Kansas City Current vs North Carolina Courage, 2024 NWSL, Playoffs - Quarterfinals

· NWSL

Kansas City Current

8': Temwa Chawinga

FT
1 - 0

North Carolina Courage

Kansas City Current edge North Carolina Courage 1-0

Temwa Chawinga puts KC up early in the NWSL quarterfinals

The Kansas City Current, buoyed by Temwa Chawinga's goal in the eighth minute, beat the visiting North Carolina Courage 1-0 in an NWSL quarterfinal playoff game at CPKC Stadium on Saturday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Offside, Kansas City Current. Debinha is caught offside.
4': Foul by Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current).
4': Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt blocked. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerolin.
7': Attempt missed. Debinha (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Temwa Chawinga.
7': Attempt saved. Vanessa DiBernardo (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Debinha.
8': Attempt saved. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Debinha with a through ball.
8': Debinha (Kansas City Current) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Michelle Cooper.
8': Attempt blocked. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
8': Goal! Kansas City Current 1, North Carolina Courage 0. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
11': Attempt missed. Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Temwa Chawinga.
14': Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
14': Delay in match because of an injury Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage).
16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17': Attempt blocked. Debinha (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vanessa DiBernardo.
17': Attempt missed. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
17': Attempt saved. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Debinha with a through ball.
18': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Casey Murphy.
25': Attempt missed. Aline Gomes (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
26': Attempt missed. Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kerolin.
26': Aline Gomes (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current).
27': Delay in match because of an injury Aline Gomes (North Carolina Courage).
27': Delay in match because of an injury Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current).
28': Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
32': Attempt saved. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Felicitas Rauch with a cross.
33': Almuth Schult (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage).
35': Attempt blocked. Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
35': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Kayla Sharples.
36': Almuth Schult (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
36': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Attempt missed. Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Debinha.
45': Attempt missed. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ellis Wheeler with a cross.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Foul by Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current).
45'+1': Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': Corner, North Carolina Courage. Conceded by Alana Cook.
45'+6': First Half ends, Kansas City Current 1, North Carolina Courage 0.
45': Second Half begins Kansas City Current 1, North Carolina Courage 0.
47': Foul by Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage).
47': Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current).
51': Delay in match because of an injury Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53': Corner, Kansas City Current. Conceded by Ryan Williams.
56': Foul by Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage).
56': Vanessa DiBernardo (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Alana Cook (Kansas City Current).
57': Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Attempt saved. Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
64': Attempt missed. Aline Gomes (North Carolina Courage) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Williams with a cross.
65': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Olivia Wingate replaces Ashley Sanchez.
66': Attempt saved. Narumi Miura (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Felicitas Rauch.
68': Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage).
74': Attempt missed. Olivia Wingate (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Kerolin.
75': Attempt blocked. Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Felicitas Rauch.
75': Attempt missed. Kerolin (North Carolina Courage) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
75': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Nichelle Prince replaces Michelle Cooper.
75': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Bianca St-Georges replaces Kerolin.
75': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Cortnee Vine replaces Felicitas Rauch.
77': Attempt missed. Debinha (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vanessa DiBernardo.
80': Attempt saved. Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Denise O'Sullivan.
82': Offside, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga is caught offside.
83': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Bayley Feist replaces Debinha.
83': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Desiree Scott replaces Claire Hutton.
84': Delay in match because of an injury Malia Berkely (North Carolina Courage).
86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Foul by Bianca St-Georges (North Carolina Courage).
88': Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Haley Hopkins replaces Aline Gomes.
88': Substitution, North Carolina Courage. Meredith Speck replaces Narumi Miura.
89': Attempt missed. Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nichelle Prince following a fast break.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage).
90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+4': Substitution, Kansas City Current. Stine Ballisager Pedersen replaces Vanessa DiBernardo.
90'+5': Bayley Feist (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Foul by Bianca St-Georges (North Carolina Courage).
90'+6': Offside, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga is caught offside.
90'+8': Delay in match because of an injury Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
90'+8': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+8': Bianca St-Georges (North Carolina Courage) is shown the yellow card.
90'+8': Ellis Wheeler (Kansas City Current) is shown the yellow card.
90'+9': Foul by Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage).
90'+9': Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+10': Delay in match because of an injury Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current).
90'+11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+12': Offside, Kansas City Current. Temwa Chawinga is caught offside.
90'+12': Second Half ends, Kansas City Current 1, North Carolina Courage 0.
0': Match ends, Kansas City Current 1, North Carolina Courage 0.

Statistics

NC		KC
8	Fouls	6
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	4
2	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	4
64.4	Possession	35.6
12	SHOTS	14
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
534	Accurate Passes	250
630	Passes	345
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.7
4	Accurate Crosses	1
12	Crosses	7
0.3	Cross %	0.1
52	Long Balls	61
17	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	1
16	Effective Tackles	19
24	Tackles	23
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
17	Interceptions	17
11	Effective Clearances	13
11	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: NWSL

Venue: CPKC Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Attendance: 11,500

Line-Ups

Kansas City Current (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Almuth Schult (GK)
27	Kayla Sharples
15	Alana Cook
5	Ellie Wheeler
4	Hailie Mace
16	Vanessa DiBernardo
14	Claire Hutton
10	Lo'eau LaBonta
99	Debinha
6	Temwa Chawinga
17	Michelle Cooper

Kansas City Current Substitutes:

Izzy Rodriguez, Adrianna Franch, Mwanalima Jereko, Nichelle Prince, Bayley Feist, Elizabeth Ball, Kristen Hamilton, Stine Ballisager Pedersen, Desiree Scott.

North Carolina Courage (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Casey Murphy (GK)
7	Malia Berkely
3	Kaleigh Kurtz
11	Feli Rauch
13	Ryan Williams
2	Ashley Sanchez
6	Narumi Miura
10	Denise O'Sullivan
34	Manaka Matsukubo
77	Aline Gomes
9	Kerolin

North Carolina Courage Substitutes:

Meredith Speck, Haley Hopkins, Olivia Wingate, Bianca St-Georges, Tyler Lussi, Dani Weatherholt, Cortnee Vine, Hensley Hancuff, Riley Jackson.

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