Current erase early deficit, rout Summit 4-1 behind Hopkins’ hat trick

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-27 · by Drew Renner The Associated Press

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Haley Hopkins scored three goals as the Kansas City Current defeated Denver Summit 4-1 on Saturday at CPKC Stadium. The Current overcame an early deficit, with Hopkins equalizing and then scoring twice more to lead her team past Summit, who opened the scoring in the 13th minute through Lindsey Heaps. Kansas City outshot Summit significantly, taking 22 shots compared to Denver’s seven.
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Haley Hopkins scored three goals as the Kansas City Current rallied to defeat the Denver Summit 4-1 on Saturday at CPKC Stadium. The Current, who entered the match with a record of 12-9-5, trailed early when Lindsey Heaps put Denver ahead in the 13th minute. However, Kansas City responded by scoring four straight goals to secure the victory. Chawinga contributed a goal and an assist while outshooting Summit 22-7. The Current's goalkeeper Lorena made two saves compared to Abby Smith’s six for Denver (9-9-8). In other NWSL matches, Angel City won 1-0 against the Washington Spirit, ending the latter’s streak of three consecutive losses.

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Who wrote this

Drew Renner The Associated Press
3 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 Shinomi Koyama scored in the 61st minute and two minutes later, Ryan Williams collected a rebound and put it away to make it 4-0.
2026-09-07 · assertive framing · Denver Summit down first-place Gotham at home 3-0
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Also by Drew Renner The Associated Press
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Topics

Angel City Kansas City Spirit the Portland Thorns the Washington Spirit

Subjects

Angel City GPE · 3× Chawinga PERSON · 3× Kansas City GPE · 3× Spirit ORG · 3× Current ORG · 2× Denver ORG · 2× Hopkins ORG · 2× Summit GPE · 2× the Portland Thorns ORG · 2× the Washington Spirit ORG · 2×

Narrative

Temwa Chawinga added a goal and an assist at CPKC Stadium for the Current (12-9-5), who scored four unanswered goals after Summit captain Lindsey Heaps opened the scoring in the 13th minute.
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2026-09-27 · Toronto Star
Current erase early deficit, rout Summit 4-1 behind Hopkins’ hat trick · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 0 hedged)

Haley Hopkins scored three goals as the Kansas City Current rallied for a 4-1 victory over the Denver Summit on Saturday. asserted
Current → score → Saturday
In other National Women’s Soccer League matches, Angel City secured a 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit, while the Portland Thorns and Houston Dash played to a 1-1 draw. asserted
Thorns → secure → draw
Temwa Chawinga added a goal and an assist at CPKC Stadium for the Current (12-9-5), who scored four unanswered goals after Summit captain Lindsey Heaps opened the scoring in the 13th minute. asserted
Heaps → add → minute
Kansas City outshot Denver (9-9-8) 22-7, with Chawinga leading the Current with six shots. asserted
Chawinga → outshoot → shots
Summit goalkeeper Abby Smith made six saves, while Kansas City goalkeeper Lorena made two. asserted
Lorena → make → two
Hopkins equalized in the 39th minute, finishing a cross from Michelle Cooper. asserted
Hopkins → equalize → Cooper
Less than 10 minutes later, she raced behind Denver’s back line and beat Smith to a through ball to put Kansas City ahead. asserted
she → race → City
Chawinga set up Hopkins’ third goal on a breakaway in the 57th minute. asserted
Chawinga → set → minute
Chawinga capped the scoring in the 76th minute, finishing a backheel pass from Vanessa DiBernardo. asserted
Chawinga → cap → DiBernardo
Spirit lose third straight asserted
Spirit → lose → third
Maiara Niehues scored in the 88th minute for visiting Angel City (12-8-6) to hand the Washington Spirit a third straight loss. asserted
Niehues → score → loss
Carina Lageyre found Niehues at the top of the penalty area with two minutes remaining in regulation. asserted
minutes → find → regulation
Both Spirit goalkeeper Sandy MacIver and Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson made just two saves. asserted
MacIver → make → saves
The Spirit fell to 14-8-4. asserted
Spirit → fall → 4
Thorns salvage draw Marie Müller scored an 85th-minute equalizer to lift the Portland Thorns (12-7-7) into a draw against the Dash. asserted
Müller → score → Dash
Müller ran into the penalty box and fired a one-touch shot into the net. asserted
Müller → run → net
Houston’s leading scorer, Kat Rader, gave the Dash (9-9-8) an early lead in the 10th minute when she finished a ball from Kate Faasse. asserted
she → give → Faasse
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