Brazilians Ary Borges and Andressa Alves tried, but failed to prevent their teams from losing in the NWSL. This Saturday (31), Aryl opened the scoring for Racing Louisville in the match against Seattle Reign, but saw the team turn around and lose at home 3-2. In turn, Andressa scored the only goal for the Houston Dash in the 3-. 1 setback against the Utah Royals.
Racing Louisville hosted the Seattle Reign at Lynn Family Stadium to open Round 18 of the NWSL playoffs. There, the home team took the lead on the scoreboard with a beautiful header from Ary Borges, off a corner kick. A few minutes later, Sofia Huerta tied the game with a penalty kick.
Racing even regained the lead in the clash after scoring in the first half with Taylor Kornieck. However, the visitors came back better after the break and turned the game around with a goal from Ji So-yun, in the 30th minute of the second half, and an own goal from Arin Wright, in the 41st minute.
The loss left Racing Louisville out of the playoff qualification zone of the championship. The team is in ninth place, with 19 points.
Houston, we have a problem!
On the other hand, the Houston Dash, the team composed of Brazilians Andressa Alves and Tarciane, had no chance against the Utah Royals. The two Brazilians took the field during the 90 minutes of the match, but saw the team dominated by the guests. The first goal came in the 44th minute of the first phase, with Ana Tejada. Then, Claudia Zornoza scored from the penalty spot in the 10th minute of the second half and captain Paige Monaghan doubled the lead in the 15th minute. Finally, Andressa scored with a goal in the 28th minute, after receiving a deep ball, dribbling the goalkeeper and putting the ball in the back of the net.
With the setback, the Houston Dash are in 14th and last place in the NWSL, with 14 points. So far, there are only three wins and five draws in the 18 games played by the team.
Source: Terra
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