Kouassi achieves and supports the 3-2 victory in Washington Spirit against Chicago Stars

Rosemonde Kouassi had an assist and the Washington Spirit beat the Chicago Stars 3-2 on Saturday in the National Women's Soccer League.

Gift Monday scored the winner goal when she scored Kouassi's passport in the 80th minute.

Elsewhere in the NWSL, the Portland Thorns received a late punishment for a 1-1 draw with the San Diego wave; And the courage North Carolina 1-1 with the Orlando Pride.

The spirit took over the lead in the Seatgeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, when Chicagos Ally Schlegel transformed her own network from Kouassi in the 31st minute. The stars replied five minutes later with Julia Grosso's Equalizer.

The spirit (5-3-0) gained the lead before half-time. Tara Mckeown rolled a cross to the rear post, and Kouassi was there to score with a touch. It is her first goal in the NWSL in her 14th appearance of the regular season.

Chicago (1-6-1) scored it 2-2 when the former spirit player Sam Staab scored a goal in the 54th minute.

Perry achieves late punishment for thorns

Jayden Perry converted a penalty that came deep into the interruption and the visiting thorns were even pulled with the wave that had dropped to 10 players.

Kirsten McNabb admitted the penalty for the wave (4-2-2) when Sam Coffey stumbled into the penalty area in the sixth minute of the interruption time.

Perry, a beginner from the UCLA, achieved her third goal of the season, all from the penalty point.

Kimmi Ascanio gave the wave a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. Perle Morroni dotted the ball on the box so that Ascanio looked at a header at Portland goalkeeper Bella Bixby from a distance of five meters.

Wave defender Kennedy Wesley was shown a red card for a foul against Olivia Moultrie in the 41st minute, and San Diego was a player down on the rest of the way.

Although the wave had a game resort, it had more property in the game (55%). However, Portland dominated the number of opportunities taken with 21 shots on the five of San Diego.

Both the wave and the thorns (3-2-4) are now unbeaten in the last four games.

Late Chilufya-Tor Siegel 1-1 for Orlando

Prisca Chilufya achieved her first NWSL goal to give pride in Cary, North Carolina.

The mut goalkeeper Casey Murphy misjudged the flight of the ball and was unable to hide chilufya's loops in the interruption.

North Carolina (2-3-3) took over the early lead to Felicitas Rauchs goal in the 27th minute. After Orlando Anna Moorhouse's goalkeeper had saved a one-on-one conversation with the courage striker Manaka Matsukubo, Rauch put the rebound.

The pride (5-2-1) owned a season high of 63%, while the courage recorded its lowest ownership (37%), since head coach Sean took over in 2022. The pride also overruns the courage with 15: 7.

Orlando holds the tie at the head of the NWSL classification.

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