August 30, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Racing Louisville FC News Release
Racing Louisville midfielder Taylor Flint
(Racing Louisville FC, Credit: NWSL)
Racing Louisville is back in playoff position and fighting for more when it hosts the Seattle Reign at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Lynn Family Stadium.
The match will be broadcast over the air on ION and streamed for free on ionnwsl.com. Sports Talk 790 AM will carry the radio broadcast, which will be additionally available online at 790louisville.iheart.com or via the iHeart app. Fireworks will follow the final whistle.
Racing (4-6-7, 19 points) reset the race for one of the eight coveted spots in the NWSL playoffs with a commanding 3-1 home win over Chicago last weekend. The result catapulted Louisville into eighth place and pulled seventh-place Chicago and sixth-place North Carolina, which also lost last weekend, closer in the packed bottom half of the playoff picture. Coach Bev Yanez’s squad is six points out of sixth and four out of seventh.
Saturday’s game is the return match of a late June draw on the West Coast. Racing defender Arin Wright was sent off in the ninth minute of that game – with newly added forward Bethany Balcer scoring the ensuing penalty kick for her old team against her now-current team. Former Racing forward Reilyn Turner notched the late equalizer for the 10-player visitors just before the final whistle.
Balcer, acquired via trade with Seattle last week, helped set up Racing’s first goal against Chicago, giving her an assist in her lavender debut. Uchenna Kanu, Kayla Fischer and Marisa DiGrande scored for the hosts, who also saw new addition Janine Beckie make her debut as a substitute in the second half.
In Seattle, the Reign edged North Carolina, 1-0, with a stoppage-time winner. Technically it was marked down as an own goal for North Carolina goalkeeper Casey Murphy, though the late header from Emeri Adames did most of the work before bouncing off the post and then Murphy.
This will be first time Balcer plays her old team – and the first time former Racing midfielder Jaelin Howell squares off against her former club.
Follow along …
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The game will be broadcast on ION – viewers can search for the channel number in their area by typing in their ZIP Code here – or streamed free at ionnwsl.com. You can…