NWSL Week 5 round-up: Racing Louisville wins first of season, Utah dominates Seattle
NWSL Week 5 round-up: Racing Louisville wins first of season, Utah dominates Seattle NWSL Week 5 saw the full slate of matches take place. Several teams marked important season milestones, two players exchanged braces, and a 10-player side held on for a victory. Racing Louisville banked a first win for the season, Gotham FC got its first home victory, and Washington Spirit continue the climb at Kansas City’s expense.
Here, we will dive into all the action from NWSL Week 5. Racing Louisville earns first victory of year, tops Orlando The visiting side turned the pitch into a shooting gallery, unleashing 27 attempts at Jordyn Bloomer in the Louisville net. And yet, it was Racing that came out on top.
Lauren Milliet opened the scoring with a perfect strike from distance at 19 minutes. The home side held the lead until late in first half stoppage time, when superstar Barbara Banda outran two defenders to slot home for the equalizer. Racing came out on fire in the second half.
Just three minutes in, Sarah Weber rose highest to head in Katie O’Kane’s corner. Then, but two minutes later, the home side increased the lead to two as Milliet notched her brace. Emma Sears put a ball into the middle of the box, and the defender tapped it in for Louisville.
Banda matched Milliet with a brace of her own in injury time, but the Pride ran out of time. Racing earns a first victory of this NWSL season. Spirit nets three in first half, hands Current fourth loss in five After an heroic Sandy MacIver save on a Croix Bethune breakaway early on, Washington went in to cruise control and easily handled visiting Kansas City.
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