Adriana scored a brace to assist the undefeated Orlando Delight to a 3-0 win towards host Angel Metropolis on Sunday in Los Angeles.
Barbra Banda added her eleventh aim of the season for the Delight (10-0-5, 35 factors), who moved right into a tie for first with the Kansas Metropolis Present within the NWSL standings.
Angel Metropolis have misplaced two straight, each by shutout, and have been blanked in three of their previous 4 matches.
Alyssa Thompson had an early probability for the hosts within the seventh minute however her shot from the appropriate fringe of the 6-yard field went broad.
Within the twelfth minute, Banda took a feed from Marta contained in the field and put it on the right track, however goalkeeper DiDi Haracic obtained her palms as much as push the ball away. Banda had one other alternative 5 minutes later, getting a shot off from down low on the appropriate facet solely to see it hit the skin of the web.
The Delight broke via on the counterattack to take a 1-0 lead within the twentieth minute. Adriana took a cross from Marta from the center of the attacking third in to the sting of the field earlier than firing a banger contained in the far publish.
Adriana added her second of the match within the twenty sixth minute. Banda’s preliminary shot was stopped by Haracic, however Angel Metropolis could not corral the rebound and Adriana rapidly capitalized from the aim space.
The hosts had possibilities to interrupt the clear sheet within the second half. Within the 62nd minute, Sydney Leroux was open on the appropriate facet, however her try narrowly missed the far facet of the web. Megan Reid got here inside inches with a header off a nook within the 89th minute however goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse obtained her hand on it to deflect it over the web.
Banda made it 3-0 within the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time with a simple tap-in on the web after Haracic got here properly off the road. Banda is now tied for the league lead with Kansas Metropolis’s Temwa Chawinga.
Moorhouse had seven saves for Orlando. Haracic made six for Angel Metropolis.
–Area Degree Media