April 19, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Kansas City Current News Release
KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Current (3-0-1, 10pts., 1st place) return home to CPKC Stadium to face expansion team Bay FC (2-2-2, 8pts., 6th place) Saturday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. CT. The match will broadcast nationally on ION television, and simulcast locally on 38 the Spot, with JP Dellacamera and Jillian Loyden on the call. 90.9 the Bridge, featuring Dave Borchardt and Jillian Carroll Letrinko, will have the radio call. Fans can also tune in to hear Dave and Jillian on the KC Current app, along with Spanish and Portuguese language broadcasts.
The Kansas City Current head into Saturday’s match as one of the hottest teams in the league. Sitting atop the NWSL table as one of only three teams to have not suffered a loss, the Current boast wins against the 2023 NWSL Shield Winning San Diego Wave, the team with the second-best record in 2023 (Portland Thorns) and a dangerous Angel City FC before earning a tough road draw against the defending champions NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Traveling to New Jersey last weekend, the Current opened the home schedule for NJ/NY Gotham FC in front of the largest home opener crowd that Gotham has ever seen. Despite the large crowd and energized atmosphere, the Current came out on the front foot. Forwards Bia Zaneratto and Temwa Chawinga worked together to continuously attack the Gotham back line. Chawinga jumped on the end of a Bia pass in the sixth minute and barreled towards goal only to be thwarted by a last-minute save.
In the 17th minute, the Bia/Chawinga combo finally hit paydirt. Bia wrestled the ball away from a Gotham attacker just inside the Current’s defensive half. Recognizing the opportunity, Chawinga scouted the best route through five Gotham defenders and took off on a sprint. Bia laid a perfectly weighted pass around the Gotham back line to Chawinga who had already cleared everyone on her way to hitting the back of the net with a chip shot over the goalkeeper.
Gotham was able to find an equalizer in the 51st minute. Esther Gonzalez jumped on a long cross and headed the ball into the far corner. The goal was the second of the year for both Gonzalez and Gotham. Kansas City held off the Gotham attack through the rest of the match to end the game with the first draw of the season.
Bay FC earned the club’s first home victory last week against Seattle. Falling behind 1-0 on an own goal at halftime, Bay jumped on every opportunity the team saw…
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