North Carolina Courage W 2–1 Racing Louisville W
- Season
- NWSL
- 2026 · Group Stage
Referee
Jaclyn Metz (USA)
NWSL: North Carolina Courage W beat Racing Louisville W 2–1. Goals: Ashley Sanchez 29', Sarah Weber 45+1', Ashley Sanchez 86'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
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| When | North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W |
|---|---|---|
| 29′ · Ashley Sanchez | 1 | 0 |
| 45+1′ · Sarah Weber | 1 | 1 |
| 86′ · Ashley Sanchez | 2 | 1 |
| 90′ | 2 | 1 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
North Carolina Courage WGoals2xG1.75
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- +0.25
Racing Louisville WGoals1xG1.73
- xG per shot
- 0.10
- Goals minus xG
- -0.73
How the chances split
North Carolina Courage W win 39%Draw 22%Racing Louisville W win 38%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.75 | 1.73 |
| xG per shot | 0.117 | 0.102 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.25 | -0.73 |
| North Carolina Courage W win | 39% | |
| Draw | 22% | |
| Racing Louisville W win | 38% |
Goals & cards
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Payton Linnehan29′
- Natalie JacobsFoul40′
- 45+1′Sarah WeberAssist: Emma Sears
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Shinomi Koyama86′
Key stats
- 61%Ball Possession39%
- 1.75Expected goals1.73
- 15Total Shots17
- 5Shots on goal5
- 5Corner Kicks6
Half by half
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Courage W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Racing Louisville W | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Their last meeting: Racing Louisville W 1–2 North Carolina Courage W.
Standings
Nwsl Women
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Utah Royals W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 8 |  Seattle Reign FC W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | North Carolina Courage W | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 10 |  Denver Summit W | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 |  Orlando Pride W | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 13 |  Boston Legacy W | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 14 |  Bay FC W | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 15 | Racing Louisville W | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 |
| 16 |  Chicago Red Stars W | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 |
Timeline
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Payton Linnehan29′
- Natalie JacobsFoul40′
- 45+1′Sarah WeberAssist: Emma Sears
- Off: Payton LinnehanOn: Cortnee Vine62′
- 68′Off: Sarah WeberOn: Macey Hodge
- Off: Hannah BetfortOn: Lauryn Thompson74′
- 75′Off: Ella HaseOn: Taylor White
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Shinomi Koyama86′
- Off: Dani WeatherholtOn: Felicitas Rauch87′
- 89′Off: Quincy McMahonOn: Macy Blackburn
- 89′Off: Kayla FischerOn: Audrey McKeen
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
North Carolina Courage WGoals2xG1.75
- xG per shot
- 0.12
- Goals minus xG
- +0.25
Racing Louisville WGoals1xG1.73
- xG per shot
- 0.10
- Goals minus xG
- -0.73
How the chances split
North Carolina Courage W win 39%Draw 22%Racing Louisville W win 38%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.75 | 1.73 |
| xG per shot | 0.117 | 0.102 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.25 | -0.73 |
| North Carolina Courage W win | 39% | |
| Draw | 22% | |
| Racing Louisville W win | 38% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
North Carolina Courage W15 shots2337
Racing Louisville W17 shots1457
- 1312Inside the box
- 25Outside the box
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| North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| Off target | 3 | 5 |
| Blocked | 7 | 7 |
| Inside the box | 13 | 12 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 5 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
61%Possession39%
79%351 of 445 passes66%180 of 272 passes
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| North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 61% | 39% |
| Passes | 445 | 272 |
| Completed | 351 | 180 |
| Pass accuracy | 79% | 66% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 98Fouls
- 10Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 21Offsides
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| North Carolina Courage W | Racing Louisville W | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 9 | 8 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Sanchez | North Carolina Courage W | 8.9 | 90 |
| Kailen Sheridan | North Carolina Courage W | 7.9 | 90 |
| Natalie Jacobs | North Carolina Courage W | 7.9 | 90 |
| Shinomi Koyama | North Carolina Courage W | 7.7 | 90 |
| Emma Sears | Racing Louisville W | 7.7 | 90 |
| Sarah Weber | Racing Louisville W | 7.5 | 68 |
| Ryan Williams | North Carolina Courage W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Riley Jackson | North Carolina Courage W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Taylor Flint | Racing Louisville W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Payton Linnehan | North Carolina Courage W | 7.0 | 62 |
| Felicitas Rauch | North Carolina Courage W | 6.7 | 8 |
| Maycee Bell | North Carolina Courage W | 6.6 | 90 |
