The Chicago Red Stars fell 3-0 to Racing Louisville FC tonight in Louisville, Kentucky. The team now drops to 1-5-1 on the season.
KEY MOMENTS:
18’ Yuki sends a pass into the box that is controlled by the foot of Ella Stevens, who then slots a pass to Penelope Hocking who takes a shot but is just offsides
23’ Louisville find a wide-open attacker in Chicago’s 18-yard box, but before they’re able to cause any harm, Tatumn Milazzo takes the ball off their feet with a well-timed slide tackle
33’ Louisville is awarded a penalty attempt. The attempt goes off the post, bounces off of Alyssa Naeher and gets into the net, 1-0 Louisville
42’ Tierna Davidson puts a foot out to block a Louisville shot, the rebound falls to a Louisville attacker who takes a shot that is saved by Naeher and goes out for a corner kick
43’ The corner kick finds the head of a Louisville player who directs it to the opposite side of Naeher’s momentum, but the keeper quickly recover’s gets a hand on it and the ball is cleared from danger
45+4’ A foul late into added time awards Louisville another penalty that they convert, 2-0 Louisville
55’ a cross into Chicago’s 18-yard box finds a wide-open Louisville attacker who heads the ball toward goal, but Naeher makes the save
69’ Louisville take a strong shot directly at Chicago’s goal, but Naeher places herself perfectly to corral the shot
76’ Jenna Bike’s cross from the right wing into Louisville’s 18-yard box finds Hocking who takes a shot that goes off the woodwork, bounces back to her for a second shot that is deflected for a corner kick
83’ Hocking takes the ball up the field, sends it wide to an awaiting Bike who takes a shot that Louisville’s keeper deflects over the crossbar
84’ Chicago swing the ball from right to left, find an open Casey Krueger who takes a strong shot, but it goes directly into the arms of Louisville’s keeper
89’ Louisville’s Goins faces up two Red Stars in the box, takes a left footed shot that goes past the outstretched leg of Naeher and finds the back of the net, 3-0 Louisville
GAME NOTES:
- Alyssa Naeher made her 150th regular-season appearance with her start tonight. She becomes the first goalkeeper in NWSL history to reach the milestone.
- Naeher had nine saves tonight in goal. Only once has Naeher had more saves in a single match in her Red Stars career (11 in 2018 against North Carolina).
- Despite the lopsided score, the Red Stars out possessed Racing (56.6 to 43.4) and had a higher passing accuracy (84.9 to 80.1)
Next Game
Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red Stars May 21, 2023, 4:00 p.m. CT at Providence Park
Goals by Half
1 2 F
CHI 0 0 0
LOU 2 1 3
Scoring Summary:
CHI: A. Naeher (35′)(OG)
LOU: Wang Shuang (50′) P. Goins (89′)
Disciplinary Report
CHI: 6’ Julia Bianchi (Yellow Card), 27’ Bianca St-Georges (Yellow Card)
LOU: 53’ Erceg (Yellow Card), 90’ Howell (Yellow Card)
Lineups
CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Casey Krueger, Tierna Davidson, Tatumn Milazzo, Cari Roccaro, Yuki Nagasato, Bianca St-Georges (Bike), Arin Wright (Aguilera), Ella Stevens (Schlegel), Penelope Hocking, Julia Bianchi (Starke)
LOU: Katie Lund, Lauren Milliet, Carson Pickett, Abby Erceg, Julia Lester (Pikkujämsä), Jaelin Howell, Ary Borges, Savannah DeMelo (Baggett), Wang Shuang (Chidiac), Paige Monaghan (Kgatlana), Uchenna Kanu (Goins)
