Fastest Goal in League History | News & Notes Week 16

WEEK 16 SCHEDULE

Sunday, December 1
Fort Lauderdale United FC v Dallas Trinity FC, 7:30 p.m. ET

REWIND: WEEK 15 NOTES

DAL 0 – 0 SPK

GOALS:
N/A
STORYLINES:
AT HOME: The nil-nil draw means that Dallas continues its home unbeaten streak – which now sits at 2-0-3 when at the Cotton Bowl.
QUOTES:
Dallas Trinity Head Coach Pauline MacDonald:
On expectations for the team… “Our goal is to make the championship 100%, but it is important we don’t get carried away with things. We still are very early on in terms of building the club and building the roster, as well as making sure the culture is correct so there will be ebbs and flows. It’s important that we don’t get too high and we don’t get too low. The good thing is we have a game coming up very quickly, so I think that is the best thing when you are not happy with your performance.”
Dallas Trinity Defender Jenna Winebrenner:
On the backline and clean sheet… “I think we’ve been working as a backline. It’s important for us to get clean sheets and we take pride in that. To take a positive away from that match is a clean sheet and move forward from that. It’s the standard for us now so we want to keep going that way.”

CAR 0 – 1 DAL

GOALS:
Sam Meza (DAL) 3’.
STORYLINES:
FASTEST GOAL: Meza’s third minute strike was the fastest goal in league history.
SECOND: The game-winner was Meza’s second goal on the season.
QUOTES:
Dallas Trinity Head Coach Pauline MacDonald:
On the match… “For us, we’ve been a little disappointed in the last two matches in terms of our lack of competitive edge. Tonight our focus was to play with confidence, possession, to be composed and to bring that additional competitive edge. I feel like we had that in abundance and I think we won the fight physically tonight.”
Carolina Ascent Head Coach Philip Poole:
On the psychology of the team after two consecutive losses… “They’re good. They know they’ve played well. They know they’ve created chances. They know they executed the game plan. You look at it sometimes, and that game’s gone for us earlier in the season, and this game it didn’t. I think we created enough chances to win that game. Dallas is a good side and we know that, so I think it’s a good game. We created chances and the players don’t need me to tell them that. They know it.”

FTL 0 – 1 DC

GOALS:
Anna Bagely (DC) 90+2’, Katie Duong assist.
STORYLINES:
FIRST GOAL: Bagley’s late game-winner was her first on the season and made her DC’s fourth goal-scorer of the season.
SECOND ASSIST: Katie Duong, who leads the league in crosses (62), recorded her second assist of the season.
QUOTES:
DC Power Head Coach Frédéric Brillant
Overall thoughts on the Match…“I am very happy. We did a good job and played very well today. We executed the game plan very well. We played against a very good team who are strong up front with fast and dynamic players. We were well organized and they [Fort Lauderdale] have a style of play that is very hard to deal with. Today we have done a very good job and I am very pleased.”

WEEK 15 STORYLINES

DALLAS’ UNBEATEN STREAK
Dallas Trinity split their two-match game week with a scoreless draw and a 1-0 victory over Carolina on the road, pushing the team’s unbeaten streak to seven.

FASTEST GOAL IN LEAGUE HISTORY
Sam Meza’s goal took place at the 2 minute 57 second mark, making it the quickest goal in league history.

Here are the other five who scored in under 10 minutes:

Tampa Bay’s Sydny Nasello (5’; 10/23/24)

DC Power’s Madison Wolfbauer (6’; 9/29/24)

Lexington’s Kailey Utley (7’; 9/13/24)

Carolina Ascent’s Mia Corbin (8’; 10/25/24)

Fort Lauderdale’s Addie McCain (9’; 9/13/24)

Additionally, Anna Bagley‘s late game-winning goal was the seventh scored in second-half stoppage time this season:

Tampa Bay’s Natasha Flint (90+2; 11/02/24)

Fort Lauderdale’s Anna Henderson (90+3; 11/10/24)

Dallas Trinity’s Allie Thornton (90+4; 9/13/24)

Lexington’s Sydney Shepherd (90+4; 10/13/24)

Lexington’s Kimberly Mendez (90+10; 10/06/24)

TIME FOR A WIN
Lexington and Spokane have failed to win a match in their last four played and Fort Lauderdale has failed to win a match in its last five. All three of those clubs will look to close out the Fall Schedule on a high note and record a win in their final matches of the calendar year.

50+ GOAL SCORERS
The league officially has 51 unique goal scorers (excluding own goals) this season.

Here’s a breakdown on goal statistics through Week 15:

51 goal scorers (excluding own goals)

105 total goals (including own goals)

Right foot: 53 goals (most)

Left foot: 31 goals

TEXAS CONNECTION
Dallas’ Cyera Hintzen and FTL UTD’s Cameron Brooks both played for the University of Texas in 2018 when Brooks was a freshman and Hintzen was a junior for the Longhorns.

DISCIPLINE REPORT – WEEK 15

TAMPA, Fla. – There are no new suspensions to report.

LEAGUE LEADERS

GOALS:

Addie McCain (FTL) – 6 goals
Madi Parsons (LEX) – 5 goals
Allie Thornton (DAL) – 4 goals
Sydney Shephard (LEX) – 4 goals
Cecilie Nielsen (TB) – 4 goals
Marykate McGuire (LEX) – 3 goals
Jessica Garziano (BKN) – 3 goals
Carlee Giammona (TB) – 3 goals
Mia Corbin (CAR) – 3 goals
17 players – 2 goals
24 players – 1 goal

ASSISTS:

Madison Perez (LEX) – 5 assists
Madi Parsons (LEX) – 4 assists
Jillienne Aguilera (CAR) – 3 assists
Rylee Baisden (CAR) – 3 assists
11 players – 2 assists
24 players – 1 assist

CLEAN SHEETS:

Meagan McClelland (CAR) – 6 clean sheets
Madison White (DAL) – 4 clean sheets
Sydney Martinez (BKN) – 4 clean sheets
Morgan Aquino (DC) – 4 clean sheets
Hope Hisey (SPK) – 3 clean sheets
Ashley Orkus (TB) – 2 clean sheets
4 players – 1 clean sheet

MILESTONES

HAT TRICKS:

DAL – Allie Thornton (9.13.24)
FTL – Addie McCain (9.22.24)

BRACES:

DAL – Chimoa Ubogagu (9.13.24)
DC – Madison Wolfbauer (9.29.24)
TB – Cecilie Fløe Nielsen (10.2.24)
CAR – Ashlynn Serepca (10.19.24)
LEX – Madison Parsons (10.19.24)
DC – Allie Flanagan (10.25.24)
TB – Cecilie Fløe Nielsen (11.2.24)