Houston Dash ride three goals to road win at Chicago

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (Interstat) — Houston Dash beat Chicago 3-1 on Friday at SeatGeek Stadium, scoring three times before a late Chicago reply. Leah Klenke opened the scoring in the fourth minute and was booked in the 51st. Maggie Graham doubled the lead in the 54th, and Clarissa Larisey added a third in the 79th. Samantha Staab scored for Chicago in stoppage time. Klenke, Graham and Larisey led Houston’s attack, while Lisa Boattin, Kalyssa Van Zanten and Emma Egizii recorded assists. Houston improved to 1-1 in this competition and 1-1 across all competitions. Chicago dropped to 0-2 in this competition and 0-2 across all competitions. Yellow cards also went to Houston’s Puntigam and Chicago’s Dellarose. Houston had lost its previous match, and Chicago had also dropped its prior contest. Houston used substitutions in the second half to protect the result and close out the road victory.