Vermont Green women's team earns first win as a competitive club
Early goals propel Vermont Green women's team to 2026 home debut victory. The team made history with its first competitive win.
Vermont Green women's team played its first home match as a member of USL-W and came away with the club's first competitive win earning a 2-1victory over Hudson Valley Crusaders in front of a sold-out crowd on Saturday, May 23. It did not take long at all for Vermont Green to score its first goal as a competitive club. It took even less time than the 90 seconds Ryan Zellefrow needed to open up the 2026 season for the men's team a night earlier on Friday, May 22 .
"We took inspiration from the boys game yesterday in that early goal," head coach Abby Carchio said. "It's important to get that result in front of the home fans and I talked to them pregame about giving back to this community for what they are giving us and that's what we did. " Lauren DeGroot made a quick pass to Georgina Clarke right out of the gate.
The Boston College midfielder worked her way around a defender firing a shot from just outside the box. The first Vermont Green shot of the day found the back of the net just 54 seconds into the match. Clarke's tally was Vermont Green women's team's first goal as a member of USL-W after the team played to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday, May 19.
It sent the Virtue Field crowd into a frenzy providing 12th-woman like atmosphere to the team. Hudson Valley Crusaders tied the game up in the seventh minute with Emmanuella Frimpomaa capitalizing on a rebound after Green's goalie Blythe Braun earned the initial save. That was the only error Braun made in this back-and-forth affair match.