It’s been an interesting 2018 season for United States forward Christen Press. Controversy surrounded the 29-year-old when allocated United States Women’s National team players returned to National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) rosters in March. Every player allocated returned to their club with the exception of Press. She was unhappy with the results of a blockbuster three team trade that saw Carli Lloyd join Sky Blue FC, Sam Kerr join the Chicago Red Stars, and Christen Press join the Houston Dash.
Sky Blue FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) officially announced today that former U.S. Women’s National Team and Sky Blue FC forward Tasha Kai has been signed by the team. Kai returns to the club after previously playing two seasons in New Jersey, where she held a key role in helping the team raise the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) championship. Per league and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are beyond excited to bring
Sky Blue FC broke their ten-game winless streak as they came away with a 1 – 0 victory over the Portland Thorns FC. Australian forward Sam Kerr scored the game’s lone goal in her first-ever appearance for Sky Blue. Photo Credit: Brenden Murphy The goal came in the 52nd minute when defender Maya Hayes made a run up the left side of the pitch toward the corner flag when she fired a cross right into the center of the box where
An early goal by midfielder Katy Freels was not enough, as Sky Blue FC watched their winless streak hit ten games when they squandered a first-half lead to the Portland Thorns on Friday. The Thorns drew a crowd of 12,223 fans to the game in Portland. The Thorns have nearly been unbeatable at home, losing just one of their last 11 home games. Sky Blue struck first in the 27th minute when midfielder Taylor Lytle fed Freels with a ball just outside
The Chicago Red Stars beat Sky Blue FC 3-0 in this battle of first and last place teams. Three different players scored goals for the Red Stars, including Vanessa DiBernardo who kicked things off early with a sixth minute goal. Sky Blue’s season-long struggles continued as they were shutout for the second game in a row, and for the fourth time overall on their current nine match winless streak. Photo Credit: Brenden Murphy Midfielder Katy Freels of Sky Blue nearly pulled the
On a day where Sky Blue FC wore all pink in support of breast cancer awareness, midfielder Hayley Haagsma got the team off to an early 11th minute lead, before the team relented a late equalizer to the Houston Dash in yet another 1 – 1 draw. Photo Credit: Brenden Murphy/ISNSoccer.com Sky Blue’s goal came off a corner kick by midfielder Katy Freels. The ball volleyed off of midfielder Kristin Grubka before getting to the head of Haagsma who was able
Sky Blue FC was competitive until the very end, but lost in devastating fashion when Francisca Ordega of the Washington Spirit scored a goal in the 92nd minute to give Washington the 1 – 0 victory over Sky Blue. The final score is not indicative of the quality of Sky Blue’s play. They were the more aggressive team for most of the game, taking 21 shots compared to Washington’s nine. In the end, the ball just didn’t happen to roll their
A controversial 90th minute goal by Nadia Nadim led Sky Blue FC to pull off a 1 – 1 draw at home against the Seattle Reign on Saturday, May 9. The goal was scored on a penalty kick which was brought about by a handball in the box by midfielder Jessica Fishlock of Seattle, who was sent off with a red card. There was a big scrum in front of the goal and Sky Blue had a couple of shots that