The North Carolina Courage punched their ticket to a second-straight finals appearance by beating the Chicago Red Stars 2-0 on Tuesday night. An early goal from Jess McDonald broke Chicago’s pressure while a late goal from Sam Mewis iced the game. The Courage will face off against Portland Thorns FC on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET for the Championship.
This was definitely not the best performance from the Courage this year. The game started out with Chicago completely dominating. The first good shot of the game came when Chicago’s Yuki Nagasato collected a poor clearance and sent a rocket into the crossbar.