Kansas City Current vs Houston Dash, 2024 NWSL, Regular Season
· NWSLKansas City Current top Houston Dash 2-0 with Chawinga's brace
The Kansas City Current, led by Temwa Chawinga's two goals, defeated the Houston Dash 2-0 at CPKC Stadium on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Avery Patterson (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Bia Zaneratto (Kansas City Current).
- 6': Attempt saved. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 8': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Tarciane.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Elizabeth Ball (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Debinha with a cross.
- 9': Foul by Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash).
- 9': Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Natalie Jacobs.
- 11': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Natalie Jacobs.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bia Zaneratto.
- 13': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Paige Nielsen.
- 13': Foul by Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash).
- 13': Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current).
- 16': Sophie Schmidt (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Delay in match because of an injury Jane Campbell (Houston Dash).
- 18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 19': Foul by Courtney Petersen (Houston Dash).
- 19': Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt missed. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Izzy Rodriguez with a through ball.
- 20': Attempt saved. Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Temwa Chawinga.
- 21': Attempt saved. Diana Ordóñez (Houston Dash) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michelle Alozie.
- 22': Foul by Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
- 22': Tarciane (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Attempt saved. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bia Zaneratto.
- 23': Foul by Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
- 23': Tarciane (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Bia Zaneratto (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Temwa Chawinga.
- 28': Foul by Sarah Puntigam (Houston Dash).
- 28': Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Debinha (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 30': Foul by Sarah Puntigam (Houston Dash).
- 30': Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Delay in match (Houston Dash).
- 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 35': Attempt saved. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michelle Cooper with a through ball.
- 35': Diana Ordóñez (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Elizabeth Ball (Kansas City Current).
- 37': Attempt saved. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Debinha (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lo'eau LaBonta with a cross.
- 42': Attempt missed. Izzy Rodriguez (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 44': Attempt missed. Debinha (Kansas City Current) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Hailie Mace with a cross.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Sophie Schmidt.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Debinha (Kansas City Current) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michelle Cooper with a cross.
- 45'+4': Attempt saved. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Izzy Rodriguez.
- 45'+4': Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Izzy Rodriguez.
- 45'+5': Attempt missed. Courtney Petersen (Houston Dash) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sophie Schmidt following a corner.
- 45'+6': Offside, Kansas City Current. Debinha is caught offside.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Kansas City Current 0, Houston Dash 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Kansas City Current 0, Houston Dash 0.
- 45': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Claire Lavogez replaces Bia Zaneratto.
- 47': Offside, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga is caught offside.
- 47': Delay in match because of an injury Sophie Schmidt (Houston Dash).
- 48': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Attempt missed. Claire Lavogez (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hailie Mace with a cross.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Debinha (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lo'eau LaBonta.
- 54': Offside, Kansas City Current. Claire Lavogez is caught offside.
- 55': Foul by Courtney Petersen (Houston Dash).
- 55': Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Attempt missed. Claire Lavogez (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Elizabeth Ball.
- 57': Avery Patterson (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
- 58': Substitution, Houston Dash. Amanda West replaces Courtney Petersen.
- 59': Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Hailie Mace.
- 59': Attempt missed. Sophie Schmidt (Houston Dash) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Diana Ordóñez following a corner.
- 61': Attempt saved. Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hailie Mace.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Paige Nielsen.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Stine Ballisager Pedersen (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 65': Attempt missed. Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 66': Foul by Ramona Bachmann (Houston Dash).
- 66': Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Offside, Kansas City Current. Michelle Cooper is caught offside.
- 67': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Alex Pfeiffer replaces Michelle Cooper.
- 68': Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Hailie Mace.
- 69': Offside, Kansas City Current. Alex Pfeiffer is caught offside.
- 71': Delay in match because of an injury Alex Pfeiffer (Kansas City Current).
- 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 74': Substitution, Houston Dash. Yuki Nagasato replaces Diana Ordóñez.
- 74': Substitution, Houston Dash. Bárbara Olivieri replaces Michelle Alozie.
- 75': Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Foul by Sarah Puntigam (Houston Dash).
- 75': Sarah Puntigam (Houston Dash) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Goal! Kansas City Current 1, Houston Dash 0. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 79': Attempt saved. Natalie Jacobs (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bárbara Olivieri.
- 80': Goal! Kansas City Current 2, Houston Dash 0. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 81': Substitution, Houston Dash. Andressa Alves replaces Ramona Bachmann.
- 83': Delay in match because of an injury Alex Pfeiffer (Kansas City Current).
- 83': Delay in match (Houston Dash).
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Ellis Wheeler replaces Debinha.
- 84': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Alexa Spaanstra replaces Alex Pfeiffer because of an injury.
- 86': Offside, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga is caught offside.
- 86': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Bayley Feist replaces Claire Hutton.
- 87': Corner, Houston Dash. Conceded by Claire Lavogez.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Amanda West (Houston Dash) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 87': Attempt missed. Avery Patterson (Houston Dash) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 89': Claire Lavogez (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 89': Foul by Sarah Puntigam (Houston Dash).
- 90': Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Foul by Alexa Spaanstra (Kansas City Current).
- 90'+3': Yuki Nagasato (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Ellis Wheeler (Kansas City Current).
- 90'+5': Sophie Schmidt (Houston Dash) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+10': Second Half ends, Kansas City Current 2, Houston Dash 0.
- 0': Match ends, Kansas City Current 2, Houston Dash 0.
Statistics
 HOU |
KC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 6 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 7 | Saves | 2 |
| 46.8 | Possession | 53.2 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 27 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 246 | Accurate Passes | 278 |
| 341 | Passes | 382 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 8 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 66 | Long Balls | 65 |
| 28 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 10 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 21 |
| 24 | Tackles | 30 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 34 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 34 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: NWSL
Venue: CPKC Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Attendance: 11,500
Venue: CPKC Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Attendance: 11,500
NWSL Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Pride | 26 | +26 | 60 |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 26 | +23 | 56 |
| 3 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 26 | +21 | 56 |
| 4 | Kansas City Current | 26 | +26 | 55 |
Line-Ups
Kansas City Current (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 21 | Adrianna Franch (GK) |
| 12 | Stine Ballisager Pedersen |
| 7 | Elizabeth Ball |
| 18 | Izzy Rodriguez |
| 4 | Hailie Mace |
| 99 | Debinha |
| 14 | Claire Hutton |
| 10 | Lo'eau LaBonta |
| 9 | Bia Zaneratto |
| 6 | Temwa Chawinga |
| 17 | Michelle Cooper |
Houston Dash (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Campbell (GK) |
| 4 | Natalie Jacobs |
| 3 | Tarciane |
| 7 | Paige Nielsen |
| 30 | Avery Patterson |
| 9 | Diana Ordóñez |
| 17 | Sarah Puntigam  |
| 13 | Sophie Schmidt |
| 28 | Ramona Bachmann |
| 8 | Courtney Petersen |
| 11 | Michelle Alozie |
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