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The Courage kept pressing, but the defense had a major lapse in judgement before the offense could get another goal. Chicago forward Arin Wright had the ball on the right about 35 yards from goal. She sent a cross into the top of the box, and the entire Courage defense looked at Kerr being offside and decided they could stop playing. As crazy as it sounds, other Chicago players can occasionally get into the offense, and while Dahlkemper and Erceg stood with their hands raised in the air, Vanessa DiBernardo was able to sneak in and head the ball home. I hope the defense has to watch that clip every day to start practice. Keep your hand down andbut Erceg closed down on Kerr quickly. It’s Kerr, though, so she tapped the ball through and got on the inside edge against Erceg. The one step was enough for Kerr to get off a shot that was deflected by Erceg right between the legs of Labbe. It was a bad sequence.

After the goal, it was time to make some substitutions. Debinha made way for Dunn in the 62nd minute, and McDonald left the game for Kristen Hamilton in the 65th minute. The new players definitely brought a spark, but Dunn seemed a little out of place for parts of the game. Hamilton had a fire lit inside of her, and she was the only Courage player who really came close to scoring for the duration of the