Hi everyone! In todays blog we will be writing about the Challenge Cup games that were played on July 17th. Both games were quarter final matches. The matches were North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC and Houston Dash v Utah Royals FC.
North Carolina Courage v Portland Thorns FC
This was a pretty interesting game. Portland and North Carolina had played each other before in the Challenge Cup and North Carolina won 2-1, so Portland was out for revenge. In the sixty-eighth minute, they got it. Raquel Rodriguez crossed the ball into the six yard box where Morgan Weaver ran onto it and shot it into the bottom left corner! Not only did Morgan Weaver score her first goal but her goal got Portland through to the semi-finals! Although there were some pretty nice saves throughout the rest of the game neither team was able to score again for the rest of the game. The final score ended up being Portland 1 North Carolina 0. Portland Thorns FC is going to the semi-finals!
Houston Dash v Utah Royals FC
This game was a crazy one. The entire game went scoreless until they went into penally kicks. Amy Rodriguez was up first for Utah. She shot the ball, but it hit off the cross bar. Sophie Schmidt went up for Houston and put the ball in the back of the net. Houston-1, Utah-0. Lo'eau LaBonta went up for Utah and put straight in to the back of the net. Christine Nairn for Houston went up and shot the ball into the lower left part of the net. Houston-2, Utah-1. Rachel Corsie for Utah went up and took her shot but Jane Campbell dove to the right side and saved the ball! Rachel Daly for Houston went up and took her shot, Utah's goalkeeper Abby Smith was able to get finger tips to it but wasn't able to keep it out of the net. Houston -3, Utah-1. Then Tziarra King for Utah took her shot and made it in for Utah. Bri Visaalli for Houston went up and took her shot but Abby Smith guessed correctly and was able to keep the ball out of the net. Houston-3, Utah-2. Man was this game a nail bitter. They were on the fifth round of penalties. If Jane Campbell was able to save this next shot the game would be over and Houston would move on to the semi-finals. Jane Campbell dove to the right side and made the save! Houston was moving on to the semi-finals!
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