FC Kansas City picked up their second victory of the season tonight at BBVA Compass Stadium. In their first matchup against the National Women’s Soccer League’s (NWSL) newest team, four different players scored on the way to the 4-0 victory.
On
a beautiful night for soccer, Kansas City had an attacking mindset from
the opening kickoff. Within the first two minutes, they had already
earned their first corner kick, which Lauren Holiday nearly curled into
the goal. By the eleventh minute, Amy Rodriguez had already broken
through the Houston backline twice. Only some excellent saves from Dash
goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, kept the visitors off the board.
Fortunately for Kansas City, she couldn’t stop them all though. In the 12th
minute, Lauren Holiday slotted a pass between two Houston defenders
where Liz Bogus was able to run onto it and tuck away a shot under the
sliding goalkeeper for the first score of the night and a 1-0 lead that
would last through the opening half.
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Kansas City didn’t let up the pressure to begin the second half. After
only two minutes of the period, Rodriguez was able to run onto a pass
from rookie Jenna Richmond and outmuscle two Dash defenders for her
fourth goal in five matches.
Kansas City didn’t relax after that. In the 58th
minute, Rodriguez again broke free for another one-on-one run to goal.
Houston defender Osinachi Ohale caught up to Rodriguez and tackled her
from behind, just outside of the penalty box. The move earned Ohale a
red card and forced the Dash to play short-handed for the remainder of
the match.
Erika
Tymrak and Frances Silva entered the match shortly after the Ohale
incident. The two helped Kansas City to control the midfield as they
passed the ball all over the field throughout the rest of the match. In
the 80th minute, Tymrak received a pass from Richmond to
bring her up to the top of the penalty box. As she looked for the inside
pass, she saw a small window between Dash defenders and took a quick
shot that beat McLeod near-post.
Silva, made the most of her playing time as well. In the 89th
minute she carried the ball through the midfield, then sent a long pass
into the penalty box to Holiday. The 2013 NWSL MVP immediately returned
the pass to Silva who placed her shot in the top corner of the far post
where McLeod had no shot of touching it. The rookie’s first
professional goal was the cap on FC Kansas City’s 4-0 victory.
FC Kansas City continues its road trip with a mid-week matchup against Western New York Flash on Wednesday, May 7 at 6:00p.m. CT. The game will be shown live on FCKansasCity.com
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