Sky Blue FC scored a season-high three goals, and overcame two separate two-goal deficits, as they were able to come away with a 3 – 3 draw against the Western New York Flash. This was the first game of the season where Sky Blue was able to tally more than one goal. Despite giving up a very early goal in the 3rd minute, they were able to rally in the second half to salvage a point on the road. “I really liked
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
The Seattle Reign opened up the scoring in the 8th minute with a goal by midfielder Keelin Winters, and would control the tempo for the rest of the match, as they beat Sky Blue FC by a score of 3 – 0. Seattle seemingly has Sky Blue’s number this season. Through two matches they’ve been able to hold Sky Blue to a total of eight shot attempts and one goal. However, their first meeting ended in a 1 – 1 draw. Sky
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 struck early on an eighth minute goal by midfielder Katy Freels, but were not able to hold on as they had to settle for a 1 – 1 draw, and one point against the Boston Breakers. Firing right out of the gates, Sky Blue was able to create five shot attempts in the first 17 minutes of game time. While Sky Blue looked like the better side for a majority of the competition, they were not able to
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
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