Last-gasp goal helps Houston Dash spoil Bay FC home opener

Havana Solaun’s goal within the tenth minute of stoppage time spoiled Bay FC’s home opener and gave the Houston Dash a 3-2 comeback victory on Saturday.

Bay FC’s Deyna Castellanos scored her first NWSL goal within the first half when she pounced on a rebound and fired into the higher left nook, however a second-half Diana Ordóñez brace put the Dash forward.

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Racheal Kundananji, who joined Bay FC in a world-record deal, equalized within the 93rd minute earlier than Solaun’s last-minute goal gave Houston its first win of the season.

Castellanos’s goal opened the scoring, though Ordóñez took maintain of the sport within the second half. Her first goal got here within the 66th minute when she received the ball close to the midway line and dribbled towards the goal earlier than discovering María Sánchez to her left, who took a number of touches to create area and despatched a cross again to Ordóñez to nod in.

Ordóñez bought her second within the 87th minute. Houston was awarded a penalty because of a handball within the field. Ordóñez stepped as much as take the kick, which was initially saved by Lysianne Proulx however fell again to the ahead, who made no mistake along with her second probability.

In the 93rd minute, Kundananji reduce into the field and unleashed a shot into the higher left nook to degree the match. She grabbed a Zambian flag on the sideline to rejoice turning into the primary Zambian participant to attain in an NWSL match.

The recreation’s winner got here within the a centesimal minute when Bay FC clearance bounced towards Solaun, whose left-footed shot took a slight deflection and slipped into the left nook to seal the win for the Dash.

Elsewhere, Kansas City remained excellent this season with a 4-2 victory over Angel City on Saturday on the Current’s new CPKC Stadium.

The Current are 3-0-0 and sit atop the NWSL.

Vanessa DiBernardo opened the scoring for the Current within the seventh minute when teammate Bia Zaneratto received the ball excessive up the sector and crossed it to Temwa Chawinga within the center, who flicked the ball to her proper with the skin of her foot. DiBernado shot and located the higher proper nook.

The Current scored once more simply earlier than half-time when Alexa Spaanstra headed in DiBernardo’s cross on the far put up.

Sydney Leroux headed in Claire Emslie’s cross within the fiftieth minute for Angel City, however the Current responded a minute later. After her teammate received a clearance, Zaneratto collected the ball and handed to Chawinga on her proper. The ahead despatched a robust shot into the again of the web, turning into the primary Malawian participant to attain within the NWSL.

Angel City put some strain on the Current to shut out the match. In the 79th minute, Madison Curry pounced on a free ball from a nook kick, bringing Angel City to inside one.

A couple of minutes later, Rocky Rodríguez scored what appeared to be the tying goal on an analogous play off a nook, however a video overview disallowed the goal for offside.

The Current bought an insurance coverage goal late within the match when Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson got here far off her line to punch a ball away, but it surely fell to Zaneratto, who slipped her shot into the higher proper nook.

Veteran midfielder Desiree Scott subbed into the match late, marking her return after being sidelined with an damage all of 2023.

In Portland, Uchenna Kanu scored a pair of objectives within the first six minutes for Racing Louisville, however the Portland Thorns got here from behind for a 2-2 draw on Saturday.

Portland midfielder Sam Coffey scored the equalizing goal late in stoppage time after Morgan Weaver’s goal within the 52nd minute.

Kanu, a Nigerian ahead who joined Racing Louisville final season, scored within the third and sixth minutes. It was the quickest brace in league historical past.

It was Louisville’s third straight draw to open the season, whereas the Thorns stay winless.

“It’s frustrating for the girls, we’re not losing (but) drawing all these games won’t win you anything,” Racing defender Abby Erceg stated.

In North Carolina, Brianna Pinto’s first-half goal helped the Courage earn a 1-0 home win towards reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC.

The Courage improved to 2-1-0 for the season.

Just earlier than half-time, defender Ryan Williams discovered Bianca St-Georges down the proper facet, who crossed the ball into the field. Ashley Sanchez centered it to the center along with her head, and Pinto flicked the ball into the left nook.

Gotham had eight pictures within the second half however completed with only one shot on track.

Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.