Do yourself a favor and start the week with a smile by rewatching highlights of Nahomi Kawasumi’s masterful dismantling of the Spirit defense.
With the massive victory, Seattle moves to 2-1-2 and eight points on the season, jumping from sixth to secondnd place thanks in part to their league-leading +5 goal differential. Washington falls to 1-3-1 and drops one spot to 10th place.
Seattle hosts Orlando next Sunday, while the Spirit and new signee Mal Pugh return home to face FCKC.
Sam Kerr stepped up for Sky Blue with an impressive performance, winning a penalty, contributing an assist to Leah Galton on a beautiful scoring sequence, and finishing the night with a goal of her own.