Hi everyone! In this blog we cover the USWNT vs Uzbekistan Friendlies and the NWSL Games. Let's get started!
April 9th, 2022
This game let the young and upcoming players show off their talents. They were very good at creating opportunities, but the first goal came in the 26th minute. Catarina Macario served in a beautiful corner kick into the box, where the ball was headed around until Andi Sullivan was able to head the ball into the left side of the goal! The USWNT was up 1-0, however, this was only the beginning. Their next goal came less than a minute later, when Rose Lavelle intercepted a pass and played a great ball to Mallory Pugh who was able to smash the ball into the net. They were up 2-0! Their next goal came a few minutes later in the 33rd minute when Sophia Smith was able to one-touch pass the ball into the goal from a cross into the box! The USWNT was putting on a show. Sophia wasn’t done though. Less than two minutes later in the 35th minute when Sophia Smith received the ball and shot it into the goal, just below the crossbar. The USWNT was up 4-0! Neither team was able to score again in the first half, but the USWNT started the second half off strong. A minute into the second half. Catarina Macario received a through ball and dribbled around the goalie, making it easy for her to just pass the ball into the goal. The US was up to 5-0! Sophia Smith earned her hat trick 10 minutes later in the 56th minute, when Mallory Pugh dribbled around the goalie and played a cross into the box, making it easy for Sophia Smith to tap it into the goal. They were now up 6-0! In the 58th minute, the US had quite the opportunity, but Uzbekistan came in with the on-the-line save. The USWNT’s next goal came in the 64th minute when Jaelin Howell volleyed with the inside of her foot into the goal! It was a beautiful goal, and it put the US up 7-0! This was also Jalien Howell's first international goal so congratulations to her! Uzbekistan's first and only goal came in the 70th minute when Aziza Norboeva was left unmarked on a corner kick, where she was able to hit a deflected ball into the goal. The score was now 7-1. The next goal came in the 86th minute when Ashley Hatch was able to head the ball into the goal! The last goal of the game came in the 90th minute. Ashley Sanchez was able to dribble around a defender and hit the ball into the bottom right corner! The final score of the game was US 9, Uzbekistan 0.
April 12, 2022
Like the USWNT game three days prior, the US did not hold back. Things didn’t start great for Uzbekistan when the US scored in the first minute, especially because it was off of an own goal. Rose Lavelle was looking to cross it in, but Kamila Zaripova, a player for Uzbekistan who was trying to clear the ball, accidentally tapped it in. Only 11 minutes later did the US score again. In the 12th minute, after the US had received a free-kick, just outside of the 18-yard box, Catarina Macario stepped up to take it, and man was it a beauty. When the whistle blew, Macario was able to curve the ball around the wall, have it hit the far post, and bounce into the back of the net! What a pretty goal to give the US a 2-0 lead! Only 2 minutes later, the US scored again. In the 14th minute, after a great pass and dummy into the 18, Mallory Pugh ran on to the ball, dribbled past the goalkeeper, and passed it into the back of the net! The US was up 3-0 within the first 15 minutes of the game! Later in the 25th minute of the game, Rose Lavelle put on a show! In the 25th minute, she shot the ball, and although the keeper was able to make the first original save, Lavelle was able to get on the rebound andget the US another goal! Then, only 2 minutes later, Lavelle did it again. In the 27th minute, Rose Lavelle received a pass near the midway point of the field. She took her space, dribbled to the top of the 18-yard box, faked out her defender, shot the ball to the right post, which the ball hit off of, then hit the left post and stayed in the net! It was looking like the half was going to end with
The US had a 5-0 lead, but Catarina Macario wanted to add another one. In overtime of the first half, after receiving a pass in the box, Macario was able to turn around her defender and then shoot the ball across the goal into the left side of the net! The US was up 6-0! The US went into the half with a 6-0 lead! The game calmed down a little bit until around the 70th minute. In the 71st minute, after receiving a ball played through, Trinity Rodman took her touch inside to the 18-yard box and then shot with her right foot, putting the ball in the back of the net! The US was up 7-0, and Trinity Rodman had scored her first goal for the USWNT! Congrats to Trinity Rodman! Later in the 84th minute, after Trinity Rodman headed the ball into the 6- yard box and an unsuccessful clearance from Uzbekistan, Margaret “Midge” Purce was able to get to the ball and tap it in! The US was up 8-0! Only 6 minutes later, Ashley Sanchez added another one. In the 90th minute, after a corner was played in and Sanchez received the ball wide with no one on her, she received a bouncing ball and was able to volley it across the net, and the ball fell right inside the goal! The US had secured a 9-0 victory!
April 14th
OL Reign vs San Diego Wave FC
This game got started FAST. After getting the early coner in the 2nd minute, and the ball bouncing all over the box, OLs Nikki Stanton was able to get to it, strike the ball across her body with her right foot, and into the bottom left corner of the goal! OL Reign had taken the early lead, and they weren’t going to wait long to score again. In the 8th minute, after a bad giveaway from San Diego, Bethany Balcer struck the ball from well outside the 18-yard box, catching San Diego's goalkeeper out of position and giving OL a 2-0 lead within the first 8 minutes, and it only took 3 minutes for them to score AGAIN! In the 11th minute after OL got another corner, San Diego struggled to clear the ball and Sam Hiatt used that to her advantage. She was able to tap the ball up with her left foot then volly it with her right foot far post into the left side netting of the goal! OL Regin now holds the record for fastest team to score 3 goals from kickoff!! Even with being down 0-3, San Diego didn’t give up. In the 24th minute, after received a great through ball in the 18, Alex Morgan half volleyed the ball far post with her left foot, putting San Diego on the board! Both teams fought hard to get to score again, but neither team was able to, giving OL Reign the 3-1 victory!
