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FT Saturday, March 16, 2024
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Kansas City Current LWLWD 5
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Match Report

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KC Current beat Portland 5-4 to open stadium with thriller

Vanessa DiBernardo scored the first goal for Kansas City in its new stadium and the Current held off the Portland Thorns 5-4 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for the NWSL.

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Highlights

02:11 Kansas City Current wins thrilling NWSL opener 5-4 Watch on ESPN 01:05 Kansas City go 2-0 up vs. Portland in NWSL opener Watch on ESPN 00:26 Bia Zaneratto makes it 3-0 Kansas City with fine finish Watch on ESPN 00:38 Sophia Smith pulls one back for Portand with excellent goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

POR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

KC · 4-3-3

  1. 21Adrianna FranchG
  2. 24Gabrielle RobinsonCD-L
  3. 7Elizabeth BallCD-R
  4. 4Hailie MaceLB
  5. 5Ellie Bravo-YoungRB
  6. 16Vanessa DiBernardoCM
  7. 14Claire HuttonLM
  8. 10Lo'eau LaBontaRM
  9. 9Bia ZanerattoF
  10. 77Alexa SpaanstraLF
  11. 99DebinhaRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Izzy RodriguezSUB
  2. 12Stine Ballisager PedersenSUB
  3. 29Jordan SilkowitzSUB
  4. 2Regan SteiglederSUB
  5. 47Alex PfeifferSUB
  6. 94Claire LavogezSUB
  7. 22Bayley FeistSUB
  8. 25Kristen HamiltonSUB
  9. 6Temwa ChawingaSUB

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 18Shelby HoganG
  2. 5Isabella ObazeCD-L
  3. 20Kelli HublyCD-R
  4. 23Marie MüllerLB
  5. 11Nicole PayneRB
  6. 17Sam CoffeyCM
  7. 13Olivia MoultrieLM
  8. 21Jessie FlemingRM
  9. 9Sophia WilsonF
  10. 22Morgan WeaverLF
  11. 12Christine SinclairRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Lauren KozalSUB
  2. 54Olivia Wade-KatoaSUB
  3. 8Hina SugitaSUB
  4. 25Meghan KlingenbergSUB
  5. 27Marissa ShevaSUB
  6. 16Janine SonisSUB
  7. 4Becky SauerbrunnSUB
  8. 24Izzy D'AquilaSUB
  9. 2Reyna ReyesSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Kansas City Current 1, Portland Thorns 0. Vanessa DiBernardo (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 25' Goal! Kansas City Current 2, Portland Thorns 0. Ellis Wheeler (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 32' Substitution, Kansas City Current. Kristen Hamilton replaces Debinha because of an injury.
  4. 34' Goal! Kansas City Current 3, Portland Thorns 0. Bia Zaneratto (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Vanessa DiBernardo with a through ball following a fast break.
  5. 43' Goal! Kansas City Current 3, Portland Thorns 1. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jessie Fleming.
  6. 45' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Janine Beckie replaces Christine Sinclair.
  7. 45' Substitution, Kansas City Current. Alex Pfeiffer replaces Bia Zaneratto.
  8. 62' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Hina Sugita replaces Olivia Moultrie.
  9. 63' Substitution, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga replaces Vanessa DiBernardo.
  10. 63' Substitution, Kansas City Current. Claire Lavogez replaces Alexa Spaanstra.
  11. 64' Goal! Kansas City Current 4, Portland Thorns 1. Kristen Hamilton (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  12. 68' Goal! Kansas City Current 5, Portland Thorns 1. Alex Pfeiffer (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Temwa Chawinga.
  13. 71' Goal! Kansas City Current 5, Portland Thorns 2. Janine Beckie (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isabella Obaze following a corner.
  14. 74' Goal! Kansas City Current 5, Portland Thorns 3. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  15. 75' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Izzy D'Aquila replaces Sophia Smith.
  16. 75' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Olivia Wade-Katoa replaces Sam Coffey.
  17. 75' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Reyna Reyes replaces Nicole Payne.
  18. 79' Hina Sugita (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 85' Kelli Hubly (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 88' Substitution, Kansas City Current. Stine Ballisager replaces Kristen Hamilton.
  21. 90'+1' Goal! Kansas City Current 5, Portland Thorns 4. Janine Beckie (Portland Thorns) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marie Müller.

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