Late goal fells Courage
The North Carolina Courage allowed a late goal to Sky Blue FC to fall 1-0 in a close game. The loss drops the Courage to 5-2 at home and 8-4 overall in NWSL. The late goal came off the foot of Samantha Kerr, with an assist by Maya Hayes in the 84th minute.
Despite an extra five minutes of extra time, the Courage could not find the equalizer.
The Courage will take on the Seattle Reign on Saturday with an opportunity to extend the team’s first-place lead.
Saturday’s box score
North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sky Blue FC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lineups:
NC: Katelyn Rowland; Meredith Speck, Abby Erceg, Abby Dahlkemper, Taylor Smith, Makenzy Doniak (Jessica McDonald 70’), McCall Zerboni, Samantha Mewis, Debinha, Ashley Hatch, Kristen Hamilton (Sam Witteman 33’, Elizabeth Eddy 83’)
Subs not used: Sabrina D’Angelo, , Lynn Williams, Jaelene Hinkle, Stephanie Ochs
Sky Blue: Kailen Sheridan; Erin Simon (Mandy Freeman ‘25), Christie Pearce, Erica Skroski (Leah Galton 78’), Kelley O’Hara, Madison Tiernan, Sarah Killion, Raquel Rodriguez (Nikki Stanton 63’), Daphne Corboz, Maya Hayes, Samantha Kerr
Subs not used: McKenzie Meehan, Taylor Little, Dominique Richardon, Leah Galton, Caroline Casey
Goals:
Sky Blue: Kerr (Hayes, 84’)
Cautions:
NC: Witteman (80’)
Sky Blue: Skroski (67’)
This story was originally published July 1, 2017 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Late goal fells Courage."