April 25, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Kansas City Current News Release
KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Current (4-0-1, 13pts., 1st place) head to Southern California to play Angel City FC (2-2-1, 7pts., 7th place) Friday, April 26 at 9 p.m. CT. The match is the first for Kansas City on Prime Video with Mike Watts, Lori Lindsey and Kealia Watt on the call. Fans in Kansas City can listen to the match with Dave Borchardt and Jillian Carroll Letrinko on 90.9 The Bridge FM or on the KC Current app, along with a Spanish language radio broadcast.
The NWSL’s hottest team, the Kansas City Current enter Friday’s match as one of three unbeaten teams in the league, but the only one without a loss. With 13 points the Current are at the top of the table, but only five points ahead of seventh place Angel City.
This Friday is the first of three straight matches on the road for the Current as the team travels to face Angel City FC at BMO Stadium. The Current defeated Angel City already once this season, getting a 4-2 win at home March 30.
Vanessa DiBernardo, who scored the first goal ever at CPKC Stadium, got the action started early. Forward Temwa Chawinga found the veteran midfielder to the right of goal in the sixth minute and DiBernardo wasted no time in slotting the ball into the upper corner of the net. Not done yet, DiBernardo then served up a cross from the right side where forward Alexa Spaanstra was able to run on and head it inside the far post.
Chawinga got on the scoresheet in the second half after Angel City had cut the lead to 2-1. As forward Bia Zaneratto spun her defender off the ball, Chawinga ran open on the right side. Bia slotted an easy pass to the wide-open Malawian who netted her first career NWSL goal shortly after that.
Angel City would score one more time to get within a goal, but Bia put the nail in the coffin in stoppage time. As the Current sent a cross into the Angel City penalty box, the visiting goalkeeper came out to punch the ball away, but a poorly hit block instead sent the ball straight to Bia who used the outside of her foot to arc a shot over the entire defense and into the net, sealing a 4-2 Kansas City win.
Last week the Current got a brace each from Bia and Chawinga, plus a first goal from Bayley Feist and a pair of assists from DiBernardo to entertain a third-straight sold out crowd at CPKC Stadium with a 5-2 victory over visiting Bay FC.
Angel City earned their second victory of the season at home against the North…