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FT Saturday, June 8, 2024
North Carolina Courage LLWLL 0
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Portland Thorns FC WWWLW 1
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Providence Park · 21,025 att.

Match Report

Sophia Smith leads Portland Thorns past North Carolina Courage 1-0

Sophia Smith converted a penalty in the 79th minute as the Portland Thorns beat the North Carolina Courage 1-0 at Providence Park on Saturday.

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Highlights

00:53 Sophia Smith dispatches penalty to open scoring for Portland Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Shelby HoganG
  2. 4Becky SauerbrunnCD-L
  3. 20Kelli HublyCD-R
  4. 23Marie MüllerLB
  5. 11Nicole PayneRB
  6. 21Jessie FlemingAM
  7. 17Sam CoffeyLM
  8. 8Hina SugitaRM
  9. 9Sophia WilsonF
  10. 13Olivia MoultrieAM-L
  11. 15Payton LinnehanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Reyna ReyesSUB
  2. 12Christine SinclairSUB
  3. 39Meaghan NallySUB
  4. 54Olivia Wade-KatoaSUB
  5. 99Emily AlvaradoSUB
  6. 19Ana DiasSUB
  7. 27Marissa ShevaSUB
  8. 16Janine SonisSUB
  9. 24Izzy D'AquilaSUB

NC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Casey MurphyG
  2. 3Kaleigh KurtzCD
  3. 7Malia BerkelyCD-L
  4. 13Ryan WilliamsCD-R
  5. 10Denise O'SullivanCM-L
  6. 6Narumi MiuraCM-R
  7. 14Tyler LussiLM
  8. 23Bianca St-GeorgesRM
  9. 5Haley HopkinsF
  10. 25Meredith SpeckCF-L
  11. 2Ashley SanchezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Feli RauchSUB
  2. 19Landy MertzSUB
  3. 34Manaka MatsukuboSUB
  4. 17Dani WeatherholtSUB
  5. 16Riley JacksonSUB
  6. 94Victoria PickettSUB
  7. 15Jenna WinebrennerSUB
  8. 44Marisa JordanSUB
  9. 8Brianna PintoSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 36' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Janine Beckie replaces Sam Coffey because of an injury.
  3. 65' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Brianna Pinto replaces Meredith Speck.
  4. 66' Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Reyna Reyes replaces Nicole Payne.
  6. 67' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Christine Sinclair replaces Payton Linnehan.
  7. 78' Second yellow card to Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage) for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Goal! Portland Thorns 1, North Carolina Courage 0. Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  9. 82' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Felicitas Rauch replaces Tyler Lussi.
  10. 82' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Victoria Pickett replaces Ashley Sanchez.
  11. 89' Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+7' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Olivia Wade-Katoa replaces Jessie Fleming.
  13. 90'+7' Substitution, Portland Thorns. Izzy D'Aquila replaces Sophia Smith.
  14. 90'+11' Second yellow card to Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns).
  15. 90'+12' Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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