CHICAGO RED STARS 0 - 1 FC GOLD PRIDE

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FC Gold Pride earned the team’s first road win of the season with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Red Stars on Saturday night at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL.
The Pride turned up the pressure on the Red Star defense in the first half, ultimately creating numerous goal scoring opportunities.Even so Chicago created the first chance. In the 27th minute Megan Rapinoe swung in a cross from the left aiming for Cristiane who started the match. Cristiane was inches away as she dived to get her head on the ball. On the 30th minute Gold Pride got their reward for their pressure.Brazilian Adriana starting her 1st match drove into the box running on the bye line on the right. She passed the ball into the area towards Tiffany Milbrett who's shot was blocked by Red Stars GK Caroline Jonsson. Christine Sinclair was there to walk in the rebound. Her 2nd goal of the league.
Nearing half-time the Red Stars second opportunity came. On 37 minutes Karen Carney struck a shot towards goal Pride GK Nicole Barnhart could only parry it. The rebound came to Lindsey Tarpley who sent it inches wide to the left.
The 2nd half was bogged down in midfield with FC Gold Pride having more shots on goal. Chicago had their final chance in the 83rd minute when Carney again shot at goal after collecting a pass from Rapinoe.Barnhart was able to save it for her 3rd save of the match. Chicago only had 3 shots on goal the whole match. Carney with 2 and Tarpley with 1. FC Gold pride outshot Chicago with 5 shots on goal.2nd consecutive loss for the Red Stars. Are they suffering from that bye week? Just how good are FC Gold pride..now up to 3rd in the league just behind Boston. LA Sol next for the at home.

"We played a very good game against the best attacking team in the league, on the road," said FC Gold Pride Head Coach Albertin Montoya. "It was a good win for us. We had game plan we stuck to it and played very well. We played a lot of pressure on them in the first half and got a goal.We played with a lot of heart and determination which showed in the last few minutes of the game,We held on defensively. Our back line was outstanding today."

CHICAGO RED STARS COACH EMMA HAYES
“I think the first half our attacking play was exciting. It’s the best we’ve been all season. Nonetheless we didn’t score. At the end of the day we just didn’t score a goal.I think this team has shown and will continue to show it has lots of character. You know they’re disappointed. There’s a quiet locker room right now because they know they could have got a little more from the game, but their character will carry them through.“

Lineups:

Chicago Red Stars – Jönsson; Dalmy (Igwe, 61), Krzysik, Dieke; Carney, Lloyd, Östberg, Klein (Oakes, 69); Rapinoe, Tarpley (Masar, 79), Cristiane.

FC Gold Pride – Barnhart; Buehler, Dew, Robinson; Adriane (Graczyk, 61), Formiga (Weimer, 82), Osborne, DiMartino (Arakawa, 72); Milbrett, Sinclair, Wilson.