Wave advanced to Sunday's game in Portland. Morgan, Taylor Kornieck returned from injuries. Crowd set postseason mark.
The Wave’s playoff match Sunday night against Chicago attracted a vocal crowd that waved pink towels and, at 26,215, set a National Women’s Soccer League postseason record.minute, and the Wave held for a 2-1 victory at Snapdragon Stadium. The first-year club goes to Portland for Sunday’s semifinals match against the NWSL’s second-place team.“The atmosphere was incredible,” Morgan said. “It was so much fun to play in front of our fans for one last time this season.
Her left-footed shot from the left edge of the box, off a pass from Sofia Jakobbson, skittered past goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, a Morgan teammate and starter on the U.S. national team. The goal added to the 33-year-old’s NWSL-best total of 15 goals in the 22-game regular season.
Rather than let the carom bounce as it approached her, van Egmond right-footed it into the goal’s lower left corner.
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