Evelina Duljan scored her first NWSL goal at the ideal moment, hitting three seconds after the second half stoppage time to help the Houston Dash Racing in Louisville 1-1 on a visit.
Duljan received a pass from Yazmeen Ryan on the right side of the box and has masterfully dribbling to his defender before moving a little outside for a space. She put a blow on the box of 6 yards out of the reach of goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer.
Houston (5-8-5, 20 points) completed an unbeaten August with two victories and three draws since the return of the League of the international break. Dash Jane Campbell’s goalkeeper made four stops.
Taylor Flint headed for his fourth goal from the year to the 71st minute and Bloomer finished with five stops for Louisville (7-6-5, 26 points).
Gotham FC 2, pride 0
Esther Gonzalez and Jaelin Howell found the back of the net and Gotham finally returned to the column of victories on the road against Orlando.
Gonzalez took over the head of the NWSL Golden Boot with his 12th goal from the year to the 13th minute, helped by Rose Lavelle, who was captain of Gotham for the first time.
A minute after the start of downtime, after the shot of a teammate was blocked high in the air, Howell was able to hit a shot on the left with a departure departure under the diving goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse.
Gotham (6-6-6, 24 points) had not won in the championship since he beat Bay FC on June 21, going from 0-2-3 during this period. The pride (8-6-4, 28 points) lost its second consecutive match and is 0-3-3 in their last six.
Ann-Katrin Berger made three stops for visitors, and Moorhouse had two for Orlando.
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