Nick Cushing said Lindsey Heaps had something going on before the game for which the team doctor held her out.

FINAL: NC Courage 2, Denver Summit FC 0. A decent amount of chances for Denver but not enough again in the final third. Kailen Sheridan had a good game. A suboptimal start to the home stand. Lindsey Heaps' absence was felt.

81' Goal NC Courage: Great ball in behind finds Ally Schlegel, who gets it through Abby Smith's challenge and she smashes it in from a couple feet out. This is not good. 2-0 Courage

Janine Sonis is working pretty hard this game. She was upset after Sunday's draw to Boston Legacy. Taking it out on the pitch tonight.

47' PENALTY: Eva Gaetino takes down Erica Parkinson in the box. Summit FC gives up a spot kick. Riley Jackson takes and buries it past Abby Smith, who guessed the right direction. Denver has given up the opening goal in all three games here at Centennial Stadium. 1-0 Courage

HALF: Denver Summit 0, NC Courage 0. Flurry of chances for Summit at the end of the half, but can't finish. Courage is closing out really well and getting a good number of blocks.

28' Unreal stop by Abby Smith. Erica Parkinson makes a move and shoots it toward the top right corner of the goal, but Smith comes up with a great save as she so often does. 0-0

16' Chance Summit FC: Devin Lynch plays a great ball wide to Yazmeen Ryan and she forces a save. Best attempt of the night. Centennial Stadium is just waiting to explode.

Denver Summit FC starting lineup against North Carolina Courage: Smith Sonis, Kurtz, Gaetino, Oke Lynch, Sheehan Flint, Ryan, Yuzuki Kössler Lindsey Heaps unavailable tonight. Otherwise, excited to see Yuzuki, Flint and Kössler on the field. Yuzuki is a really good player.

CPFC only has one GK listed on its roster: American Shae Yañez. Two solid options for the Eagles and should be a good competition. Doubt Summit FC would send Peyraud-Magnin on loan if she wasn't going to play, though.

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Denver Summit FC has loaned GK Pauline Peyraud-Magnin to Crystal Palace for the 2026-27 season. A good move for the French keeper. She's too good to be sitting on a bench. Will likely get her game minutes ahead of next year's World Cup, where she'll likely feature for France.

Denver Summit FC has loaned GK Pauline Peyraud-Magnin to Crystal Palace for the 2026-27 season. A good move for the French keeper. She's too good to be sitting on a bench. Will likely get her game minutes ahead of next year's World Cup, where she'll likely feature for France.

Nick Cushing after Denver Summit FC fails again to win a game in which it is offensively superior: “I’m used to winning. … I take it personally that we have another game where we dominate (but don’t win).” rockymountainsoccerjournal.com/sonis-penalt...

Janine Sonis scores seventh goal of season to help Summit FC salvage draw at home against Boston Legacy

Denver Summit FC dominates offensively, but once again doesn't come away with all three points in rematch with Boston Legacy.

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FINAL: Denver Summit FC 1, Boston Legacy 1. Not quite the same bite as the first matchup between the two NWSL expansion clubs, but Summit FC once again come back from a deficit to rescue points at Centennial Stadium.

That's Janine Sonis' seventh goal of the season, putting her in a tie for fifth in the NWSL in scoring this year. Denver Summit FC have a couple of games in hand on most of the league, mind you. Oh yeah, and Sonis is a left back.

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70' PENALTY! Tash Flint is fouled in the box trying to go up for a header on a cross from Janine Sonis. Sonis takes and buries it. Casey Murphy guesses the direction but can't get to it. We're tied up at Centennial Stadium! 1-1

70' PENALTY! Tash Flint is fouled in the box trying to go up for a header on a cross from Janine Sonis. Sonis takes and buries it. Casey Murphy guesses the direction but can't get to it. We're tied up at Centennial Stadium! 1-1

"She's here! She's there! She's every-f*ckin'-where! Tash Flint, Tash Flint!" -Section 114 as the birthday girl enters the match 😂😂

If not for a masterclass from Casey Murphy, Denver Summit FC would be up handily in this game. She comes up with another huge save on Yazmeen Ryan a few minutes into the second half.

34' Goal Boston Legacy. Initially called offside but VAR confirms the goal. Goalkeeper Casey Murphy lobbed one long and Sammy Smith tucked it away. Summit FC has been the better team but find itself down a goal. Goalkeeper assist!

27' Chance Summit FC: Melissa Kössler gets one on target on a counterattack. Thought Lindsey Heaps would take that on, but she lays it off to Kössler. Good save to keep it out. Kössler has been active.

17' Chance Summit: Ayo Oke nearly gets her first for the club! Attack from the left this time. Janine Sonis plays a ball into the mixer. Oke overruns it just slightly and can't get enough on it.

15' Chance Summit FC: Ayo Oke opens space to play a ball to Yazmeen Ryan, who slots a pass to Lindsey Heaps at the top of the box. She puts a shot on goal but it's saved. Best look of the night so far. Centennial Stadium wants to go nuts for a Heaps goal.

Denver Summit FC starting lineup for tonight's match vs. Boston Legacy: Smith Oke, Kurtz, Gaetino, Sonis Lynch, Sheehan Means, Heaps, Ryan Kössler Melissa Kössler gets her first start since July 4 vs Kansas City Current. Summit FC would love for her to get back to goalscoring.

Another late winner at home for the Colorado Rapids thanks to Rafael Navarro's 90+1st minute penalty to beat Austin FC. Plus an update from the ground on Lucas Herrington's future with the club: rockymountainsoccerjournal.com/rafael-navar...

Rafael Navarro scores penalty to beat Austin FC in second-half stoppage time for Rapids' second consecutive late winner at home

The Colorado Rapids left it late again, beating Austin FC from the penalty spot in stoppage time for second consecutive late winner at home.

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Grain of salt, but take as you will: RMSJ is told that a fan asked a Colorado Rapids player after the match if this was Lucas Herrington's last game for the Rapids. The player's answer was yes.

The credentialed Rapids press requested Lucas Herrington for mixed zone. We were originally told he would be available. We have now been told he will not. We asked why. "Lucas won't be doing media tonight." So about locker room access ... @laurelpfahler.bsky.social @soccerreporters.bsky.social

FINAL: Rapids 1, Austin FC 0. Took a winner from the spot to get the job done. That's two stoppage-time winners in the span of a week and a half. Rafael Navarro scores his first MLS goal since May 13. A sigh of relief.

An evolution of Rafael Navarro's game we finally get to see: his penalty run-up. Assistant coach Alistair Harris is credited with reworking Harry Kane's and Son Heung-Min's penalty run-ups. Navarro's run-up noticeably different and he scores what promises to be a game winner.

90+1 PENALTY! Yapi's shot gets batted away by Brad Stuver to Rafael Navarro at the top corner of the box. He's taken down while trying to corral it. Navarro steps up and calls game. 1-0 Rapids

16,922 people here at DSGP for Rapids/Austin FC.

An array of TIFOs celebrating Colorado night here at DSGP. Middle one is sick. “Our history runs deep”