**KANSAS CITY, Kan.** – The Houston Dash earned another road victory on Friday night after defeating the Kansas City Current, 2-0, thanks to goals either side of halftime from forward Diana Ordóñez and defender Ally Prisock. The win sends Houston up to 6 ^th place on 12 points (W3 D3 L3) while Kansas City remains in 11 ^th place on 6 points (W2 L7), both with nine games played. In addition, the Dash have now picked up eight points from five road matches in the regular season so far (W2 D2 L1).
The action started early for Houston as midfielder Joelle Anderson tested Kansas City goalkeeper Cassie Miller with a dipping effort in the 2 ^nd minute of play. A long ball aimed toward the Houston front line was brought down and played back toward Anderson, who was still a few yards outside the 18-yard box. Unleashing a powerful drive with her right foot, Anderson then forced Miller into a good save to parry the ball out of play for a goal kick. In the end, the ball was looking likely to dip outside the far post and out, but Miller made the smart instinctual play to see danger averted regardless.
Then, after a series of chances for Houston in the minutes to follow, Kansas City fired their first effort on frame in the 27 ^th minute as forward Mimmi Larsson made Houston goalkeeper Jane Campbell take action. As Kansas City bolted forward in possession, a pass in behind the defense saw Larsson unleashed. A Houston defender approached Larsson as she worked her way into the penalty area, but Larsson was still able to get her shot attempt away. However, the effort was well defended and eventually blocked out of play for a corner, though the goalkeeper Campbell was ready to pounce.
Houston would continue to push ahead with momentum on their side, and eventually their efforts were rewarded as Mexican forward Diana Ordóñez produced a strong finish after some perseverance to put the visitors ahead in the 42 ^nd minute. The Dash were moving forward quickly when forward Michelle Alozie switched play to teammate María Sánchez on the left side of the field. Advancing, Sánchez then clipped a ball into the box toward Ordóñez, who then let the ball run and turned on her defender before sliding and beating the ball home from just a few yards out. The goal is Ordóñez’s first in open play on the season and second in total, after converting a penalty kick earlier this year.
The goal took the two teams into the halftime break, but the second half began with another opportunity in front of goal for Kansas City, who will be hard pressed not to have equalized in the 49 ^th minute. First, Hailie Mace had a right-footed shot that missed just wide in the 48 ^th minute, then a minute later, Vanessa DiBernardo had a left footed shot from the other side of the box saved as it darted toward the bottom right corner.
Unfortunately for the Current, that missed opportunity then led to Houston scoring their second and final goal of the night as defender Ally Prisock finished off a set piece chance to go two up. Houston had won a corner via Kansas City forward Michelle Cooper when Caprice Dydasco took up the delivery mantle. Lifting a high cross to the back post, Prisock was first to it and she sent an effort back the opposite side of goal and into the far side netting to give the visitors a crucial bit of padding with a little over a half an hour left to play.
Kansas City would see two more efforts on goal the duration of the second half, with Hailie Mace seeing a rocket of a drive toward the middle of the goal repelled by Campbell and the forward Cooper having a low shot toward the far post with her right foot also saved by Campbell. The fulltime whistle sounded after seven minutes of added time and Houston earned another big win on the year, with goalkeeper Jane Campbell breaking multiple milestones. In the match, the goalkeeper became the first Dash player to play 10,000 minutes with the club and 5th goalkeeper to reach 10,000 regular-season minutes played.

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