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Angel City FC defeats North Carolina thanks to late own goal

July 10, 2023

Angel City FC Dani Weatherholt, right, defends against North Carolina Courage Brianna Pinto during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Jun Endo, right, controls the ball against North Carolina Courage Kiki Pickett during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Scarlett Camberos, center, fights off North Carolina Courage Kiki Pickett, right, during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC interim head coach Becki Tweed signals to her players against the North Carolina Courage during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Madison Hammond kicks the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

North Carolina Courage Kaleigh Kurtz, bottom right, deflects a kick by Angel City FC Elizabeth Eddy for an own goal during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Katie Johnson, left, vies for the ball with North Carolina Courage Malia Berkley during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Elizabeth Eddy battles with a North Carolina Courage defender during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Savannah Mccaskill (9) battles with North Carolina Courage Narumi during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Katie Johnson, right, reaches for the ball as North Carolina Courage Victoria Pickett pushes during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Jasmyne Spencer, front, kicks the ball chased by North Carolina Courage Olivia Wingate during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Sarah Gorden, left, dribbles the ball defended by North Carolina Courage Brittany Ratcliffe during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Scarlett Camberos (15) heads the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Didi Haracic, center, catches the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Elizabeth Eddy, left, kicks the ball which is deflected by the North Carolina Courage for an own goal during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Elizabeth Eddy, top right, celebrates with teammates after her kick is deflected by North Carolina Courage for the winning goal during the second half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Madison Hammond, center, kicks the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Clarisse Le Bihan, left, kicks the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Savannah Mccaskill, right, kicks the ball chased by North Carolina Courage Kaleigh Kurtz during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Paige Nielsen moves the ball up the field against the North Carolina Courage during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Scarlett Camberos kicks the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC Madison Hammond, top center, attempts to head the ball against the North Carolina Courage during the first half on an NWSL soccer match at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Angel City FC interim head coach Becki Tweed looks on prior to the start of an NWSL soccer match against the North Carolina Courage at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass smiles prior to the start of an NWSL soccer match between the Angel City FC and the North Carolina Courage at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, smiles prior to the start of an NWSL soccer match between the Angel City FC and the North Carolina Courage at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9, 2023. Angel City FC won 2-1. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer)

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LOS ANGELES — A little bit of luck can go a long way for the Angel City Football Club and Sunday, it was enough to earn a much-needed win.

In the 77th minute, Elizabeth Eddy, who just recently joined the team as a National Team Replacement Player, beat her defender on the right, whipped in a cross that went into the goal off of North Carolina defender Kaleigh Kurtz.

“I had a great pass, I was going to enter into a 1v1 duel and she overstepped,” Eddy said. “I got a shot off before the center back slid. It wasn’t even on target, but you know in soccer if you hit a ball hard across the center of goal, sometimes it goes in. We’ll take it.”

No matter, how it looked or developed, it goes the game goes into record book as a 2-1 Angel City FC (4-6-5, 17 points) win in front of 17,876 at BMO Stadium.

This was the last league game for Angel City until Aug. 19. The club will be off until a July 29 Challenge Cup game against the Portland Thorns.

“We knew coming into the game that this game needed to be three points,” Angel City midfielder Savannah McCaskill said. “We should have three points the last two games, if we’re being honest, a couple of draws … a point away at Gotham was good, but we should have gotten three points out of the Houston game, so going into this game, we knew three points was the job.

Both games ended in scoreless draws.

“It took every single person to get the job done and going into the break it’s even better because we feel like we’ve kind of earned the break now …puts us back closer to a playoff spot, which the rest of the season is ours to battle for,” McCaskill said.”

North Carolina entered the game riding a four consecutive shutout winning streak. Also, by the time the game kicked off, Angel City had fell back into last place in the league.

North Carolina opened the scoring in the 16th minute on a goal by Brianna Pinto.

After that goal, Angel City had a brief huddle to address things.

“We were basically saying that was too easy,” McCaskill said. “That was way too easy for them to go from their own defensive goal and score a goal. It was way too easy. We basically said it’s got to be better.”

Angel City responded two minutes later as McCaskill knocked home a cross from Scarlett Camberos to tie the game at 1-1. That’s where things remained until Eddy helped provide the winning goal.

Eddy, who is from Costa Mesa and attended USC, signed with Angel City late last month. She was cut by the Houston Dash in preseason.

“We just knew what she was going to bring us,” Angel City interim coach Becki Tweed said of Eddy. “She brings a no-fear attitude, she brings a I’m here to train, I’m here to work and whatever you need me to do, I’ll do it. She’s played as a forward for us, she’s played as an outside back in the past three games and she comes into training everyday to win.

“When you bring in winners, it obviously improves the team environment and she’s willing to run through a brick wall for anybody. I said it a couple of weeks ago, she’s been here for two weeks, but it feels like she’s been here for two years and those are the players that we’re really looking to bring in and become part of something that’s bigger than themselves.”

The win moves Angel City just one space (to 10th) in the league standings, but they’re now just four points behind the sixth and final playoff spot and also improved the unbeaten streak under Tweed to five games overall and four in league play (2-0-2).

“I’m disappointed that it (unbeaten streak) is not five wins, I’ll be really honest with you,” Tweed said. “I think momentum is really important. I don’t believe in luck. I believe you create your own luck and I believe you create your own luck Monday-Friday and we’re starting to do that now and I think hard work pays off and hopefully we can continue to grow.”

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