This week of women’s soccer had plenty of enthralling matches, as usual. The Courage are back-to-back champions of the NWSL Challenge Cup. Plus, NCAA Soccer featured some amazing goals, especially at the mid-major level. We’ve got another great week of Top 5 Goals from the NWSL Challenge Cup and NCAA Soccer Week 4. Let’s get into it.
5. Kerolin – North Carolina Courage
You can’t give her an inch 📏
Kerolin becomes the first player to score in multiple Challenge Cup finals! pic.twitter.com/bEV0OzsUOc
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) September 9, 2023
Kerolin has proven to be an incredible find by the North Carolina Courage, and she might be the biggest reason why they let Debinha go in free agency. The Brazilian became the first player to score in multiple Challenge Cup Finals, and this goal was a stunner.
Kerolin has no business trying to score from such a tight angle, but she showed great recognition of the keepers’s positioning. Katie Lund broke a big rule for goalkeepers by cheating inside rather than staying on her near post. Kerolin is too good of a player and took full advantage of that with the power and accuracy to beat Lund.
The Courage might have a different roster, but their success remains the same.
