Pugh And Kerolin Light Up NWSL Midweek

The NWSL didn’t hold back the action in two-midweek games with playoff implications.

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Mal Pugh scored two world-class goals to lead the Red Stars to a 4-0 win over the Kansas City Current.

Kerolin kept up her scintillating run of form, helping North Carolina to a 1-0 win over Angel City FC.

Pugh’s first goal was one of the best scored in the NWSL season thus far.

The forward gathered the ball in her own half after nutmegging one Kansas City defender and nutmegged another on a 90-yard run that ended with her rounding the keeper to score.

She scored again in the second half after intercepting a ball in the middle third and making a classic run at the top of the Current’s penalty box.

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Pugh now has 10 goals and sits atop the assists leaderboard with six.

North Carolina forward Kerolin also scored her sixth goal of the season on Wednesday.

Rookie Diana Ordoñez brought the ball up the field before dropping it off wide for Debinha.

Debinha then sent the ball near post and Kerolin didn’t miss, giving the Courage an essential win in their quest to rise up the table and claim a playoff spot.

Meanwhile…

In three short weeks, the 2022 NWSL regular season will be over.

While two teams have already been eliminated from playoff contention, none have yet punched their tickets to the postseason.
Six of the 10 teams still in contention will earn a spot in the playoffs, and the top two seeds will get a bye to the semis.

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Portland, Kansas City, San Diego, and OL Reign seem destined for the playoffs, but who will win the Shield?
The Houston Dash and Chicago Red Stars are currently tied for fourth on points and play each other on Saturday.

Angel City follows close behind in seventh, with the surging North Carolina Courage just behind them.
Likely just outside the playoff line sit the rebuilding Orlando Pride.

The Washington Spirit haven’t technically been eliminated yet, but a truly extraordinary set of circumstances would have to occur to get them to the playoffs.
Racing Louisville and Gotham FC are already mathematically eliminated, and can only play spoiler from here on out.

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