Leicy Santos and Trinity Rodman scored goals and the Washington Spirit won their third straight match, 2-0 over the North Carolina Courage on Saturday night.In the only other game in the National Women’s Soccer League, Angel City beat the San Diego Wave 2-0.Santos scored in the 37th minute when she took a cross from Kate Wiesner into the box and volleyed into the net.The Spirit (8-3-2) took a 2-0 lead in first-half stoppage time when Rodman scored on a long-range delivery from Tara Rudd.Courage forward Ashley Sanchez appeared to halve the lead with a free kick goal in the 50th minute, but it was called back after a video review. It was determined that midfielder Shinomi Koyama encroached within a yard of the Spirit wall.Spirit goalkeeper Sandy MacIver made one save for her sixth clean sheet of the season.The home loss in Cary ended a four-match winning streak for North Carolina (6-4-3).Maiara Niehues scored for the fourth straight match and Ary Borges added a goal as Angel City (6-1-6) downed the league-leading Wave at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium.After goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo failed to corral the ball, Niehues beat defender Perle Morroni to the ball and headed it home for the 1-0 lead in the 17th minute. Popular ReadsSveindís Jónsdóttir’s long throw into the box in the 26th minute was put away by Borges to make it 2-0 in the 26th minute.Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a noncontact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken.Borges took down midfielder Kimmi Ascanio in the box, resulting in a penalty kick for the Wave (9-5-1) in the 86th minute …
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