Dallas Trinity Women met Tampa Bay Sun in the USL Super League Group Stage on 16 August 2026, and the two sides played out a 1:1 draw. The match opened with a flurry of cautions, with R. Raabe, K. Hill and S. Nasello each receiving yellow cards in the first half. By then the visitors were already showing they would not make it easy for the hosts.
Castain gave Dallas Trinity the lead in the 49th minute, just after Raabe had been substituted. The hosts looked comfortable for a spell, but Tampa Bay refused to let the tie slip. They pushed for an equaliser and found it through Waldeck-Zierenberg in the 90th minute plus three, a moment that shifted everything.
Tampa Bay made several changes to chase the result, bringing on Boeckmann, Gamero and Cedeno in the 83rd minute alone. Dallas responded with Hamid and Connors, though neither side could find a winner. The substitutions showed both managers trying to find a way through, and to be fair, neither manager got his changes spot on.
The result leaves Dallas Trinity seventh in the table with three games played, zero wins, one draw, two losses and one point. Tampa Bay sit fourth, also on three games but with one win, one draw, one loss and four points. The gap between them is three points, and Dallas will need the points badly going forward.
Both sides had recent history, with Dallas having beaten Tampa 2:0 in May, while the visitors had drawn 1:1 with DC Power Women on 1 May. This match suggested neither team would dominate the group, and by then the stage was set for an open contest. The draw suits both parties, at least for now.
