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08/26 21:34 CDT League scoring leader Sanchez has 2 goals in the Courage's 2-0
win over Angel City
League scoring leader Sanchez has 2 goals in the Courage's 2-0 win over Angel
City
CARY, N.C. (AP) --- Ashley Sanchez scored twice to break the single-season
goals record for the North Carolina Courage in a 2-0 victory over Angel City on
Wednesday night.
Sanchez leads the National Women's Soccer League in scoring this season with 15
goals.
Sanchez scored her 14th goal in the 41st minute, tying Lynn Biyendolo's record
for the North Carolina set in 2019. Evelyn Ijeh's backheel flick found a
charging Sanchez, who blasted it into the far corner.
Sanchez added her record-breaker in the 78th, running down a long ball sent
forward by Courage goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan and out-running three Angel City
defenders before burying her shot. Sheridan, who got the assist, ran up the
field after the goal to celebrate with Sanchez.
Sanchez also had a pair of goals in the Courage's 2-1 victory over the Boston
Legacy on Saturday. North Carolina has won (11-3-7) has won five of its last
six games.
The loss snapped a four-game streak of draws for Angel City (7-6-7). Angel City
played to a scoreless tie at home with Gotham on Sunday.
North Carolina's Maycee Bell made her 50th NWSL regular-season appearance but
she was injured early in the second half and had to be stretchered off with an
apparent arm injury.
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