{"id":825035,"date":"2026-07-25T10:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825035\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:19:19","slug":"sam-kerr-scores-for-gotham-fc-in-2-2-draw-with-the-portland-thorns-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825035\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Kerr scores for Gotham FC in 2-2 draw with the Portland Thorns \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Kerr scored her first goal since returning to the National Women\u2019s Soccer League to pull Gotham FC into a 2-2 draw with the Portland Thorns on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>In other NWSL action, the Orlando Pride beat the Chicago Stars 1-0; and the Houston Dash topped Bay FC 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Guro Reiten found an unmarked Midge Purce in the second minute to give Gotham (9-3-4) the early lead.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a6443e09461a9de054845b9jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"3532\" data-pswp-height=\"2355\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a6443e09461a9de054845b9jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - Gotham FC forward Midge Purce chases after an opponent during an NWSL soccer match against the Kansas City Current, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo\/Reed Hoffmann,File)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFILE &#8211; Gotham FC forward Midge Purce chases after an opponent during an NWSL soccer match against the Kansas City Current, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo\/Reed Hoffmann,File)<\/p>\n<p>Portland (8-5-4) responded in the 21st minute with Renee Lyle\u2019s narrow angle shot. Pietra Tordin was credited with her league-leading seventh assist.<\/p>\n<p>The Thorns took the lead in the 53rd minute on a deflected shot from midfielder Jessie Fleming.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr scored off a corner kick for her first goal since joining Gotham earlier this month after more than six seasons at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr drew a red card on Portland defender Jayden Perry in the 73rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Thorns forward Morgan Weaver made her first appearance since November 2024, drawing a standing ovation from the 21,743 fans at Portland\u2019s Providence Park.<\/p>\n<p>Gotham defender Emily Sonnett was taken off the field on a stretcher in the 11th minute. The severity of the injury was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>Doyle\u2019s late goal leads the Pride<\/p>\n<p>Julie Doyle\u2019s 88th-minute goal gave Orlando (7-8-2) the edge over visiting Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando had a chance to take the lead in the 37th minute but Katie Atkinson saved Marta\u2019s penalty shot after Haley McCutcheon drew a foul in the box on Chicago Aaliyah Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Moorhouse made two saves to earn her sixth clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n<p>NWSL Golden Boot leader Barbra Banda was unavailable due to international duty at the upcoming Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Mallory Swanson was out for the Stars (4-12-0) due to a lower leg injury.<\/p>\n<p>Ullmark scores for the Dash in stoppage time<\/p>\n<p>Linda Ullmark\u2019s goal in the 91st minute gave the Houston Dash their first win since May 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It was the second consecutive game Houston (5-7-4) scored in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>Dash goalkeeper Jane Campbell made seven saves for the home crowd for her fourth clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Racheal Kundananji was unavailable for Bay (5-7-3) due to duty with the upcoming WAFCON tournament.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Kerr scored her first goal since returning to the National Women\u2019s Soccer League to pull Gotham FC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-825035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}