2025/26 Gainbridge Super League Spring Season
DC Power FC (8-10-9, 33 PTS) 0 vs. 1 Sporting Jacksonville FC (16-6-5, 53 PTS)
Wednesday May 6
Audi Field
Player Notes
- Defender Sydney Cummings won a team-high seven duels, made five clearances and completed 90 minutes for D.C.’s side.
- Returning to the starting lineup after being sidelined in the previous fixture due to injury, defender Paige Almendariz made two clearances through 45 minutes.
- In her second straight start, goalkeeper Makenna Gottschalk recorded five saves and completed 90 minutes.
Match Notes
- DC Power FC is now 2-2-0 all-time against Sporting Jacksonville FC.
- D.C.’s side outshot Sporting Jax, 14-8.
DC Power FC Lineup: Makenna Gottschalk, Sydney Cummings (C), Claire Constant, Paige Almendariz (Kiki Maki 45’), Anna Bagley (Katrina Guillou 45’), Justina Gaynor, Alexis Theoret, Emily Colton, Loza Abera (Hannah Harney 75’), Dasia Torbert ((Jaydah Bedoya 45’) (Ellie Gilbert 88’)) and Alyssa Walker (Gianna Gourley 65’).
Unused Substitutes: Morgan Aquino.
Head Coach: Omid Namazi.
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Sporting Jacksonville FC Lineup: Jamie Gerstenberg, Sophia Boman, Georgia Brown, Sophie Jones (Parker Roberts 72’), Abby Boyan (Maggie Illig 61’), Meg Hughes, Baylee DeSmit (Jade Pennock 71’), Ashlyn Puerta (Jessica Hunt 78’), Grace Phillpotts, Paige Kenton and Kacey Smekrud.
Unused Substitutes: Katherine Sullivan, Andrea Fernández and Cristina Roque.
Head Coach: Stacey Balaam.
DC Power Football Club Post-Match Quotes
Head Coach Omid Namazi
On the final result…
“I thought they were better than us to be honest with you,” Namazi said. “I thought our energy level and our sharpness was not as it’s been in the last three or four games. Jacksonville looked sharper.”
Goalkeeper Makenna Gottschalk
On thoughts following the final home match of the season…
“It’s disappointing” Gottschalk said. “I think in moments we were really good and we have the potential with the girls on our team and the staff we have leading us. It’s really disappointing to not come out with points for this one. I don’t know if we would have deserved it, I think we could have played a lot better than we did tonight. That’s how the game goes.”
Forward Loza Abera
On looking ahead to the match against Spokane Zephyr FC on Saturday…
“We just have to focus on the next game,” Abera said. “We have to keep pushing, keep working and have to finish the season stronger.”
