![]() With her postgame meal in hand, she smiled as she acknowledged the group of officials heading out. “So you’re coaching now,” one of them quipped to Stewart. ![]() With their luggage in tow, the refs left Mohegan Sun Arena and addressed Stewart jokingly as one of the coaches. They knew exactly what she was up to despite not playing on the court. Johnson slid the ball past KC keeper Abby Smith to level the match at 1-1 in the 82 nd minute.īoth teams were going for the win to stave off elimination in the Challenge Cup but a Portland Thorns win over the Reign has already eliminated the rest of the bracket so all remaining games will be for pride and to fine tune teams for the regular season.UNCASVILLE - Even though she was in casual street clothes, including a red and white ringer tee that said the words “New York,” and was wearing Puma’s version of a skateboard shoe, Breanna Stewart was being watched by everyone.Īnd that includes the officials for the New York Liberty’s first preseason game against the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday. It was the first lead KC NWSL has had in their short history and that lead was short as well.Ĭhicago quickly responded when Arin Wright popped a ball over the top to Katie Johnson who was in behind the Kansas City defense. Rodriguez shot it past Alyssa Naeher to give Kansas City the lead. Rodriguez forced past the Red Stars Sarah Gordon. Keeper Abby Smith launched the ball long and Chicago defender was a little too slow to control the ball. The only goal scorer so far for KC NWSL led the way again as Amy Rodriguez got the games first goal in the 80 th minute. I thought we did a lot better in the second half.” We tweaked a couple things at half time positionally and that helped us to maintain possession a little but better in the second half. They were trapping us, especially on the left hand side and we weren’t dealing with it well enough. It took a while for us to adjust to the speed, to the tempo. They’ve been together a long time, that’s a midfield that has played for a long time together, quality all the way through that team. That’s a good team we just played against. You’ve got to give credit to them as well. “They were way better than we were in the first half. ![]() “The first half we got hammered, let’s be honest,” Williams admitted. Adjustments at half-time led to Kansas City opening it up more and a balanced but still defensive game. “As a coach I don’t know if I can ask for players to give more than their best but I will,” Williams added.Ĭhicago was the better team through the first half, controlling possession and limiting Kansas City to a single off target shot. We didn’t get the three points, not sure we deserved three points but I do know that we battled, we worked hard.” “We came here with the view to get three points and to continue to compete in this Challenge Cup. “Pleased with the effort of our team, disappointed with the result,” KC NWSL head coach Huw Williams told media post game. While Chicago dominated many of the stats, neither team was able to score for most of the match until the last ten minutes saw both teams get a goal. Kansas City NWSL returns home with their first point as they drew 1-1 with the Chicago Red Stars Wednesday. ![]()
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