After stymieing the first-place North Carolina Courage for 45 minutes, a mistake moments into second half ended up costing the Washington Spirit, who fell 2-0 to the NWSL league leaders. Ashley Hatch scored in the 46th minute, while a bizarre 84th minute own goal summed up the Spirit’s summer.
“They did nothing, they had nothing, zero, zip, not even a threat, one long throw-in, no chances...we’ve got to have an exorcism or something,” Spirit head coach Jim Gabarra said after the game about a Spirit team that can’t seem to avoid misfortune right now.