Fishlock breaks Rapinoe’s Reign scoring record in 2-0 win over the Legacy

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-26 · by Phuoc Nguyen The Associated Press

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Jess Fishlock broke Megan Rapinoe’s Seattle Reign career goal-scoring record with two long-range strikes in a 2-0 victory over the Boston Legacy on Friday night. Fishlock's goals, her 51st and 52nd, came in the 23rd and 64th minutes respectively, helping the Reign secure their seventh clean sheet of the season as they moved to sixth place in the NWSL standings with four games left.
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Jess Fishlock broke Megan Rapinoe’s Seattle Reign career goal-scoring record by scoring two goals in her team's 2-0 win against Boston Legacy on Friday night. Fishlock achieved this milestone with her 51st and 52nd goals, both coming from outside the box at the 23rd and 64th minutes respectively. The Reign’s goalkeeper Claudia Dickey contributed to the shutout by making seven saves, securing the team's seventh clean sheet of the season. This victory moved Seattle into sixth place in the NWSL standings with four games left, while Boston Legacy was eliminated from playoff contention after their loss, which was also their first scoreless game since May 30, a stretch of 13 games.

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Phuoc Nguyen The Associated Press
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🔮 Boston’s loss was the first time the team was held scoreless since May 30, a span of 13 games.
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Gotham NWSL Racing Louisville Reign Wave

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Gotham GPE · 4× Reign ORG · 4× Wave ORG · 4× Shaw PERSON · 3× Boston GPE · 2× Fishlock PERSON · 2× Kerr PERSON · 2× NWSL ORG · 2× Racing Louisville ORG · 2× Stars ORG · 2×

Narrative

Jess Fishlock scored two goals to break Megan Rapinoe’s Seattle Reign career goal-scoring record in the team’s 2-0 win over the Boston Legacy on Friday night.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-26
🔮 Boston’s loss was the first time the team was held scoreless since May 30, a span of 13 games.
2026-09-26 · Toronto Star
Fishlock breaks Rapinoe’s Reign scoring record in 2-0 win over the Legacy · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 1 hedged)

Jess Fishlock scored two goals to break Megan Rapinoe’s Seattle Reign career goal-scoring record in the team’s 2-0 win over the Boston Legacy on Friday night. asserted
Fishlock → score → night
In the day’s other National Women’s Soccer League matches, Gotham FC downed the Chicago Stars 3-1; and the San Diego Wave shut out Racing Louisville 2-0. asserted
Wave → down → Louisville
Fishlock scored her first in the 23rd minute when she won the ball high up the field and scored on a long-range shot for her 51st career goal. asserted
she → score → goal
She broke Rapinoe’s record when she scored her 52nd on another strike from outside the box in the 64th minute. asserted
she → break → minute
Reign goalkeeper Claudia Dickey made seven saves en route to her seventh clean sheet of the season. asserted
Dickey → make → season
The Reign have five shutout wins at Seattle’s Lumen Field this season. asserted
Reign → have → Field
Boston’s loss was the first time the team was held scoreless since May 30, a span of 13 games. uncertain
team → hold → games
With the loss, Boston (7-14-5) was eliminated from playoff contention. asserted
Boston → eliminate → contention
The Reign moved into sixth in the NWSL standings with four games left. asserted
Reign → move → games
Shaw’s brace leads Gotham Jaedyn Shaw scored a brace and Sam Kerr added a goal to lift first-place Gotham (16-4-6) over the already eliminated Stars. asserted
Kerr → lead → Stars
Kerr found Shaw in the box in the ninth minute for the opening goal at New Jersey’s Sports Illustrated Stadium. asserted
Kerr → find → Stadium
Kerr’s header made it 2-0 in the 50th. asserted
it → make → 50th
Rose Lavelle laid it back to Shaw in the 65th minute for Gotham’s third goal. asserted
Lavelle → lay → goal
Tessa Dellarose scored Chicago’s goal in the 87th minute. asserted
Dellarose → score → minute
The Stars (5-19-2) have lost five straight. asserted
Stars → lose → five
Wave shut out Louisville Gia Corley and Ludmila scored to give the Wave (15-8-3) a win on the road. asserted
Corley → shut → road
San Diego midfielder Lia Godfrey collected the long ball and slipped it out wide to Corley for the 1-0 lead in the 27th minute. asserted
Godfrey → collect → minute
Ludmila finished a rebound in the 49th minute to double the lead. asserted
Ludmila → finish → lead
Wave goalkeeper Sandra Paños made one save for her third clean sheet of the season. asserted
Paños → make → season
After dropping six consecutive matches, Racing Louisville (7-17-2) was eliminated from playoff contention. asserted
Louisville → drop → contention
The Wave sit in second place behind Gotham. asserted
Wave → sit → Gotham
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