Riley Tiernan scored his second goal of the game in the eighth minute of the second half arrest time to give Angel City a 4-3 victory over the Spirit Washington in the National Women’s Soccer League on Friday night.
In another part of the NWSL, the Houston Dash fell 2-1 at home to Racing Louisville and the Reign of Seattle overcame the current 1-0 of Kansas City.
Tiernan opened the score in Audi Field with a quick ending from the center of the box in the eighth minute. Gisele Thompson scored a cross of his sister Alyssa Thompson in the 22nd minute to put the 2-0. It was the first time that the sisters combined for a goal in NWSL’s story.
The spiritual defender Esme Morgan scored his first NWSL goal in the 30th and Monday’s gift ended in an open network in 40 to put 2-2 in the half time.
Katie Zelem of Angel City did it 3-2 with a left shot in the 72nd minute, but the spirit again tied the second of the Morgan party.
Christen Press moved in a corner kick for the winner of Térnan, his fifth goal of the season.
Angel City’s interim coach (3-2-2), Sam Laity, received a red card after Tiernan’s winning goal. It is the first time that the Spirit (4-3-0) has lost two consecutive NWSL games since September 2023.
Emma Sears scored in the 70th minute to give Louisville races the victory to come in Shell Energy Stadium.
The 24 -year -old ended his room in the season in a separatist counterattack. Although his strike went directly to Dash’s goalkeeper, Jane Campbell, Ricochet slipped from Campbell and entered the network.
Houston (2-4-1) had taken the lead in Avery Patterson’s goal on the edge of the box in the eighth minute.
After the ray in the area delayed the game for almost an hour, Kayla Fischer tied things to 1-1 by reaching a long-range goal in 20.
Louisville (2-3-2) has now taken seven points of his last three games away from home.
Lynn Biyando scored the only goal of the game in the 37th minute in Lumen Field.
Reign’s coach (3-2-2), Laura Harvey, chose to sit in a defensive game plan. In the second half, the current (5-2-0) exceeded its opponent 10-1, 3-0 in the goal.
Kansas City chief coach Vlatko Andonovski brought NWSL Temwa Chawinga MVP, who has been dealing with a hip problem, from the bank in the 61st minute, but could not find the tie.
It is the second consecutive defeat for Kansas City after being undefeated during the first five weeks of the season.
___
AP Soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
