Sophie Schmidt scored on an early penalty kick and Shea Groom added a stoppage-time goal to give the HoustonDash the Challenge Cup title with a 2-0 victory over the chiredstarsPR on Sunday.
The tournament was the National Women’s Soccer League’s re-boot after the regular season was shut down by the coronavirus outbreak. Houston, in its seventh year in the league, had never previously made the playoffs.
Houston was aggressive from the start. Kristie Mewis was on the run when she was fouled by Kayla Sharples for a Dash penalty kick. Schmidt nailed the PK in the fifth minute. It was the tournament’s first penalty kick in regulation. The Dash took a hit in the 29th minute when Mewis had to come out of the game with a hamstring injury. She sobbed as she was subbed out.
The Red Stars were the tournament’s sixth seed going into the knockout round. They advanced to the semifinals on penalties after a scoreless draw with OL Reign, then held off Sky Blue 3-2 on Wednesday.“I think our challenge has been putting away our final crosses and getting some goals this tournament,” Chicago’s Julie Ertz said. “So I think in the first half after , we had a really good reaction to it.
Daly assisted on Groom’s goal in the 91st minute. It was Groom’s third goal of the tournament and she was named player of the match.
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