NWSL

FT Saturday, October 11, 2025
Washington Spirit DDWDW 1
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North Carolina Courage DWWLL 1
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WakeMed Soccer Park · 8,498 att.

Team Stats

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

Highlights

01:11 North Carolina Courage vs. Washington Spirit - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:24 Casey Murphy makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:33 Casey Murphy makes a great save Watch on ESPN 01:12 Trinity Rodman curls home beauty for Spirit Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NC leads series 3-2

Lineups

NC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Casey MurphyG
  2. 4Natalie JacobsCD-L
  3. 3Kaleigh KurtzCD-R
  4. 17Dani WeatherholtLB
  5. 13Ryan WilliamsRB
  6. 16Riley JacksonCM
  7. 20Shinomi KoyamaLM
  8. 2Ashley SanchezRM
  9. 34Manaka MatsukuboF
  10. 25Meredith SpeckLF
  11. 15Payton LinnehanRF

Substitutes

  1. 80Oli PeñaSUB
  2. 28Heather MacNabSUB
  3. 30Hannah BetfortSUB
  4. 14Tyler LussiSUB
  5. 12Natalia StaudeSUB
  6. 27Maycee BellSUB
  7. 22Cortnee VineSUB
  8. 44Marisa JordanSUB
  9. 10Denise O'SullivanSUB

WAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Aubrey KingsburyG
  2. 4Rebeca BernalCD-L
  3. 9Tara RuddCD-R
  4. 6Kate WiesnerLB
  5. 20Deborah AbiodunRB
  6. 7Croix BethuneAM
  7. 5Narumi MiuraLM
  8. 17Hal HershfeltRM
  9. 27Sofia CantoreF
  10. 19Rosemonde KouassiAM-L
  11. 2Trinity RodmanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Gift MondaySUB
  2. 10Leicy SantosSUB
  3. 13Brittany RatcliffeSUB
  4. 22Heather StainbrookSUB
  5. 26Paige MetayerSUB
  6. 28Sandy MacIverSUB
  7. 25Kysha SyllaSUB
  8. 24Esme MorganSUB
  9. 14Gabrielle CarleSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Gift Monday replaces Rosemonde Kouassi.
  2. 45' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Kysha Sylla replaces Tara McKeown.
  3. 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.
  4. 61' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Esme Morgan replaces Rebeca Bernal.
  5. 61' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Paige Metayer replaces Hal Hershfelt.
  6. 67' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Leicy Santos replaces Croix Bethune.
  7. 73' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Tyler Lussi replaces Meredith Speck.
  8. 73' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Hannah Betfort replaces Ashley Sanchez.
  9. 79' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Cortnee Vine replaces Payton Linnehan because of an injury.
  10. 82' Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Maycee Bell replaces Dani Weatherholt.
  11. 84' Deborah Abiodun (Washington Spirit) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 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.

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