| Dani Weatherholt | North Carolina Courage W | 6.6 | 87 |
| Lauren Milliet | Racing Louisville W | 6.6 | 90 |
| Quincy McMahon | Racing Louisville W | 6.6 | 89 |
| Katie O'Kane | Racing Louisville W | 6.6 | 90 |
| Cortnee Vine | North Carolina Courage W | 6.5 | 28 |
| Jordyn Bloomer | Racing Louisville W | 6.5 | 90 |
| Macey Hodge | Racing Louisville W | 6.5 | 22 |
| Taylor White | Racing Louisville W | 6.5 | 15 |
| Hannah Betfort | North Carolina Courage W | 6.3 | 74 |
| Lauryn Thompson | North Carolina Courage W | 6.3 | 16 |
| Carly Wickenheiser | North Carolina Courage W | 6.2 | 90 |
| Elisabeth Charlotte Jean | Racing Louisville W | 6.2 | 90 |
| Courtney Petersen | Racing Louisville W | 6.2 | 90 |
| Kayla Fischer | Racing Louisville W | 6.2 | 89 |
| Ella Hase | Racing Louisville W | 6.2 | 75 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
80%
Kailen Sheridan
Kailen Sheridan- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 1
- Rating
- 7.9
60%
Jordyn Bloomer
Jordyn Bloomer- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 6.5
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
Top stats
- 61%Ball Possession39%
- 1.75Expected goals1.73
- 15Total Shots17
- 5Shots on goal5
- 5Corner Kicks6
Shots
- 3Shots off Goal5
- 7Blocked shots7
- 13Shots insidebox12
- 2Shots outsidebox5
Passing
- 445Total passes272
- 351Passes accurate180
- 79%Pass accuracy66%
Defence & set pieces
- 4Goalkeeper Saves3
- 2Offsides1
Discipline
- 9Fouls8
- 1Yellow Cards0
- –Red Cards–
More
- 79%Passes %66%
- –Goals prevented–
Half by half
- North Carolina Courage W
- Racing Louisville W
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Courage W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Racing Louisville W | 1 | 0 | 1 |
North Carolina Courage W4-4-2Racing Louisville W4-3-3North Carolina Courage W4-4-2Coach: Mak Lind
Racing Louisville W4-3-3Coach: Beverly Yanez
Bench
| 1Kailen SheridanG | 90 | 7.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 55 | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13Ryan WilliamsD | 90 | 7.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 38 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 4Natalie JacobsD | 90 | 7.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 55 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 25Maycee BellD | 90 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 56 | – | 51 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 17Dani WeatherholtD | 87 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 38 | – | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 15Payton LinnehanM | 62 | 7.0 | – | 1 | – | – | 22 | 3 | 13 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 16Riley JacksonM | 90 | 7.2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 57 | – | 48 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 14Carly WickenheiserM | 90 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 35 | – | 25 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 15 | – | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2Ashley SanchezM | 90 | 8.9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20Shinomi KoyamaF | 90 | 7.7 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 28 | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Hannah BetfortF | 74 | 6.3 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 22Cortnee VineF | 28 | 6.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 7Lauryn ThompsonF | 16 | 6.3 | – | 0 | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 11Felicitas RauchD | 8 | 6.7 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 99Madison WhiteG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 12Natalia StaudeD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3Sydney SchmidtD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5Cameron BrooksD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 6Ivy GarnerD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 8Chioma OkaforF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Nwsl Women
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  NJ/NY Gotham FC W | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 61 |
| 2 |  San Diego Wave W | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 58 |
| 3 |  Washington Spirit W | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 55 |
| 4 |  Kansas City W | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 |  Angel City W | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 |
| 6 |  Portland Thorns W | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Utah Royals W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 8 | Seattle Reign FC W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | North Carolina Courage W | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 10 | Denver Summit W | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Orlando Pride W | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 12 |  Houston Dash W | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 13 | Boston Legacy W | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 14 | Bay FC W | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 15 | Racing Louisville W | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 |
| 16 | Chicago Red Stars W | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 |
Recent form
Last meetings
1North Carolina Courage W0Draws0Racing Louisville W