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Washington Spirit edged Chicago Red Stars in a thrilling encounter
Washington, D.C. – The Washington Spirit defeated the Chicago Red Stars 2-0 in a thrilling match played at Audi Field. The game was marked by intensity and red cards, including one for each team.
The first goal of the match came in the 31st minute, courtesy of H. Stainbrook for the Washington Spirit. In the 70th minute, R. Kouassi was sent off with a red card, leaving the Washington Spirit with one player less. However, in the 72nd minute, Ludmila also saw red, leaving the Chicago Red Stars with 10 players.
The Washington Spirit took advantage of the numerical superiority and scored their second goal in the 83rd minute, thanks to M. Morris.
Despite the expulsion of R. Kouassi, the Washington Spirit managed to control the ball possession with 56%. They had 21 shots, 12 of them on target, and earned 11 corners. The Chicago Red Stars, meanwhile, had 44% possession, 8 shots (1 on target) and 5 corners.
The refereeing was handled by A. Kilpatrick who showed 2 yellow cards to the Washington Spirit and 1 red. The Chicago Red Stars, on the other hand, received 1 red.
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Substitutions chicago red stars w: at minute 46 S. Groom came in and R. Ayane went out., at minute 46 C. Biegalski came in and N. Kuikka went out., at minute 60 C. Curran came in and M. Swanson went out., at minute 77 L. Nesbeth came in and J. Grosso went out., at minute 89 N. Gomes came in and J. Joseph went out.
Substitutions washington spirit w: at minute 56 T. Rodman came in and C. Brown went out., at minute 74 K. Wiesner came in and C. Krueger went out., at minute 87 A. Butel came in and E. Morgan went out., at minute 87 B. Ratcliffe came in and M. Morris went out., at minute 87 L. Silano came in and A. Hatch went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Washington Spirit W
Titulares:
Chicago Red Stars W
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