Dash 1 Racing 0 Player Ratings

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Racing were beaten by an excellent goal, but some of the old habits are creeping back in. Racing's style of play seems to be dictated philosophically at the executive level. I would like to see a few more direct attacks vs. the over passing that you see in possession many times. Racing plays best when they are direct, regardless of whether it is a 10 pass move or a coordinated high press which forces a mistake. Their lack of a cutting edge showed very much tonight.

Betos-6: Same old Betos. Stopped plenty, but nothing to do on the goal.

Fox-7: Curiously subbed early. Was good while in.

Martin-7: Played well in 2 positions.

Riehl-6: Made a few odd decisions playing the ball into pressure unnecessarily.

Ashley-7: I thought she had a good game, but was nursing an injury so only got 53 minutes.

McCaskill-7: I don't know why the NWSL commentators want to focus on what she isn't doing vs. what she is doing, which is being the engine that runs the team.

Milliet-6: Looked lively early. Subbed off in the 65th minute.

Olofsson-6: Recovered from a poor performance with a solid one.

Kizer-7: Just couldn't quite find the right last touch or pass to unlock the defense.

Nadim-7 (Player of the Match): In another puzzling bit of commentary on Paramount Plus, she was criticized for…well I couldn't quite say actually. I guess it was for not playing as a natural 9? Anyway had a shot on goal and a great cross on Racing's best scoring chance.

Ekic-5: Anonymous, and I wonder if this will be her last shot starting for awhile.