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Sky Blue FC Travels to Chicago Red Stars for Lone NWSL Match of the Weekend

July 27, 2018 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Sky Blue FC News Release


Sky Blue FC defender Erica Skroski
Sky Blue FC defender Erica Skroski
(Sky Blue FC, Credit: Jeffrey Auger)

Bridgeview, Ill. - Sky Blue FC (0-13-3, 3 points) will return to National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) action on Saturday, traveling to play the Chicago Red Stars (7-4-7, 28 points) at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. The match-up gets underway at 8:00 p.m. ET, and fans can watch the action live via NWSLsoccer.com.

"Our goal is to build off the match against Portland last weekend," said Denise Reddy, Sky Blue FC head coach. "In that game, we were able to put forth one of our most complete performances of the season on both sides of the ball. We now look to continue that momentum on Saturday, and we feel confident in our ability to get a result in Chicago."

Saturday night will mark the third and final pairing of the season between Sky Blue FC and the Red Stars. The two clubs first met in April at Toyota Park, playing to 1-1 draw. In that match, Chicago struck in the 1st minute via an Alyssa Mautz to Sofia Huerta connection. However, Sky Blue FC kept the scoresheet clean the rest of way, eventually responding with an equalizer in the 78th minute when Katie Johnson hooked up Savannah McCaskill.

The two teams played again earlier this month at Yurcak Field, with the Red Stars claiming a 3-1 result behind a Sam Kerr hat trick. After falling behind by a count of 3-0, Imani Dorsey pulled one back for Sky Blue FC in the 73rd minute when she finished a McCaskill feed for her first professional goal.

Sky Blue FC will be looking to snap a four-game skid in Chicago, most recently falling to Portland Thorns FC last weekend at Yurcak Field. In an eventual 2-1 result, Sky Blue FC held an 18-8 edge in shots and saw two potential equalizers hit the woodwork in the second half. Scoring the lone goal for Sky Blue FC was Dorsey in the 27th minute, who put away a McCaskill assist.




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Sky Blue FC defender Erica Skroski
Sky Blue FC defender Erica Skroski
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