Dallas Trinity Women held on to beat DC Power 2:1 in the USL Super League group stage on Saturday evening. The result keeps both sides in the hunt for knockout positions, though the table gap between them remains stubborn. Trinity sit fifth with four points after four games, while Power are third on seven.
O. Gamero opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with a finish that caught Power off guard. To be fair, the visitors had looked comfortable enough in the opening half, but Trinity's pressure told just before the break. The goal shifted something — you could see it in how Power tried to respond.
J. Hamid equalised for the visitors in the 56th, and suddenly the match was wide open again. By then E. Jaskaniec had picked up a yellow card for Trinity, and the tension was building in the middle third. Power pushed forward, but the hosts were stubborn in defence and refused to let the momentum slip away completely.
The decisive moment came in the 66th minute when M. Brewer turned the ball into his own net. And here's the thing — it wasn't a moment of brilliance from either side, just a deflection that found the back of the net at the worst possible time for Power. The stadium fell silent for a moment before Trinity's players started to believe.
There were yellow cards for both sides in the second half — L. Nguyen for Power in the 74th, joining Jaskaniec's earlier booking. The substitutions were frequent on both benches, though Power's manager seemed to arrive too late with the changes. Trinity turned to the kids when it mattered, and they held firm.
The statistics tell one story, but the match was really decided in those three moments. Trinity had chances to go further with the lead, but they contented themselves with the result. A fourth straight win is what they'd hoped for, but this felt like a harder-fought point than the score suggests.