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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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Trinity Byers scored her first professional goal to put the Waves ahead in the seventh minute. Rebecca Bernal tied for 33rd place.<\/p>\n
Shaw leads Gotham FC to Seattle<\/h2>\n
Jadyn Shaw scored in three straight games to lead Gotham FC to a 2-0 victory over Seattle.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Anne-Katrin Berger made two saves en route to her seventh clean sheet of the season, an NWSL record.<\/p>\n
Seattle (3-4-2) has not scored in 499 minutes and is winless in five games.<\/p>\n
Kansas City now has 3 wins in a row<\/h2>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Lorena made five saves to give KC (5-4-1) its second straight shutout. The Dash (3-5-1) are winless in five games.<\/p>\n
boston salvage tie<\/h2>\n
Boston overcame an early red card to tie the game, leaving Legacy 2-5-3 and Bay FC 3-3-2.<\/p>\n
In the 42nd minute, Boston defender Bianca St. Georges received her second red card of the season for assaulting Claire Hatton. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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