for North Carolina courage on the road anyway have to do a lot better with whatever possession they get St George serves It Up In The Box head her down from spec and it's light ends up with Hogan you're without Sophia Smith I think it deserves to get the job full time Sam coffee on the corner near pose header and it's just off the mark from Becky SAU you could see the center back wanted that one bad pieces and saon not easy to mark of course but look she gets in front of her marker there and that's nearly On Target that could have potentially beaten Casey Murphy at her but it's SAU Brun Portland Still With It linan Wide Fleming top of the box shoots Murphy grabs of course Sophia Smith comes into play they're try and get the ball to her so again a warning for courage you can throw players forward but just always be careful of the transition Berkeley why not swerving through Lucy and it's tackled Away by Hubbly these two clubs have a history of winning as well very dangerous moment St George with a takeaway in sour Brun Sanchez in the Box shoots it's deflected off of Hogan not out of the woods yet for Portland at home at Providence Park this isn't the Portland Thorns we've seen since Rob Gale's taken over I go back to the Seattle game 40 and the crowd was absolutely pumping Smith shoots and it's wide Payne [Music] Lucy oh a bunch of players flying around for both sides here's Portland Smith ahead shoots Murphy saves off the rebound ends up with Smith looking for that underlapping run instead now North Carolina Speck looks for Lucy wide Smith has had a good a couple of good opportunities as of late [Applause] Becky looks up plays it long Orlando's having a great season although they drew against San Diego yesterday there's Lucy In The Box shoots it's deflected and it will be a corner for the courage bit turned around there for St George Touch to Sanchez shot from o solivan and skies that one into the crowd Sanchez this time towards a back pose header nothing there narumi on the follow through wide Sanchez ends up with it blocked by SAU buun two Defenders swarm she goes down no call Smith looking for a transition opportunity plenty of space for Sophia Smith runs ahead from linahan Smith takes a shot it's just bent out quick throw here for Portland looking to gain some momentum mtry into the 18 and that one Ricochet to Murphy I was looking ah head that AC cross the face of the goal mtry and flaming Becky Sinclair is calling for it inste Sig earns it back here for the Thorns Sophia Smith into the box Fleming shoots and it bends out of play players have to be careful especially in the boxing she was able to tear Fleming wasn't the best but the chances are beginning to come now and this is what the crowd are used to Portland Thorns on the front [Applause] foot Smith berries it Sophia Smith and the Portland Thorns on cloud nine that's a good penalty well taken power in the corner to Casey Murphy's right hand side as the keeper looks our left hand side as we're looking but when it's got that sort of pace and that sort of accuracy very difficult for the keeper to get to and that's under all sorts of pressure there corner for North Carolina header off the post and out off the post off Mueller that's a good header this from picket fantastic header off the post hits a Defender that can go back in the goals there and very fortunate comes off Marie Müller and she don't if she angled it away or whether she had time to even think where it was going Fleming sug in a space Smith headed towards the box two Defenders on Smith off her left foot and it's Saved By Murphy