Emma Sears scored the lone goal from distance for Racing Louisville against the Chicago Stars after the long delay at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview on Sunday. It was Louisville’s first NWSL win of the season.
“I think just as a group what we’ve realized is in any capacity that we can help create an environment where it becomes a part of our process to be adaptable to whatever we are presented with, we have found that the group’s response to it has been fantastic,” Louisville coach Bev Yanez said of her team’s reaction to the delay.
The Stars have not won a match in their first three games of the year, struggling without national team star Mallory Swanson, who has not played this season for personal reasons.
Sears sent the ball over the outstretched arms of Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.
Racing goalkeeper Katie Lund made three saves for her first shutout this year.
The NWSL has next week off because of the international break. League play returns on April 12.
