NWSL playoffs: Rodman’s brace leads Spirit rout while Gotham sneak into semi-finals
The Guardian
No 3 seed Washington earn 4-1 win over Portland
Gotham beat Seattle 1-0 amid ‘atrocious’ field conditions
Dates and venues for next round to be determined
Trinity Rodman scored twice and the host Washington Spirit overwhelmed the Portland Thorns 4-1 on Sunday in the quarter-finals of the NWSL playoffs.
The third-seeded Spirit scored twice in two minutes to take a 3-0 lead into half-time against the sixth-seeded Thorns at Audi Field. Washington will face the seventh-seeded Utah Royals in the semi-finals next weekend.
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