Jonsdottir leads Angel City W past Boston Legacy W

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir had one goal and one assist, and Angel City W scored three times after halftime to beat Boston Legacy W 4-1 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday. Angel City W improved to 3-0 in the competition and across all competitions. Boston Legacy W moved to 1-1-1 in the competition and across all competitions. Angel City W entered after a 2-0 home win over Bay FC W and a 3-2 road win at Denver Summit W. Boston Legacy W had drawn 2-2 at San Diego Wave W and beaten Racing Louisville W 2-1 in its previous matches.

Angel City W opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Nealy Martin found the net. Boston Legacy W answered in the 37th minute through Amanda Gutierres, sending the match into halftime level. Ary Borges was shown a yellow card in the 19th minute for Angel City W and was replaced at halftime. Boston Legacy W made a halftime substitution when Gambone entered. Angel City W also changed at the break, taking off Borges. The first half produced one goal for each side and one yellow card. Boston Legacy W’s equalizer came in the 37th minute and briefly canceled out Martin’s early strike. The teams went to the interval tied at 1-1 after a first half that included Borges’s booking and the two goals.

Angel City W regained the lead in the 53rd minute with a goal from Evelyn Shores. Jonsdottir made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute, and Claire Emslie closed the scoring in the 84th minute. Taylor Suarez recorded two assists for Angel City W, while Jonsdottir, Allyson Sentnor and Aissata Traore each finished with one assist. Boston Legacy W replaced Gutierres in the 73rd minute after her first-half goal. Angel City W made further changes that included Maiara Niehues in the 62nd minute, Sentnor and Thompson in the 74th minute, and Anderson in the 90th minute. Boston Legacy W brought on Karich and Traore in the 87th minute. Angel City W then scored three times in the second half, with Shores, Jonsdottir and Emslie finding the net. The goals came in the 53rd, 72nd and 84th minutes as Angel City W pulled away.

Jonsdottir was Angel City W’s top performer with a goal and an assist in 90 minutes. Shores played 90 minutes and scored, and Martin also played 90 minutes and scored. Gutierres scored while playing 73 minutes for Boston Legacy W. Emslie scored in 16 minutes. Traore had an assist in 87 minutes, Sentnor had an assist in 74 minutes, and Suarez had two assists in 28 minutes. Jonsdottir had played 88 minutes in Angel City W’s previous match against Bay FC W before her 90-minute outing Sunday.

Angel City W’s attack produced four goals from four different scorers, with Jonsdottir adding the only goal-and-assist statline of the match. Boston Legacy W’s goal came from Gutierres, and Traore provided an assist in her 87 minutes. The teams combined for nine substitutions, including five by Angel City W. Angel City W remained unbeaten in the competition and across all competitions, while Boston Legacy W stayed at one win, one loss and one draw in both categories. Boston Legacy W could not add to Gutierres’s first-half goal, and Angel City W closed out the match with its fourth goal in the 84th minute.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Boston Legacy W 2, Angel City W 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Angel City W with a 57.4 percent probability to win. Angel City W had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.5.