Houston Sprint journey west for showdown with San Diego 

The Houston Sprint will head to the West Coast for the ultimate time this season to tackle the San Diego Wave FC at 9:00 p.m. CT on Saturday night. The sport will likely be stream stay on Twitch.  

The Sprint shut a three-game stretch on Saturday that started final Friday with a scoreless draw with Racing Louisville at PNC Stadium. That was Houston’s fifth clear sheet of the season and Houston earned all three factors of their final outing on Wednesday towards NY/NY Gotham FC.  

Wednesday’s victory prolonged Houston’s unbeaten streak beneath interim head coach Juan Carlos Amoros to 5 video games. Coming into Saturday’s match, the Sprint are tied with Portland for first place with 28 factors on the prime of the league standings.  

Ahead Ebony Salmon scored her career-high seventh aim of the common season on Wednesday to open the scoring within the 73rd minute of the half. Salmon’s left-footed shot hit the underside of the crossbar and rebounded into the again of the online for the primary of three objectives in a seven-minute span. Three minutes later midfielder Marisa Viggiano prolonged the lead after scoring from the highest of the 18-yard field. Viggiano discovered a gap between two Gotham defenders for her first aim of the season.  

San Diego enters the sport following back-to-back dwelling losses to Kansas Metropolis on Aug. 7 and Orlando on Aug. 13. The Wave discovered themselves trailing the Delight after Orlando transformed a penalty kick within the twenty third minute. The Wave offense, which options golden boot entrance runner Alex Morgan, have been relentless of their pursuit to equalize and outshot the Delight 17 to eight within the loss and compelled six saves. San Diego will likely be with out goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, who was given a purple card within the sixth minute of stoppage time after the referee deemed Sheridan used foul and abusive language.  

The Sprint return to PNC Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 27 to tackle the reigning NWSL Champion Washington Spirit at 7:30 p.m. CT. The match will air regionally on AT&T SportsNet Southwest, streamed nationally on Paramount+ and internationally on Twitch. 

Listed below are three key factors forward of Wednesday’s match: