{"id":16692,"date":"2018-06-24T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=16692"},"modified":"2018-06-24T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T22:02:59","slug":"sofia-huerta-scores-dash-loss-thorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/06\/24\/sofia-huerta-scores-dash-loss-thorns\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Huerta Scores First Houston Dash Goal in Loss to Portland Thorns"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON, TEXAS (June 22, 2018) —\u00a0<\/strong>It didn’t take Sofia Huerta long to get her first Houston Dash goal.<\/p>\n

The midfielder, who was just traded from the Chicago Red Stars to the Dash, notched her first goal for her new club in the 12th minute against the Portland Thorns. The trade was completed on June 18.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sofia Huerta Scores First Houston Dash Goal in Loss to Portland Thorns<\/strong><\/h1>\n

After the match, Huerta, who took four total shots, said that if the Dash finish opportunities and capitalize, “we’ll be good.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“We just needed to finish and believe in ourselves a little bit more,” Huerta said. “We needed to use the right tactics at the end of the game. We’re losing, so we have to keep the ball on the field, we have to press all the way and we can’t sit back. I think those are things we need to keep learning.”<\/p>\n

Portland took the lead early with a goal from Tobin Heath. Christine Sinclair assisted the goal. Before the halftime whistle, Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic slipped her second goal of the season past Dash goalkeeper Jane Campbell.<\/p>\n

However, Sinclair would earn the final word.<\/p>\n

The veteran Canadian midfielder added to her season total — which now reaches seven — with an 83rd-minute goal. Tyler Lussi, who entered the match in the 66th minute for Crnogorcevic, assisted.<\/p>\n

After the match, Thorns FC Head Coach Mark Parsons called the match a “big improvement” from Portland’s 1-1 draw last month in Houston.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAgainst a better Houston team, we handled the area of the game we struggled with last time,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cWe handled it much, much better. While everyone was important to that, Andressinha had a big-time game in [central midfield], and Celeste Boureille felt like she was indestructible at times. She did so well, tactically, and played a massive role in breaking up play, which is important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Houston, @schuerta<\/a>. #DashOn<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/zhVK7iA24A<\/a><\/p>\n

— Houston Dash (@HoustonDash) June 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n