April 15
Kansas City Current vs Houston Dash
Kristen Hamilton waited no time to get things going for Kansas City. In the 4th minute, after the ball going all over the place in the box, Hamilton received a beautiful volley right to her, and was able to head the ball into the net! Kansas had taken the early lead! Kansas was able to keep their 1-0 lead going into the half, but things definitely heated up in the 2nd half. In the 59th minute, Houston put one on the board. After receiving a cross wide open on the far post, Shea Groom was able to head the ball near back to the far post, slipping it just past Kansas City's goalkeeper, and tying up the game! Kansas City wasn’t going down without a fight. In the 80th minute, after Kansas had received a free kick, Houston had multiple failed clearance attempts and a Kansas player was able to get the ball past the last line of defense, to Victoria Serena Pickett who was able to volley the ball near post, into the back of the net! Kansas had gotten back their lead! Kansas City was about to hold of the Dash till the end of the game and secure a 2-1 win!
April 16
Orlando Pride vs North Carolina Courage
This game had A LOT of goals, and this game started off fast with North Carolina scoring 3 goals in the first 9 minutes! This set the new record for fastest 3 goals scored, which record had only been broken 2 days earlier! Congrats to North Carolina who are the new record holders. In the 3rd minute of the game, after a Courage player tried to cross the ball into the 18 yard box, Megan Montefusco of Orland Pride, accidentally touched the ball into the back of the net. North Carolina had taken an early lead with a strange goal to get them it! Jaelene Daniels made sure that they had a solid goal to show their lead though. Only 3 minutes later in the 6th minute of the game, after getting around her defender, Daniels was able to bring down the cross she received and tap the ball past Orlando’s goalkeeper, giving North Carolina a well deserved 2-0 lead. You know North Carolina wanted to break that record though. Only 3 minutes after their second goal did they score their 3rd. In the 9th minute, after receiving a pass outside, Taylor Smith dribbled into the 18 yard box, and rocketed the ball near post. Although Orlando’s keeper was able to get a hand to it, it wasn’t enough to keep the ball out of the net. North Carolina had broken the record for fastest 3 goals scored! Orlando still fought to stay in it. In the 15th minute, after a bad pass from North Carolina's goalkeeper Darian Jenkins got the ball on the top of the 18 yard box and fired the ball into the left upper 90 of the goal! Jenkins wasn’t done yet. In the 56th minute, after getting an air ball into the middle of the 18, Jenkins turned her body and used the inside of her left foot to tap the ball past North Carolina's keeper and into the net. The score was now 3-2 with Orlando looking like they were making a comeback! Débora Cristiane de Oliveria, better known as Debinha, helped seal the win for North Carolina though. Late, in the 89th minute of the game, after getting a short ball played to her, Debinha turned her body and the ball around a defender then passed the ball far post, into the left side of the net! Debinha had secured a 4-2 victory for the North Carolina Courage!
April 16
Racing Louisville FC vs Chicago Red Stars
Chicago took no time to get this game started! In the 7th minute of the game, after a bad giveaway by Racing Louisville, Mallory Pugh, took the ball, dribbled down to the field, then crossed the ball right to the far post where Amanda Kowalski was able to tap the ball back across the goal, catching Louisville's goalkeeper out of position and getting the Red Stars and 1-0 lead! Racing Louisville didn’t just lay down though. In the 76th minute, after a long time with no goals, Emina Ekic changed that. After Racing Louisville received a free kick and Emina Ekic stepped up and rocketed the ball past the wall and into the left upper 90 of the net! Louisville had tied it up! Both teams fought, but neither team was able to score again, making the final score a 1-1 tie.
April 17th
NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Washington Spirit
Gotham FC started this game off strong. They got a powerful shot off in the 3rd minute, but Washington's goalkeeper was able to stop it. However, in the 4th minute Nahomi Kawasumi was able to hit the ball into the bottom left corner, giving Gotham the 1-0 lead!
April 17th
Portland Thorns FC vs San Diego Wave FC
This was a pretty exciting game. The first goal came only 4 minutes into the game, and this goal was absolutely beautiful. Sophia Smith received the ball and was able to curve it into the goal with her left foot! It was an amazing goal! Portland's next goal came in the 21st minute when Christine Sinclair shot the ball and it bounced off the crossbar, but Hina Sugita dove and was able to head it into the goal! What a goal! Portland was now up 2-0! Hina Sugita was able to get her second goal in the 41st minute! She shot the ball across the goal into the corner of the goal! Two great goals from Hina Sugita! However, San Diego wasn’t going down without a fight. In the 46th minute Isabella Briede was able to run onto a pass in the box, and pass it into the goal, putting San Diego on the board! San Diego wasn’t done yet! In the 67th minute Taylor Kornieck was subbed in for a corner, and on that very same corner she scored! She was able to head the ball into the left side of the goal, making the score 3-2! Alex Morgan was able to settle the ball in the 87th minute inside the box, and she got the shot off, but the goalie stopped. Neither team was able to score again, resulting in the final score being Portland Thorns FC 3, San Diego Wave FC 2.
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