The San Diego Wave won Saturday to remain in first place in the National Women’s Soccer League standings.
This time, they were both lucky and good.
Carson Pickett’s own-goal in the 65th minute gave the visiting Wave a come-from-behind, 3-2 victory over the expansion Denver Summit on Saturday night in Colorado. At 5-1-0, the Wave maintain their league lead. Denver falls to 1-2-3.
San Diego trailed 2-0 before Lia Godfrey got the Wave on the board with a goal in the 49th minute. Eight minutes later, Kennedy Wesley — fresh off her goal-scoring stint with the United States Women’s National Team — pulled her club even.
Then, fortune intervened. San Diego’s Dudinha dribbled down the left sideline before taking a hard right just before the goalmouth. She fired a low-angle shot that hit Pickett, a Summit defender, as she scrambled toward the net.
The Wave have little time to recover from their mile-high win. The club travels to Portland on Wednesday night for a match against the second-place Thorns, the team that eliminated San Diego from last year’s playoffs. The showdown starts at 7 p.m. and will air on CBS Sports Network.
The team returns home next Sunday to take on Bay FC at Snapdragon Stadium.