Kristen Press and Alyssa Thompson each scored second half goals and Angel City FC finished 2–0 win on Utah Royals on Friday.
The win was in the 74th minute when Angel City defender Savi King was taken to Midfield by several trainers for about 10 minutes. The 20 -year -old was placed on a stretcher and was taken out of the field with an unknown medical issue before being taken to a local hospital.
The press goal in the 66th minute was the first season of the season in his seventh game, which was away from the bench. The 36 -year -old former United States female national team returned to the previous season after sitting out after two years due to injury to Mainste ACL, requiring several surgery.
Angelina Anderson rescued seven in the form of Angel City (4-2-2, 14 points), earning her first clean sheet of the season.
Angel City was playing without interim head coach Sam Litt, who was serving a game suspension after receiving a red card in a 4-3 road win over Washington Spirit last week.
Mandy McGlin made three savings for Royals (1-6–1, 4 points), which failed to score a goal for the third consecutive match and fell out 5–0 in Stretch.
The goal of the press came from the right side of the penalty area when he cut back to the end line and fired a bullet just out of McGlin’s reach, which was towards the opposite post.
Thompson scored the fourth of the season in the seventh minute stops time when he retaliated the ball from the right post.
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