May 11, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Kansas City Current News Release
KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Current (5-0-3, 18 points, 1st place) will close out a very busy week in front of the home fans as the club faces the North Carolina Courage (4-4-0, 12 points, 6th place). This Sunday’s match will kick off at 5 p.m. CT with Anna Witte and Jordan Angeli bringing Kansas City fans the action on KMCI, 38 The Spot while Dave Borchardt and Jillian Carroll Letrinko deliver the call on 90.9 The Bridge. The match will also stream on NWSL+ with audio streams in English, Spanish and Portuguese on the KC Current App.
This match is the third in an eight-day span for the Current, having earned a pair of draws at Houston May 5 and at Seattle May 8. Wednesday, against Seattle, the Current earned the first clean sheet of the season. Holding the Reign to just five total shots and only one on target, the Current defense put in one of the most impressive performances of the season so far.
Defender Regan Steigleder made her first start for the club in Wednesday’s match, playing the entire first half and helping to hold the Seattle defense to only three shots in the opening period. Forward Claire Lavogez started her second straight match for Kansas City, recording two shots on the night.
North Carolina enters this match fully rested having not played since Saturday, May 4. The Courage traveled to New Jersey to close out its season series with Gotham FC. Gotham scored in the 11th minute after North Carolina had a giveaway in their own defensive third. The team was unable to find an equalizer down the stretch despite putting five shots on target down the stretch. The Courage have yet to earn a point on the road, losing the last four away from WakeMed Park.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Kansas City forward Nichelle Prince – Prince joined the Current in a draft day trade this offseason. She is a seven-year veteran of the NWSL, having played exclusively for Houston since being drafted by the Dash in 2017. She has 12 goals in her NWSL career and is considered to be one of the most explosive outside attackers in the league. Prince could make her Current debut in front of the home crowd Sunday after suffering an injury with Canada during the 2024 Gold Cup.
North Carolina defender Malia Berkely – Berkely was North Carolina’s only selection to the NWSL’s Best XI for March/April and it was well deserved. She played the full 90 minutes in all six of the games for the Courage. She…