First-half scoring flurry powers Angel City to victory over Kansas City
Highlights from Angel City’s 3-2 win over the Kansas City Current at BMO Stadium on Sunday.
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Alyssa Thompson, Claire Emslie and Jun Endo scored in the first half to give Angel City a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Current on Sunday.
The National Women’s Soccer League match was played in front of 19,219 fans at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
CeCe Kizer had a goal and an assist for Kansas City in the second half to keep it close, but Angel City (2-2-2) hung on for the win.
LAFC beat the Philadelphia Union 3-0 on Tuesday night to become the first MLS team this century to advance to the CONCACAF Champions League final twice.
Thompson, who was named the league’s March/April Rookie of the Month, scored her third goal of the season in the 32nd minute. The forward ran onto a pass from Emslie and cut the ball to her right foot near the end line. From a tight angle, Thompson chipped a shot off the far post and into the goal.
Emslie doubled Angel City’s lead in the 43rd, sliding to connect with a cross from Endo, before Endo’s left-footed shot made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time.
Running onto a dropped pass from Kizer in the 57th, Isabel Rodriguez blasted a one-touch shot with her left foot into the goal. It was her first professional goal.
Kizer pounced on a rebound from midfielder Debinha’s shot, making it 3-2 in the 61st.
Kansas City (2-4-0) finished with 11 shots, but goalkeeper DiDi Haracic made six saves to secure the win for Angel City.
Angel City star Alyssa Thompson is among a group of emerging teenage stars who are poised to change development standards for U.S. women’s soccer players.
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