NWSL

North Carolina Courage vs Washington Spirit, 2025 NWSL, Regular Season

· NWSL
North Carolina Courage
  • 86': Shinomi Koyama
FT
1 - 1
Washington Spirit
  • 53': Trinity Rodman

About

North Carolina Courage are hosting Washington Spirit at First Horizon Stadium 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.
  • 4': Offside, Washington Spirit. Trinity Rodman is caught offside.
  • 6': Foul by Croix Bethune (Washington Spirit).
  • 6': Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Shinomi Koyama (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Manaka Matsukubo.
  • 14': Offside, Washington Spirit. Trinity Rodman is caught offside.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage). Assisted by Hal Hershfelt.
  • 22': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Ryan Williams.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage). Assisted by Rosemonde Kouassi.
  • 23': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Croix Bethune with a cross following a corner.
  • 24': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Ashley Sanchez is caught offside.
  • 27': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Kaleigh Kurtz.
  • 30': Foul by Dani Weatherholt (North Carolina Courage).
  • 30': Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Ashley Sanchez is caught offside.
  • 33': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck is caught offside.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Trinity Rodman.
  • 35': Handball by Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit).
  • 36': Attempt missed. Payton Linnehan (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kaleigh Kurtz.
  • 37': Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage).
  • 39': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Ryan Williams.
  • 41': Foul by Shinomi Koyama (North Carolina Courage).
  • 41': Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit).
  • 43': Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Natalie Jacobs (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Riley Jackson.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, North Carolina Courage 0, Washington Spirit 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Carolina Courage 0, Washington Spirit 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Gift Monday replaces Rosemonde Kouassi.
  • 45': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Kysha Sylla replaces Tara McKeown.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Croix Bethune (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage). Assisted by Trinity Rodman.
  • 49': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
  • 51': Croix Bethune (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage).
  • 53': Goal! North Carolina Courage 0, Washington Spirit 1. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hal Hershfelt.
  • 56': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Payton Linnehan is caught offside.
  • 56': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Payton Linnehan (North Carolina Courage) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 57': VAR Decision: No Goal North Carolina Courage 0-1 Washington Spirit.
  • 59': Foul by Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage).
  • 59': Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 61': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
  • 61': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Esme Morgan replaces Rebeca Bernal.
  • 61': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Paige Metayer replaces Hal Hershfelt.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Croix Bethune following a corner.
  • 65': Foul by Dani Weatherholt (North Carolina Courage).
  • 65': Paige Metayer (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 66': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Natalie Jacobs.
  • 67': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Leicy Santos replaces Croix Bethune.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Paige Metayer (Washington Spirit) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kate Wiesner with a cross.
  • 68': Foul by Payton Linnehan (North Carolina Courage).
  • 68': Kysha Sylla (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage).
  • 70': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Ryan Williams is caught offside.
  • 70': Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage).
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Foul by Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage).
  • 71': Narumi Miura (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Tyler Lussi replaces Meredith Speck.
  • 73': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Hannah Betfort replaces Ashley Sanchez.
  • 74': Foul by Gift Monday (Washington Spirit).
  • 74': Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Delay in match because of an injury Kysha Sylla (Washington Spirit).
  • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Payton Linnehan (North Carolina Courage).
  • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Cortnee Vine replaces Payton Linnehan because of an injury.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Gift Monday (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage). Assisted by Leicy Santos.
  • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage).
  • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 82': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Maycee Bell replaces Dani Weatherholt.
  • 84': Foul by Deborah Abiodun (Washington Spirit).
  • 84': Natalie Jacobs (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 84': Deborah Abiodun (Washington Spirit) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Cortnee Vine (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Riley Jackson with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 86': Goal! North Carolina Courage 1, Washington Spirit 1. Shinomi Koyama (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 88': Foul by Shinomi Koyama (North Carolina Courage).
  • 88': Gift Monday (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Leicy Santos (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gift Monday.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+4': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Kysha Sylla.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Natalie Jacobs (North Carolina Courage) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+7': Attempt blocked. Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+7': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Deborah Abiodun.
  • 90'+8': Attempt missed. Maycee Bell (North Carolina Courage) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Riley Jackson with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+9': Second Half ends, North Carolina Courage 1, Washington Spirit 1.
  • 0': Match ends, North Carolina Courage 1, Washington Spirit 1.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 5
7 Corner Kicks 2
0 Saves 5
50.7 Possession 49.3
11 SHOTS 9
6 ON GOAL 1
0.5 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
370 Accurate Passes 355
448 Passes 430
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 2
12 Crosses 18
0.2 Cross % 0.1
54 Long Balls 43
24 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 3
17 Effective Tackles 13
24 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
16 Interceptions 15
22 Effective Clearances 21
22 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: NWSL

Venue: First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
Attendance: 8,498

NWSL Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kansas City Current 25 +35 62
2 Washington Spirit 25 +10 44
3 Orlando Pride 25 +6 39
4 Seattle Reign FC 25 +3 38
Full Table

Line-Ups

NC North Carolina Courage (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Casey Murphy (GK)
4 Natalie Jacobs
3 Kaleigh Kurtz
17 Dani Weatherholt
13 Ryan Williams
16 Riley Jackson
20 Shinomi Koyama
2 Ashley Sanchez
34 Manaka Matsukubo
25 Meredith Speck
15 Payton Linnehan
North Carolina Courage Substitutes:
Olivia Pena, Heather MacNab, Hannah Betfort, Tyler Lussi, Natalia Staude, Maycee Bell, Cortnee Vine, Marisa Jordan, Denise O'Sullivan.

WAS Washington Spirit (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Aubrey Kingsbury (GK)
4 Rebeca Bernal
9 Tara McKeown
6 Kate Wiesner
20 Deborah Abiodun Yellow Card
7 Croix Bethune
5 Narumi Miura
17 Hal Hershfelt
27 Sofia Cantore
19 Rosemonde Kouassi
2 Trinity Rodman
Washington Spirit Substitutes:
Gift Monday, Leicy Santos, Brittany Ratcliffe, Heather Stainbrook, Paige Metayer, Sandy MacIver, Kysha Sylla, Esme Morgan, Gabrielle Carle.

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