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Thursday, August 19
Salt Lake City, UT
7:00 PM
University of Utah
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Photo by: Rob Gray
Women’s Soccer Defeats Portland, 3-1
8/19/2021 10:19 PM | Soccer
Utah earns the victory in the first game of the Hideki Nakada era.
SALT LAKE CITY – Playing through a rainstorm, the Utah Utes women's soccer team came away with a 3-1 season-opening victory over the University of Portland at Ute Field on Thursday evening.
The Utes had three different players pick up a goal as Eden Jacobsen, Taliana Kaufusi, and Makayla Christensen scored. Opening up the scoring in the contest was the Utes. The win was the first for Utah's head coach Hideki Nakada.
In the sixth minute of the match, Anna Escobedo came up the far side of the field, and the ball rolled to Jacobsen's feet. She settled the ball and went to the upper left corner of the goal, giving Utah the 1-0 lead.
The Pilots looked to answer back over the next few minutes of the contest, but Chelsea Peterson recorded two saves keeping the Utes ahead. Peterson tallied three saves in the first half, and Utah led 3-0 after the first 45 minutes of the game. Fifteen minutes into the second half, the Utes extended their lead to 2-0. Kaufusi found a loose ball about 25 yards from goal and fired a shot to the upper right corner that went in for Utah's second goal of the game.
Late in the contest, Portland forced Utah into a turnover, and the Pilots took advantage. Nedya Sawan took the loose ball and scored, making it a 2-1 game. Utah answered back quickly as they scored 30 seconds later. McKenna Baillie brought the ball down the field and found Christensen going to goal. Christensen took a couple of touches before beating the Pilots goalie to the lower right corner of the goal. Christensen's goal would be the final goal of the contest as Utah won 3-1 over Portland.
The Utes had three different players pick up a goal as Eden Jacobsen, Taliana Kaufusi, and Makayla Christensen scored. Opening up the scoring in the contest was the Utes. The win was the first for Utah's head coach Hideki Nakada.
In the sixth minute of the match, Anna Escobedo came up the far side of the field, and the ball rolled to Jacobsen's feet. She settled the ball and went to the upper left corner of the goal, giving Utah the 1-0 lead.
Goal UTES! Eden Jacobsen with the first goal of the season!
— Utah Women's Soccer (@UtahWSoccer) August 20, 2021
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The Pilots looked to answer back over the next few minutes of the contest, but Chelsea Peterson recorded two saves keeping the Utes ahead. Peterson tallied three saves in the first half, and Utah led 3-0 after the first 45 minutes of the game. Fifteen minutes into the second half, the Utes extended their lead to 2-0. Kaufusi found a loose ball about 25 yards from goal and fired a shot to the upper right corner that went in for Utah's second goal of the game.
Check out this goal by Taliana Kaufusi for the Utes second goal!
— Utah Women's Soccer (@UtahWSoccer) August 20, 2021
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Late in the contest, Portland forced Utah into a turnover, and the Pilots took advantage. Nedya Sawan took the loose ball and scored, making it a 2-1 game. Utah answered back quickly as they scored 30 seconds later. McKenna Baillie brought the ball down the field and found Christensen going to goal. Christensen took a couple of touches before beating the Pilots goalie to the lower right corner of the goal. Christensen's goal would be the final goal of the contest as Utah won 3-1 over Portland.
Utah returns to the pitch this Sunday, Aug. 22, at 3 p.m. (MT) when it faces Boise State, which will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.McKenna Baillie finds Makayla Christensen for the Utes third goal of the game!
— Utah Women's Soccer (@UtahWSoccer) August 20, 2021
Utah leads 3-1
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Team Stats
Port
Utah
Goals
1
3
Shots
13
6
Shots on Goal
7
3
Saves
0
6
Corners
5
3
Fouls
4
6
Scoring Plays
Eden Jacobsen (1)
Assisted By: Anna Escobedo
GOAL by Utah Jacobsen, Eden Assist by Escobedo, Anna.
05:04
Taliana Kaufusi (1)
GOAL by Utah Kaufusi, Taliana.
60:13
Nedya Sawan (1)
GOAL by Port Sawan, Nedya.
83:14
Makayla Christensen (1)
Assisted By: McKenna Baillie
GOAL by Utah Christensen, Makayla Assist by Baillie, McKenna.
83:42
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
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