It’s the hope that kills you. Did the Houston Dash get too complacent or too confident going into game 3? I don’t believe so. Did Sky Blue FC raise their level after an anonymous first 180 minutes? It would appear so. By the time the ref blew the whistle, mercifully ending the match, we’d witnessed a Dash deconstruction. Air Groom had been grounded.
At 17 minutes Ifeoma Onumonu picked up the ball in the middle of the park and carried it forwards, sucking in the Dash center backs towards her. Ally Prisock failed to stay in line with the rest of her defenders and allowed Paige Monaghan to have a few yards of onside space in behind them.