2025 Schedule›Courage vs Thorns
Saturday, August 16, 2025 · Regular Season · Week 16 · 2025 season
First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park · Attendance 7,122
Lineups
Each starter shows her assigned role (formation slot) and, when our model scored the match, the role she actually played — inferred from her on-ball events. Amber marks a tension: deployed one way, played another.
Courage
Formation: 4-3-3
- 3 Kaleigh Kurtz · RCB (4) · played as a 4
- 13 Ryan Williams · RB (2) · played as a 2
- 1 Casey Murphy · GK (1)
- 77 Aline Gomes · RW (7) · played as a 7
- 8 Brianna Pinto · ST (9) · played as a 9
- 10 Denise O'Sullivan (c) · DM (6) · played like an 8
- 34 Manaka Matsukubo · CM (8) · played like a 7
- 14 Tyler Lussi · LB (3) · played like an 11attacking wingback
- 16 Riley Jackson · CM (8) · played like a 6deep-lying midfielder
- 27 Maycee Bell · LCB (5) · played as a 5
- 2 Ashley Sanchez · LW (11) · played like a 10wide playmaker
Bench
Thorns
Formation: 4-3-3
- 19 Pietra Tordin · ST (9) · played as a 9
- 66 Reilyn Turner · LW (11) · played as an 11
- 2 Reyna Reyes · LB (3) · played as a 3
- 18 Mackenzie Arnold · GK (1)
- 16 Sam Hiatt · RCB (4) · played as a 4
- 8 Hina Sugita · CM (8) · played like a 6deep-lying midfielder
- 13 Olivia Moultrie · RW (7) · played like a 10wide playmaker
- 5 Isabella Obaze · LCB (5) · played as a 5
- 29 Mallie McKenzie · RB (2) · played as a 2
- 17 Sam Coffey (c) · DM (6) · played as a 6
- 21 Jessie Fleming · CM (8) · played as an 8
Bench
Shots
Courage — 17 shots, 1.25 xG
| Rk | Min ▴ | Player | xG | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ashley Sanchez | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 2 | 9 | Manaka Matsukubo | 0.05 | Miss |
| 3 | 13 | Tyler Lussi | 0.03 | Attempt Saved |
| 4 | 14 | Denise O'Sullivan | 0.05 | Attempt Saved |
| 5 | 17 | Brianna Pinto | 0.60 | Attempt Saved |
| 6 | 34 | Tyler Lussi | 0.07 | Miss |
| 7 | 47 | Shinomi Koyama | 0.03 | Miss |
| 8 | 58 | Aline Gomes | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 9 | 58 | Manaka Matsukubo | 0.05 | Post |
| 10 | 61 | Manaka Matsukubo | 0.03 | Miss |
| 11 | 62 | Ashley Sanchez | 0.03 | Attempt Saved |
| 12 | 62 | Ashley Sanchez | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 13 | 64 | Manaka Matsukubo | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 14 | 69 | Jaedyn Shaw | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 15 | 69 | Tyler Lussi | 0.24 | Goal |
| 16 | 78 | Cortnee Vine | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 17 | 93 | Shinomi Koyama | 0.07 | Attempt Saved |
Thorns — 14 shots, 1.19 xG
| Rk | Min ▴ | Player | xG | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Olivia Moultrie | 0.07 | Attempt Saved |
| 2 | 26 | Isabella Obaze | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 3 | 28 | Pietra Tordin | 0.07 | Attempt Saved |
| 4 | 30 | Pietra Tordin | 0.05 | Miss |
| 5 | 42 | Jessie Fleming | 0.05 | Miss |
| 6 | 43 | Olivia Moultrie | 0.71 | Goal |
| 7 | 45 | Reilyn Turner | 0.07 | Miss |
| 8 | 54 | Olivia Moultrie | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 9 | 57 | Pietra Tordin | 0.07 | Miss |
| 10 | 76 | Pietra Tordin | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 11 | 79 | Payton Linnehan | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 12 | 81 | Deyna Castellanos | 0.07 | Miss |
| 13 | 81 | Olivia Moultrie | 0.00 | Attempt Saved |
| 14 | 90 | Payton Linnehan | 0.03 | Miss |