This week has to be one of the more insane weeks in women’s soccer history with what went down. The NWSL had one of the best games you’ll ever see between Angel City and the Portland Thorns. The Champions League semifinals were as dramatic as ever. A Liberty A-League Champion was crowned, and Manchester United could actually dethrone Arsenal or Chelsea as champions in the FA WSL. Let’s get into the top women’s soccer goals across the NWSL and Barclays FA WSL.
5. Bella Bixby – Portland Thorns
Backheel goal from the keeper at the last second to win the game 😱 #ThatsaW | @bellageist | @NWSL pic.twitter.com/ChknwuU39c
— espnW (@espnW) April 30, 2023
This game is the definition of an instant classic. That means no matter how many times you watch that game back, even the day after it happened, it will always be a classic game that will go down in NWSL history.
Julie Ertz just scored what seemed like the winning goal ten minutes earlier. The game was well into stoppage time, and a Paige Nielsen head injury forced the ref to add more time past the allotted five minutes.
That’s when this happened. DiDi Haracic seems to get hit in the sea of bodies and drops the ball, which leads Bella Bixby, the goalie, to score. A backheel into the net to tie the game…
