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Sam Kerr, Yuki Nagasato present unique challenge to Courage’s defense in NWSL final

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sam Kerr might be the most dangerous striker in the world of women’s soccer.

Between the 2019 National Women’s Soccer League season and the World Cup, she’s scored 24 goals and dished out five assists in 26 matches. Few teams have been able to thwart the 26-year-old’s scoring skills and among Kerr’s most tortured victims this season have been the North Carolina Courage. In three matches, the Australian has found the back of the net four times, leading her Chicago Red Stars to two wins and a draw.

When the teams face off in front of an expected sellout crowd in Cary, N.