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05/29 21:33 CDT NWSL scoring leader Banda scores 2 goals in 3-1 Pride win over
Bay FC
NWSL scoring leader Banda scores 2 goals in 3-1 Pride win over Bay FC
The Associated Press
Barbra Banda scored a pair of goals and added an assist in the Orlando Pride's
3-1 victory at home over Bay FC on Friday night.
In the only other match in the National Women's Soccer League on the night, the
Denver Summit defeated Racing Louisville 1-0.
Banda leads the league with nine goals for the Pride (5-5-2), but she was
injured late in the match while running after the ball. The nature of the
injury was not clear.
After a lightning delay for an hour, Banda scored just three minutes into the
match for Orlando's fastest goal of the season.
Some three minutes later Caroline Conti scored for Bay with a low shot into the
far corner. It was her first of the season.
Banda scored her second goal in the 50th minute to pull Orlando in front,
before feeding Cori Dyke the ball on her goal from the top of the box four
minutes later.
Bay (3-6-2) has lost three straight matches. Goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz and
defender Aldana Cometti served one-game suspensions after receiving red cards
Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the Chicago Stars.
Colorado native Brazier scores 1st goal for Denver
Ally Brazier, the expansion Summit's first signing, scored her first goal of
the season in the 64th minute to break a stalemate on the road with Racing.
A Colorado native, Brazier scored a sliding goal off an assists from Yuzuki
Yamamoto. Denver (4-4-3) has won three of its last four.
All eight of last-place Racing's losses have been by a single goal.
Goalkeeper Maddie Prohaska got her first start for Louisville (2-8-1). She made
her NWSL debut last week against the North Carolina Courage when she was
pressed into duty for injured starter Jordyn Bloomer in the first half.
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