1' | Crowd is ROCKING at WakeMed Soccer Park as the opening whistle blows and we are underway!

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1' | WHAT A WAY TO START!! Williams sends a cross into the box and it's deflected into the net!

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17' | Sophia Smith makes a daring run into the box, but Malia Berkely is with her stride for stride to force the shot wide of frame.

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22' | Courage earn their first corner of the night. The insert finds Sully, who's header rolls in on the keeper.

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23' | Portland equalizes. Crystal Dunn one-timer home from a Sophia Smith cross.

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26' | KEROOOOOO FROM LONG RANGE!!

She curls one in and just. like. that. We regain the lead! Kerolin's third of the season!

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31' | Another great chance! Rikke makes a run down the right side and sends a delicious cross in for Kero, but the defender arrives just in time.

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31' | DIVING STOP BY CASEY! Portland sprints back the other way and get a clean look on frame, but Murphy is quick to respond and gets two hands on it to keep us ahead!

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38' | AND AGAIN! Murphy leaps to her left to deny Smith! Some big stops Casey in this first half!

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45' | Three minutes of added time in the half.

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45+2' | WHAT A CHANCE. A perfect through ball, Kero magic, and a point-blank look for Narumi... but Bixby makes the save.

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46' | Second half is underway at WakeMed Soccer Park!

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52' | After a great chance for the Courage goes by the boards, the Thorns storm back and tie things up.

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56' | Courage making a pair of changes

🔴 Rikke Madsen
🔴 Meredith Speck
🟢 Olivia Wingate
🟢 Victoria Pickett

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58' | Unreal chance to regain the lead, but Lussi's header is somehow denied by Bixby.

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70' | BACK. ON. TOP!!

INCREDIBLE run by Olivia Wingate, then she centers it for our newcomer Victoria Pickett to SMASH HOME!

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