Oct 12, 2024; Bridgeview, Illinois, USA; NJ/NY Gotham FC ahead Lynn Williams (10) scores a aim on a penalty kick towards the Chicago Crimson Stars throughout the second half at SeatGeek Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Melissa Tamez-Imagn Photos Kansas Metropolis star Temwa Chawinga set the NWSL file for objectives in a season together with her nineteenth, main the Present to a 1-0 victory over Bay FC on Saturday night time in San Jose, Calif.
Chawinga surpassed Sam Kerr, who scored 18 for the Chicago Crimson Stars in 2019.
Chawinga set the mark within the thirty fifth minute when she had the ball simply outdoors the field and ripped a right-footed laser previous Katelyn Rowland and into the left nook of the online.
“It means loads to me as a result of I work exhausting to attain objectives,” Chawinga mentioned of the file in a postgame interview on ION. “The entire workforce, we have now good gamers and they’re working so exhausting. I am very completely happy to be with them as a result of they assist me an entire lot. I am completely happy to be (with Kansas Metropolis).”
Chawinga has a six-goal edge over Orlando’s Barbra Banda within the race for the Golden Boot. The 26-year-old is in her first season with Kansas Metropolis after starring within the Chinese language Girls’s Tremendous League the earlier 4 seasons.
Almuth Schult made two saves whereas recording her fifth shutout of the season for the Present (14-3-7, 49 factors). Kansas Metropolis moved into third place within the standings, one level behind NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Rowland made three saves for Bay FC (9-14-1, 28), who’re in eighth place.
NJ/NY Gotham FC 2, Crimson Stars 0
Lynn Williams scored from the penalty spot within the 87th minute and Esther Gonzalez added a aim in stoppage time as NJ/NY Gotham FC beat host the Crimson Stars in Bridgeview, Sick.
Gotham FC (15-4-5, 50 factors) earned the chance from the spot after Ella Stevens was taken down from behind by the Crimson Stars’ Cari Rocarro within the penalty space.
Ann-Katrin Berger made one save for Gotham FC, which clinched a top-four spot within the playoffs with the victory and a assured dwelling recreation within the postseason. It was Berger’s eighth shutout to tie a franchise file.
Gotham FC, who already certified for a playoff spot, moved into second place within the general standings.
The loss denied the Crimson Stars (10-12-2, 32 factors) a playoff berth, however they will nonetheless make their approach into the postseason subject of eight if Racing Louisville FC loses to the Washington Spirit on Sunday.
Angel Metropolis FC 1, Braveness 1
Angel Metropolis’s Christen Press scored her first NWSL aim in 28 months throughout second-half stoppage time, however Olivia Wingate of the North Carolina Braveness answered three minutes later because the groups performed to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night time in Cary, N.C.
Press missed greater than two years because of an ACL harm that required 4 surgical procedures. She injured her proper knee within the second half on June 11, 2022, towards Racing Louisville. She scored a aim within the thirty sixth minute of that match.
On Saturday, the two-time United States World Cup champion drilled a left-footed shot to the left of North Carolina goalkeeper Casey Murphy within the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time to provide Angel Metropolis a 1-0 lead.
However moments later, the Braveness received a scramble for the ball within the midfield and Denise O’Sullivan drilled a pointy cross upfield to Wingate. Angel Metropolis goalkeeper DiDi Haracic got here out in an try to chop off the angle, however Wingate simply drilled a right-footed shot into the left nook of the online. It was Wingate’s second aim of the season.
The Braveness (12-9-3, 39 factors) reside in fifth place. Angel Metropolis (7-12-5) is in tenth place with 23 factors, having not too long ago been docked three factors for a wage cap infraction.
–Area Stage Media
