On Friday night, Kimi Ascanio broke a late tie and the San Diego Wave defeated the Washington Spirit 2-1 to take first place in the NWSL standings.
The other game is Friday night. Gotham FC defeated Seattle 2-0. Kansas City defeated Houston 3-0, and Boston and Bay FC tied 1-1.
In the 89th minute, Kenza Dali’s corner kick led to Ascanio’s header for the Wave (7-3-0). The Spirit (5-2-3) have won five straight.
Trinity Byers scored her first professional goal to put the Waves ahead in the seventh minute. Rebecca Bernal tied for 33rd place.
Shaw leads Gotham FC to Seattle
Jadyn Shaw scored in three straight games to lead Gotham FC to a 2-0 victory over Seattle.
Shaw scored the first goal in the 24th minute off an assist from Savannah McCaskill. Tierna Davidson extended the lead to two points in the 57th minute from a recycled corner kick.
Goalkeeper Anne-Katrin Berger made two saves en route to her seventh clean sheet of the season, an NWSL record.
Seattle (3-4-2) has not scored in 499 minutes and is winless in five games.
Kansas City now has 3 wins in a row
Forward Temwa Chawinga scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season to lead Current (5-4-1) to a 3-0 victory over Houston.
Lorena made five saves to give KC (5-4-1) its second straight shutout. The Dash (3-5-1) are winless in five games.
boston salvage tie
Boston overcame an early red card to tie the game, leaving Legacy 2-5-3 and Bay FC 3-3-2.
In the 42nd minute, Boston defender Bianca St. Georges received her second red card of the season for assaulting Claire Hatton.
Bay FC took the lead in the 50th minute with a left-footed shot by Dorian Bailey. Amanda Gutierrez tied the game with a penalty kick in the 64th minute.
