Clo茅 Lacasse converted a penalty kick in stoppage time and the visiting Utah Royals beat the North Carolina Courage 4-1 on Saturday.
In the other matchup in the National Women鈥檚 Soccer League, the Boston Legacy beat the Kansas City Current 1-0.
Nuria R谩bano added two assists for the Royals (9-4-3). Kate Del Fava scored on a header off a corner kick from R谩bano in the sixth minute for a 1-0 lead.
R谩bano found Tatumn Milazzo for the volley for a 2-0 lead in the 34th minute.
Courage forward Evelyn Ijeh took advantage of a turnover to cut it to 2-1 in the 55th minute.
Lacasse’s cross led to Mina Tanaka鈥檚 header, restoring the lead to two goals in the 65th minute.
The four goals is the most ever scored on the road for Utah.
North Carolina (6-6-3) dropped its third consecutive game and has been outscored 9-1 in that span.
Traor茅鈥檚 goal lifts Boston
A茂ssata Traor茅 scored in the 18th minute and the Legacy (5-8-4) recorded their third shutout of the season against short-handed Kansas City in the match played in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Casey Murphy made four saves for her third clean sheet of the season.
Ella Stevens drew a red card in stoppage time for violent conduct on Current defender Kayla Sharples.
The Current (8-7-1) were without Temwa Chawinga, who was out on international duty, and Michelle Cooper due to a thigh injury.
All seven losses for Kansas City have come on the road and the team remains winless without two-time MVP, Chawinga (0-4-1).
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