Only a week after setting a brand new NWSL file for many targets scored in a single season, Temwa Chawinga set one other on Saturday. The Kansas Metropolis Present ahead netted her twentieth common season aim at dwelling towards San Diego Wave FC, and the 54th-minute strike set a brand new precedent for scoring in NWSL. Chawinga is now the one participant in league historical past to attain towards each lively opponent in a single season.
No participant in league historical past has scored towards each group in a solitary common season. It is simply one other file for Chawinga in an already spectacular season with Kansas Metropolis. The Present walked away with a 4-1 victory towards San Diego, eliminating the Wave from playoff rivalry, and climbed into second-place within the league desk. Kansas Metropolis has already clinched a playoff spot however postseason seeding continues to be up for grabs with only one week remaining within the common season.
All through the match, Chawinga was a frequent goal for her teammates. Midfielders Vanessa DiBernardo and Michelle Cooper have been usually on the ball, trying to join a brief or lengthy cross to the Malawian worldwide. Cooper scored and compelled an personal aim, and later, DiBernardo mixed with Nichelle Prince contained in the field for the record-setting second with Chawinga.
As Prince carried the ball close to the top line, she managed to get off a reducing cross by way of the field, and Chawinga managed her place and held up her run to attain towards a thirteenth completely different group this yr.
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