NWSL roundup: Pride top Dash to remain unbeaten
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The Pride (16-0-6, 54 points) haven't lost in a league-record 23 consecutive matches
(Web Desk) - Carson Pickett, Angelina and Marta scored to help host Orlando remain unbeaten with the victory over Houston.
The Pride (16-0-6, 54 points) haven't lost in a league-record 23 consecutive matches, beginning with last year's season finale.
Yuki Nagasato scored for Houston (4-13-5, 17 points), which fell into last place in the 14-team league.
Pickett scored in the 29th minute on a goal set up by a long cross from Cori Dyke. Orlando made it 2-0 in the 51st minute when Angelina sent a right-footed shot from outside the box into the top left-hand corner of the net. It was her second goal of the season.
Houston cut its deficit in half two minutes later when Nagasato's left-footer went into the right corner. It was her second goal of the season.
Mya Jones and Melanie Barcenas scored goals as host San Diego knocked off Portland.
Jones scored in the 69th minute and Barcenas followed five minutes later as the Wave (5-10-7, 22 points) won for the second time in three matches. Kailen Sheridan made six saves while recording her sixth shutout of the season.
Thorns star Christine Sinclair drew a rousing ovation when she exited in the 82nd minute. The six-time Canadian World Cup standout announced Friday that she will retire at the end of the season. The four-time Olympian and three-time NWSL champion is 41. Portland (8-10-4, 28 points) dropped to 0-5-1 over its past six matches. Mackenzie Arnold made two saves.
Utah Royals 1, Racing Louisville FC 0
Ana Tejada scored on a booming kick in the 78th minute to lift Utah past Racing Louisville at Sandy, Utah.
Tejada was well beyond the box when she sent a short pass to Claudia Zornoza, who immediately tapped it back. Tejada wound up and booted a long-range right-footed rocket into the left corner of the net as the Royals (5-14-3, 18 points) halted a three-match losing streak and moved out of the NWSL basement.
Katie Lund had four saves for Louisville (6-9-7, 25 points), which had a two-match winning streak snapped.
