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Lacey Santos and Trinity Rodman scored and the Washington Spirit won their third straight game, 2-0, over North Carolina Courage on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
In the only other game in the National Women’s Soccer League, Angel City defeated the San Diego Wave 2-0.<\/p>\n
Santos scored in the 37th minute, receiving a cross from Kate Wiesner inside the box and volleying it into the net.<\/p>\n
The Spirit (8-3-2) took a 2-0 lead in first-half stoppage time when Rodman scored on a long-range shot from Tara Ladd.<\/p>\n
Plucky forward Ashley Sanchez appeared to halve the lead with a free-kick goal in the 50th minute, but the goal was ruled out after a video review. MF Shinomi Koyama was judged to have entered within 1 yard of the Spirit Wall.<\/p>\n
Spirit goaltender Sandy McIver made one save, earning his sixth clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n
The home loss in Cary ended North Carolina State (6-4-3)’s winning streak at four.<\/p>\n
Angel City leads the wave in Southern California rivalry match<\/h2>\n
Maiara Niues scored in her fourth straight game and Allie Borges added a goal as Angel City (6-1, 6-0) defeated the league-leading Wave at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo was unable to contain the ball, but Niewes beat defender Perle Moroni and headed the ball home for a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute. <\/p>\n
In the 26th minute, Svejndis J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir made a long throw into the box, but Borges pushed it in to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and left the pitch with an assist, visibly shaken.<\/p>\n
In the 86th minute, Borges beat midfielder Kimi Ascanio in the box to give the Wave (9-5-1) a penalty, but Leah Godfrey’s spot shot hit the post.<\/p>\n
Angelina Anderson made six saves for her fourth shutout of the season.<\/p>\n
San Diego’s shutout streak ended at 242 minutes.<\/p>\n
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