Houston Dash

Match report

Houston Dash put five past Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL Group Stage at Shell Energy Stadium on Wednesday evening. The hosts made it five from five in their last five outings, closing out a match that should have been tighter on paper but was never in doubt after the opening half. By then the visitors were already searching for answers.

K. Rader opened the scoring after five minutes, a sharp finish that caught the defence unawares. She doubled her tally before the break, and L. Ullmark added a third just after half-time when the visitors had their heads down. Chicago's yellow card to S. Staab on the stroke of the interval told you where the pressure was falling.

After the restart Houston worked the game at a comfortable pace, bringing on K. Rader, C. Larisey and K. van Zanten in the same window at the 61st minute. D. Colaprico went off for J. Joseph as the visitors tried to find something, but the hosts had already stretched the back line enough. L. Boattin added a fourth goal late on, and K. Faasse had grabbed the fifth before the final whistle.

Houston registered 71 attacks against 79 for Chicago, but the difference was in the finishing. Seven shots on target yielded five goals, while the visitors managed just three on target from 30 attempts. Possession sat at 53 per cent for the hosts, but the real story was in the big chances created — four to none.

The result keeps Houston in the hunt at 11th with 22 points from 22 games, while Chicago remain rooted at 16th on 16 points. The visitors have now lost 16 of 22 league matches and need a turnaround fast.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 53 – 47

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 3 – 6

Big chances 4 – 0

⚽ 5' K. Rader — Goal ⚽ 42' K. Rader — Goal 🟨 45+2' S. Staab — Yellow card ⚽ 45+2' L. Ullmark — Goal ⇄ 46' M. Hayashi — Substitution ⇄ 61' K. Rader — Substitution ⇄ 61' C. Larisey — Substitution ⇄ 61' K. van Zanten — Substitution 🟨 62' D. Colaprico — Yellow card ⇄ 68' N. Gomes — Substitution ⇄ 68' M. Swanson — Substitution ⇄ 69' B. A. Pinto — Substitution ⇄ 76' M. Graham — Substitution ⚽ 79' K. Faasse — Goal ⇄ 81' D. Colaprico — Substitution ⇄ 81' J. Joseph — Substitution ⚽ 90+1' L. Boattin — Goal

Match events

5' 1:0 Houston Dash Goal K. Rader assist: A. Patterson
42' 2:0 Houston Dash Goal K. Rader assist: C. Larisey
45+2' 2:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Yellow card S. Staab
45+2' 3:0 Houston Dash Goal L. Ullmark assist: K. van Zanten
46' 3:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Substitution M. Hayashi off: T. E. Dellarose
61' 3:0 Houston Dash Substitution K. Rader off: K. Harper
61' 3:0 Houston Dash Substitution C. Larisey off: K. Faasse
61' 3:0 Houston Dash Substitution K. van Zanten off: M. Ivanovic
62' 3:0 Houston Dash Yellow card D. Colaprico
68' 3:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Substitution N. Gomes off: M. Alozie
68' 3:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Substitution M. Swanson off: M. Johnson
69' 3:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Substitution B. A. Pinto off: A. Gasper
76' 3:0 Houston Dash Substitution M. Graham off: S. Puntigam
79' 4:0 Houston Dash Goal K. Faasse assist: M. Ivanovic
81' 4:0 Houston Dash Substitution D. Colaprico off: C. Hardin
81' 4:0 Chicago Red Stars Women Substitution J. Joseph off: J. Bike
90+1' 5:0 Houston Dash Goal L. Boattin assist: M. Ivanovic

Statistics

53 Possession, % 47

7 Shots on target 3

3 Shots off target 6

4 Big chances 0

71 Attacks 79

3 Corners 5

6 Fouls 16

15 Free kicks 6

2 Offsides 3

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 4

18 Throw-ins 19

All statistics

3/1030% Aerial duels 7/1070%

64 Backward passes 60

1 Blocked shots 3

18 Clearances 13

1/1010% Crosses 5/1338%

4/1233% Dribbles 4/1429%

75 Failed passes 74

3 Goalkeeper saves 2

9 Interceptions 9

9 Key passes 7

26/5151% Long passes 14/3639%

63 Passes into the final third 65

164 Passes in the opposition half 184

240 Passes in own half 171

0.64 Shot accuracy 0.25

0 Shots from outside the box 2

11 Shots inside the box 10

17/2277% Tackles 6/1155%

394 Total passes 342

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Jane Campbell	1
4	Lia Klänke	4
8	Natalie Bain	8
15	Eavery Patterson	15
27	Lisa Boattin	27
12	Kalyssa Priscilla van Zanten	12
19	Maggie Graham	19
22	K. Rader	22
24	Danielle Jessica Colaprico	24
30	L. Ullmark	30
9	Clarissa Larisey	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Caroline Delisle	40
2	Allysha Lyn Chapman	2
14	Paige Kathleen Nielsen	14
18	Mary Hardin	18
17	Sara Puntigam	17
6	M. Bright	6
23	K. Fasse	23
34	K. Harper	34
47	Miliana Ivanova	47

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Chicago Red Stars Women

Starting XI
#	Player	number
27	Katherine Ann Lund	27
3	Sam Staab	3
14	Taylor Malham	14
25	Aliyah Farmer	25
29	Leila Ouahabi El Ouahabi	29
9	Mallory Diane Pugh Swanson	9
11	Nadia Gomes	11
16	Manaka Hayashi	16
77	Maitane López	77
8	J. Joseph	8
10	Brianna Alexis Smalls Pinto	10

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Alyssa Naeher	1
5	Michelle Chinwendu Alozie	5
34	Tessa Dellaroze	34
20	Bea Franklin	20
28	Emma Edjici	28
31	Anna Gasper	31
4	Jenna Baik	4
23	Mikayla Johnson	23

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	NJ/NY Gotham FC Women	25	15	6	4	51
2	Washington Spirit Women	25	14	4	7	46
3	San Diego Wave Women	25	14	3	8	45
4	Portland Thorns Women	25	12	6	7	42
5	Utah Royals Women	25	13	3	9	42
6	Angel City	25	11	6	8	39
7	North Carolina Courage Women	25	12	3	10	39
8	Kansas City Women	25	11	5	9	38
9	OL Reign	25	11	4	10	37
10	Denver Summit Women	25	9	8	8	35

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