney Collins.

    ORL Orlando Pride (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    21 Anna Moorhouse (GK)
    6 Emily Sams
    5 Megan Montefusco
    3 Kylie Nadaner
    2 Haley McCutcheon
    9 Adriana
    14 Viviana Villacorta
    8 Mikayla Cluff
    11 Ally Watt
    23 Messiah Bright
    20 Julie Doyle Yellow Card
    Orlando Pride Substitutes:
    Amanda Allen, Carly Nelson, Brianna Martinez, Caitlin Cosme, Erika Tymrak, Summer Yates, Jordyn Listro, Celia Jiménez, Kerry Abello.

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