{"id":886338,"date":"2026-09-07T04:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/886338\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T04:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:52:10","slug":"mcdonald-lifts-soccer-to-1-0-victory-at-no-19-14-tcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/886338\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald lifts Soccer to 1-0 victory at No. 19\/14 TCU"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Ava McDonald<\/a> found the back of the net for the second straight match, propelling Texas to a 1-0 victory over No. 19\/14 TCU at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

With the result, the Longhorns (5-1-1) secured their first ranked win under head coach Margueritte Bates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McDonald delivered the decisive strike in the 68th minute, driving home a rocket from the top of the box. Off of a corner kick, the sophomore smashed a dart into the upper-right corner of the cage, sending the visitors into a frenzy.<\/p>\n

Despite the breakthrough moment coming midway through the second half, Texas put the Horned Frogs (3-2-1) under duress all night. The Longhorns outshot the 2025 College Cup semifinalists, 17-6, including 10-4 advantage in shots on goal.<\/p>\n

Texas mounted multiple chances in the opening frame, with its best three first-half opportunities coming across the final 15 minutes before the break.<\/p>\n

In the 31st minute, Amalia Villarreal<\/a> tight-roped the end line, weaving her way into the box. Villarreal dished a pass to her left to set up Addie Brink<\/a> from six yards away, but TCU goalkeeper Olivia Geller denied the point-blank attempt.<\/p>\n

Less than six minutes later, McDonald sent a low service toward the penalty spot, as Callan Harrington<\/a> raced free from the Horned Frogs’ defense. Geller came off her line to push Harrington wide before her shot was blocked to alleviate the threat.<\/p>\n

With less than 75 seconds remaining in the half, Villarreal bolted past the backline and marched into the box. The junior played a little chip shot on target with Geller closing the angle. The TCU netminder leaped and tapped the ball above the bar to keep the contest scoreless heading into the intermission.<\/p>\n

Coming out of the break, McDonald and Audrey Bryant<\/a> both forced Geller to make key stops in the 61st and 63rd minutes, respectively, building toward the game-winning tally moments later.<\/p>\n

Texas goalie Bayliss Flynn<\/a> posted four saves in the victory, guiding the Longhorns to their fifth clean sheets in seven matches.<\/p>\n

Up next, Texas begins Southeastern Conference play at Arkansas on Thursday. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. at Razorback Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Ava McDonald found the back of the net for the second straight match, propelling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-886338","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\/886338","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=886338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}