Ji So-Yun had one goal and two assists and Emeri Adames scored two second-half goals to help Seattle Reign FC post a 4-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Saturday afternoon at Sandy, Utah.
Maddie Dahlien also scored as Seattle (6-4-3, 21 points) stretched its unbeaten streak to three matches (2-0-1).
Bianca St-Georges scored on a rebound for last-place Utah (1-10-2, 5 points), which lost its fourth straight match and fell to 0-7-1 over its last eight games.
Ji put the Reign on the board in the sixth minute when she sent a right-footed shot into the left corner of the net. Ten minutes later, Dahlien tapped a right-footed shot toward the net that Royals defender Ana Tejada was unable to keep from going in.
Utah scored in the 31st minute when Ally Sentnor’s right-footed shot from outside the box was partially stopped by Seattle’s Claudia Dickey and hit the left goalpost. The unchecked St-George easily knocked it in.
Seattle pulled away in the second half as Ji was surrounded by three defenders in the 66th minute and slid a pass to the wide-open Adames, who drilled a left-footed shot into the net. The 19-year-oid Adames added a left-footed penalty-kick goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time.
Gotham FC 2, Bay City FC 1
Geyse scored the tiebreaking goal and Esther Gonzalez also found the back of the net as Gotham rallied to knock off Bay City at Harrison, N.J.
The go-ahead goal came in the 55th minute after Nealy Martin sent a long pass upfield. Geyse and Gonzalez were both chasing the ball and Geyse got there first and lifted a short right-footer over the hand of Bay City goalkeeper Emmie Allen. The win was the second in a row for Gotham (5-5-3, 18 points).
Penelope Hocking scored for Bay City (4-6-3, 15 points), who lost their second straight game. A wide-open Hocking had a chance for her second goal in the 76th minute, but she sent a right-footer just wide left of the net.
Hocking’s goal in the 11th minute gave Bay City a 1-0 edge. She chased a ball close to the net and tipped it past Gotham goalie Ann-Katrin Berger and then tapped it into the net.
Gotham tied the score in the 30th minute after Sarah Schupansky stole the ball inside the Bay City box. She immediately fed Gonzalez, who sent a right-footed shot past Allen. Gonzalez extended her NWSL goal-scoring lead to 10.
Courage 2, Dash 1
Jaedyn Shaw scored the tying goal in the 71st minute and Hannah Betfort provided the winner 10 minutes later as North Carolina rallied for the victory over Houston at Cary, N.C.
Avery Patterson scored for the Dash (3-8-2, 11 points), who lost their third straight match and stand 0-4-1 over their past five games.
Both North Carolina goals came after Houston’s Sarah Puntigam drew her second yellow card of the match, exiting in the 69th minute with the automatic upgrade to red and leaving the Dash with just 10 players.
First, Malia Berkely dribbled forward and sent a pass over to Shaw, who drilled a right-footed shot into the right corner of the net. In the 81st minute, Manaka Matsukubo sent a cross toward the net and Betford tipped in into the net as the Courage (5-5-3, 18 points) won their second straight match.
Houston struck in the opening minute as Patterson drove a left-footed shot to the left of North Carolina goalie Casey Murphy.
–Field Level Media
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