Washington Spirit vs North Carolina Courage, 2024 NWSL, Regular Season
· NWSLAshley Sanchez's early goal lifts Courage over Spirit
The North Carolina Courage secured a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit at Audi Field on Saturday, thanks to an early strike from Ashley Sanchez.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit).
- 1': Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Ashley Sanchez is caught offside.
- 5': Offside, Washington Spirit. Ouleymata Sarr is caught offside.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 9': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Gabrielle Carle.
- 10': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Courtney Brown.
- 11': Attempt saved. Bianca St-Georges (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malia Berkely with a cross.
- 11': Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage).
- 13': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Tyler Lussi is caught offside.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Croix Bethune.
- 17': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
- 17': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Annaïg Butel (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Croix Bethune with a cross.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Paige Metayer (Washington Spirit) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Trinity Rodman with a cross.
- 19': Attempt missed. Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bianca St-Georges with a cross.
- 19': Goal! Washington Spirit 0, North Carolina Courage 1. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the top left corner.
- 21': Attempt saved. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ouleymata Sarr.
- 25': Attempt saved. Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabrielle Carle.
- 26': Attempt saved. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ouleymata Sarr.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 32': Delay in match (North Carolina Courage).
- 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Attempt missed. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gabrielle Carle.
- 37': Attempt missed. Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 40': Foul by Malia Berkely (North Carolina Courage).
- 40': Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
- 40': Foul by Tyler Lussi (North Carolina Courage).
- 40': Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Delay in match because of an injury Bianca St-Georges (North Carolina Courage).
- 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Haley Hopkins replaces Bianca St-Georges because of an injury.
- 45': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
- 45'+2': Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Trinity Rodman.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Ouleymata Sarr (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 45'+2': Foul by Courtney Brown (Washington Spirit).
- 45'+2': Haley Hopkins (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': Attempt saved. Ryan Williams (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Haley Hopkins.
- 45'+6': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Aubrey Kingsbury.
- 45'+7': First Half ends, Washington Spirit 0, North Carolina Courage 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Washington Spirit 0, North Carolina Courage 1.
- 45': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Kate Wiesner replaces Courtney Brown.
- 46': Attempt missed. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Casey Krueger.
- 48': Foul by Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit).
- 48': Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Narumi Miura.
- 57': Offside, North Carolina Courage. Haley Hopkins is caught offside.
- 60': Foul by Brianna Pinto (North Carolina Courage).
- 60': Paige Metayer (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Felicitas Rauch.
- 61': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
- 63': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Heather Stainbrook replaces Paige Metayer.
- 63': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Makenna Morris replaces Gabrielle Carle.
- 64': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Victoria Pickett replaces Brianna Pinto.
- 64': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck replaces Tyler Lussi.
- 68': Foul by Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit).
- 68': Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Casey Krueger.
- 71': Foul by Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit).
- 71': Victoria Pickett (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit).
- 72': Attempt saved. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Narumi Miura.
- 72': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Aubrey Kingsbury.
- 74': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Ashley Hatch replaces Croix Bethune.
- 74': Substitution, Washington Spirit. Brittany Ratcliffe replaces Ouleymata Sarr.
- 75': Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage).
- 75': Meredith Speck (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Delay in match (North Carolina Courage).
- 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Foul by Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit).
- 80': Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Attempt saved. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Narumi Miura.
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit).
- 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 86': Foul by Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit).
- 86': Victoria Pickett (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit).
- 89': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Dani Weatherholt replaces Ashley Sanchez.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Heather Stainbrook (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Trinity Rodman.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Heather Stainbrook (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Makenna Morris.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Brittany Ratcliffe (Washington Spirit) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
- 90'+4': Foul by Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage).
- 90'+4': Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Kate Wiesner (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+6': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Haley Hopkins.
- 90'+6': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
- 90'+7': Corner, Washington Spirit. Conceded by Malia Berkely.
- 90'+7': Attempt saved. Makenna Morris (Washington Spirit) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kate Wiesner.
- 90'+8': Foul by Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit).
- 90'+8': Victoria Pickett (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Washington Spirit 0, North Carolina Courage 1.
- 0': Match ends, Washington Spirit 0, North Carolina Courage 1.
Statistics
 NC |
WAS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 10 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 51.9 | Possession | 48.1 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 411 | Accurate Passes | 346 |
| 481 | Passes | 438 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 10 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 31 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 10 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 24 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 19 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 19 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: NWSL
Venue: Audi Field
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Attendance: 15,717
Venue: Audi Field
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Attendance: 15,717
NWSL Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Pride | 3 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | Kansas City Current | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | Washington Spirit | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 4 | Seattle Reign FC | 2 | +1 | 4 |
Line-Ups
Washington Spirit (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aubrey Kingsbury (GK) |
| 5 | Annaïg Butel |
| 9 | Tara McKeown |
| 3 | Casey Krueger |
| 14 | Gabrielle Carle |
| 7 | Croix Bethune |
| 17 | Hal Hershfelt  |
| 26 | Paige Metayer |
| 11 | Ouleymata Sarr |
| 16 | Courtney Brown |
| 2 | Trinity Rodman |
North Carolina Courage (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Murphy (GK) |
| 7 | Malia Berkely |
| 3 | Kaleigh Kurtz |
| 11 | Feli Rauch |
| 13 | Ryan Williams |
| 2 | Ashley Sanchez |
| 10 | Denise O'Sullivan |
| 6 | Narumi Miura |
| 8 | Brianna Pinto |
| 14 | Tyler Lussi |
| 23 | Bianca St-Georges |
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