NWSL

Washington Spirit vs North Carolina Courage, 2024 NWSL, Regular Season

· NWSL
Washington Spirit
    FT
    0 - 1
    North Carolina Courage
    • 19': Ashley Sanchez

    Ashley 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

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    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

    NWSL Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Angel City FC 0 0 0
    2 Bay FC 0 0 0
    3 Chicago Stars FC 0 0 0
    4 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    WAS 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 Yellow Card
    26 Paige Metayer
    11 Ouleymata Sarr
    16 Courtney Brown
    2 Trinity Rodman
    Washington Spirit Substitutes:
    Lena Silano, Nicole Barnhart, Ashley Hatch, Makenna Morris, Chloe Ricketts, Andi Sullivan, Kate Wiesner, Brittany Ratcliffe, Heather Stainbrook.

    NC 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
    North Carolina Courage Substitutes:
    Riley Jackson, Landy Mertz, Marisa Bova, Manaka Matsukubo, Haley Hopkins, Jenna Winebrenner, Meredith Speck, Victoria Pickett, Dani Weatherholt.

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