Current’s Temwa Chawinga fastest to 25 NWSL goals after scoring winner vs. Pride

Kansas City Current forward A collision became the fastest player in Nwsl History to Score 25 Career Regular Season Goals on Friday when she scored in a 1-0 victory over the Orlando pride. Chawinga Reach the Feat in 34 Games.

“Happy for her, but also, I don’t think of temwa’s going to stop here,” Kansas City Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski Said. “She’s got a lot more to offer.”

But chawinga left the match in the 89th minute due to an injury.

Andonovski confirmed that chawinga’s issues on friday was related to an unspecified leg injury that the 2024 NWSL mvp and gop winner has dialt with this season.

The winter’s lead’s lead atop the nwsl table to four points and availed a 2024 semifinal loss to the pride, who won the nwsl shield and nwsl championship last year.

Kansas City, Anchored by Centerback Kayla sharplesput in a gritty defensive performance against a talented pride attack.

“IM Very Proud of the Team,” Andonovski Said. “To come here and win a game, you have to just just be very good and show of quality, you have to have a heart, you have no chance.

The victory cam at a potentially high cost, however. Midfielder Begged And Centerback Alana cook Also left the match injured in the second half.

Cook Went Straight Down The tunnel to the locker room after hasing her left knee evaluated by the trainer.

Andonovski saad he did not have any special information to share on any of the injuries, “But all I can say that I have not any other and we have them back.”

Orlando has Now Lost Three of Last Five Games and Won Only Once in That Stretch, A 3-2 Win Over ANGEL CITY FC After going down 2-0. The pride equalized in stoppage time again North Carolina Courage Last week to salvage a point.

Orlando Started Last Season on a 23-Game Unbeaten Streak.

With the loss and the San diego wave‘s 1-0 Win Over Gotham fc On Friday, the pride fell into a tie for Third. The defending champions could not fall as far as Fifth Place by the end of the weekend, depending on other results.

Andonovski was quick to Caution that “the season is long” when asked about his team’s cushion in the nwsl shield race, but he called friday’s victory a confidence boost.

The Current’s Goal is Still to Win a Trophy, something they failed to do last year despite starting the 2024 season on a 15-game unbeaten streak and setting for goals scored (57).

“We want to be the best team,” Sharples sa. “We want to be peaking at the right moments. We want to win a final, and the most important game.