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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-05 · by Drew Renner The Associated Press
Clara Luvanga scored in the 84th minute to give the Washington Spirit a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dash, marking her as the first Tanzanian player to score in an NWSL game. The match saw multiple lead changes with goals from Luvanga, Miljana Ivanovic of the Dash, and Tara Rudd and Sofia Cantore of the Spirit.
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Story summary
Clara Luvanga scored a crucial goal in the 84th minute as the Washington Spirit beat the Houston Dash 3-2 on Sunday. This made Luvanga the first Tanzanian player to score in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The match saw Washington take an early lead with Tara Rudd's header in the 11th minute, but Miljana Ivanovic equalized before halftime and again in the 59th minute. Sofia Cantore briefly restored Washington's advantage in the 51st minute. Other NWSL results included a draw between Gotham FC and Angel City FC at 1-1, and Denver Summit's dominant 3-0 win over Chicago Stars with goals from Janine Sonis and Lindsey Heaps.
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Clara Luvanga scored in the 84th minute to lift the Washington Spirit to a 3-2 victory over the Houston Dash on Sunday, becoming the first Tanzanian player to score in a National Women’s Soccer League match.
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Luvanga → score → match
In other NWSL matches, Gotham FC and Angel City FC played to a 1-1 draw, and the Denver Summit beat the Chicago Stars 3-0.
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Summit → play → Stars
The Spirit (15-8-4) twice saw a one-goal lead disappear before Luvanga got the winner at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston.
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Luvanga → see → Houston
Claudia Martínez, an 18-year-old rookie, set up Luvanga for a one-on-one chance against goalkeeper Jane Campbell.
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Martínez → set → Campbell
Houston (8-13-6) got two goals from Miljana Ivanovic.
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Houston → get → Ivanovic
Tara Rudd gave Washington the lead in the 11th minute, heading in a corner kick from Esme Morgan.
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Rudd → give → Morgan
Ivanovic answered before halftime, pouncing on a failed clearance and driving a shot from outside the penalty area to make it 1-1.
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Ivanovic → answer → it
Trinity Rodman and Sofia Cantore restored Washington’s lead in the 51st minute.
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Rodman → restore → minute
The pair broke free on a counterattack, and Rodman slipped a pass behind Houston’s back line for Cantore to finish.
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Cantore → break → line
Ivanovic responded again in the 59th minute, collecting a bouncing ball off a corner kick and scoring.
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Ivanovic → respond → kick
Suarez’s late equalizer denies top-ranked Gotham a win
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equalizer → deny → win
Taylor Suarez scored in the 91st-minute goal to lift Angel City (12-8-7) to an upset 1-1 draw against host Gotham FC at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey.
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Suarez → score → Harrison
Suarez scored her third goal of her rookie season off an assist from Emily Sams.
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Suarez → score → Sams
Gotham (16-4-7) broke through first when Midge Purce found Rose Lavelle, who slipped a diagonal pass back to Jaedyn Shaw.
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who → break → Shaw
Shaw met it with a one-touch shot past Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson for her 10th goal of the season.
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Shaw → meet → season
Heaps’ brace caps dominant Summit win over Stars
Lindsey Heaps scored a brace to lead the Denver Summit to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Stars at Martin Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.
Janine Sonis put the Summit (10-9-8) ahead in the eighth minute, curling a left-footed shot from near the sideline over the penalty area and into the goal.
Heaps doubled Denver’s lead in the 26th minute before adding her second goal 50 minutes later, running onto a cross from Yazmeen Ryan.
Denver held more than 60% of possession and outshot Chicago (5-20-2) 6-4 on target.
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Denver → cap → target
Summit goalkeeper Abby Smith saved four shots.
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Smith → save → shots
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