CRAWFORD | No goals, but a point for Racing Louisville in its NWSL regular-season opener

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Racing Louisville FC opened its first regular season in National Women’s Soccer League competition by scoring a point – but not a goal. The 0-0 tie with Kansas City on Saturday was the club’s second straight clean sheet, going back to its NWSL Challenge Cup Finale at Gotham FC.But coach Christy Holly’s expansion club still had trouble converting chances, especially early in the game. One of the best came when Savannah McCaskill got free along the baseline and sent a pass into the box that CeCe Kizer tried to lift over the head of the keeper, but sent it in just a bit high. Kizer had another chance late in the half on a through ball, but couldn’t shake the defense and the chance didn’t materialize.“I think the first thing that we look at is another clean sheet. That’s back-to-back clean sheets. We limited them to a few good chances. They had Amy Rodriguez, Darian Jenkins, Mallory Weber and Victoria Pickett. To limit a team like that, and not only keep a clean sheet, but to limit them to smallea chances is something good we take away from this. I think the frustration is that in the first half, I thought that we need to…
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