Late Goals Lift Roos to Victory over Bears

Sunday, August 22

Kansas City, Mo.

2:00 PM

Kansas City

1-1-0, 0-0-0

Missouri State

0-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Missouri St.	1	0	1
Kansas City	0	2	2

Late Goals Lift Roos to Victory over Bears

8/22/2021 4:49:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Meghan White (69') and Kassi Ginther (79') each found the score sheet in the win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On a scorching Sunday afternoon, Kansas City women's soccer used a second half comeback to earn its first win of the season, 2-1 over Missouri State. After a late first half goal gave the Bears' a lead, 69th and 79th minute goals from Meghan White and Kassi Ginther earned the Roos three points.

KEY MOMENTS

1' | The Roos started off strong as Rileigh Kuhns sent a cross into the box, but the Bears were able to clear it out.
4' | The Roos' Natasha Richardson made a diving save against a shot attempt from the Bears.
7' | The first corner kick of the game was taken by the Roos' Sam Marek, who sent it into the box but into the hands of the Bears' keeper.
10' | The Bears looked to create an opportunity on the right wing, but Emma Wilson was there to intercept the cross and send it to Rileigh Kuhns, who started the counter attack.
17' | On another corner, Marek found Sophia Limongi in the middle of the box, but the header attempt was sent high of the goal.
19' | With Missouri State threatening in the counter attack, Richardson was called on to make an outstretched save and keep the score knotted at 0-0.
20' | A goal attempt for the Roos' by Ginther, but the Bears' keeper was able to fend it off.
26' | Limongi sent the ball into the box on a set piece, finding Kayda Kamolz, but Missouri State's keeper was there for the save.
45' | Missouri State were able to take the lead late in the half after Richardson was caught off-balance on the set piece.
50' | After running down a long pass, Morgan McLaughlin wrapped a cross into the box and to the head of Emma Wilson, but the header attempt was high of the mark.
53' | With the Bears looking like they had a clear line for the goal, Limongi came in to muscle the winger off the ball and clear it away.
68' | Lily Hollis was able to set up Kamolz for a shot attempt on the right side of the box, but it carried wide of the net.
69' | The Roos were able to equalize off of a free kick by Limongi, who found Bela Gonzalez in the box for a shot attempt. It appeared as if the Bears keeper would leap on the ball, but Meghan White came in to muscle it into the net for her first collegiate goal.
79' | With the Roos applying pressure, McLaughlin sent the ball to Kuhns for a redirect, who found the foot of Ginther for the game-winning goal.
87' | Missouri State threatened once more late, but Richardson was there for a diving stop to secure the victory.

STATS TO NOTE

Despite facing nine shots on goal, Richardson kept the Roos in front by making 8 saves.
The Roos out-shot the Bears 9-6 in each half, giving them an 18-12 shot advantage for the game.
White's goal was the first in her collegiate career.
Ginther led both teams with 7 shots, and her goal in the 79^th minute was her first as a Roo.
Wilson and Limongi were the only outfield players for either team to play all 90 minutes.

COACH JESS SMITH, QUOTED

"We had a ton of chances in the first half, and it was unfortunate that we gave up a goal with 48 seconds left in the half, but we created a lot of chances. I told the players to stay positive and continue to do the things that we were doing. We needed to play a little bit quicker and make the most of our chances, so the message was to not let down our mentality at all and not leave anything to chance."
"When we equalized, we had a ton of momentum. I was proud of the players, they didn't drop off at all, they just put on the gas even more. I'm proud of our resilience after going down 1-0. Our mentality was really good, we created a lot of really good chances and the soccer that we played was good."
"For us to be able to win the game, coming from behind is huge for confidence. We need to learn from this, we need to make the most of our chances at the beginning of the game, but going into the weekend I think it's a great confidence builder. Now, we need to prepare for two really good opponents coming up and that's where our focus is."

UP NEXT

The Roos will travel to Illinois next week for a pair of games with Southern Illinois and SIUE. KC will take on the Salukis on Friday at 7 p.m. before matching up with the Cougars on Sunday at 2 p.m.