In its second game within a four-day span, Racing Louisville FC sustained a tough 5-1 defeat to the Kansas City Current Wednesday night at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, MO.
Kansas City, a known force on its home turf, made its mark at the beginning of each half, scoring three goals inside the opening 20 minutes before capping off the attacking display with two in the first 10 minutes of the final period.
Racing did manage to pull one back late on, as Taylor Flint converted a penalty in the final 10 minutes.
Haley Hopkins and Debinha starred for the hosts, combining for four of the five KC goals. Rookie Amelia White was the other Current player to earn a place on the scoresheet. The result pushed Kansas City’s home unbeaten run to 25 straight games.
Louisville, amid a brutal stretch of three games in seven days, notably made eight changes to its starting group Wednesday following its first road win of the campaign at Angel City FC Sunday night. Two of which saw 17-year-old Audrey McKeen and Avery Ciorbu make their first career NWSL starts.
“Obviously, we’re disappointed in the result, we’re disappointed in the scoreline” said head coach Bev Yanez. “I think what this presents right now, with such a tight turnaround, is the ability to move past this game as quickly as possible. You have to. You’re forced to, which is something that we will look to do.
“… We’ll assess, as a tech staff areas where we could have been better. And I think as a group, we have to assess. … To be totally truthful and transparent, we don’t have much time to dwell on this. I wouldn’t say and I wouldn’t sit here and say that we’re not disappointed in this.”
Back on home soil after a trip to New England Saturday, the Current came out like a team that had wanted to make things right following a three-match winless run. Forward Hopkins fired home a rebound spilled in front of the net just five minutes in for her third goal of the campaign.
Just 10 minutes later, Debinha doubled the hosts’ advantage by way of a volley. Things went from bad to worse for Racing shortly after, as Croix Bethune set up rookie White for the Current’s third tally of the night in the 20th minute.
“It’s tough [to go down early], but I think it’s just like focusing on the next thing, the next pass, the next tackle, the next header,” said Rachel Hill. “Whatever it is, just really focusing on connecting that next thing and taking it one step at a time to try to turn things around. I think we ended the half better, it still wasn’t good enough.”
Similar to the first, the KC came out firing in the second half. Hopkins and Debinha completed their respective braces shortly into the second half to make it five after 52 minutes.
Flint, though, would put the visitors on the board in the 81st minute from the penalty spot — her third from 12 yards out this season — to confirm the 5-1 scoreline.
“I think we need a little bit of consistency, not as up and down,” said Kayla Fischer. “Riding off the momentum that we created our last two games into this game, I just don’t think we did that. … We have another quick game coming up, so we just look to the next.”
Louisville will shift its focus again quickly, heading back home to finish off this grueling condensed run Saturday at Lynn Family Stadium against 15th-place Chicago Stars FC. Kickoff will be at 4 p.m. ET in Butchertown on Youth Sports Day. Tickets and more information on the afternoon can be found at RacingLouFC.com/youth.
Game Summary: Kansas City Current vs. Racing Louisville FC
Date: July 29, 2026
Venue: CPKC Stadium — Kansas City, MO.
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
Weather: 85 degrees, mostly cloudy
Scoring
Kansas City Current (3, 2, 5)
Racing Louisville FC (0, 1, 1)
Goals:
Kansas City Current:
5′ Haley Hopkins
15′ Debinha (Haley Hopkins)
20′ Amelia White (Croix Bethune)
48′ Haley Hopkins
52′ Debinha (Bayley Feist)
Racing Louisville FC:
81′ Taylor Flint (penalty)
Lineups
Kansas City Current: 1 – Marisa Jordan; 18 – Izzy Rodriguez (65′ 44 – Kolo Suliafu), 7 – Elizabeth Ball, 24 – Gabrielle Robinson, 2 – Laney Rouse (46′ 31 – Katie Scott), 22 – Bayley Feist, 10 – Lo’eau LaBonta (c) (53′ 11 – Rocky Rodríguez), 99 – Debinha, (53′ 12 – Gianna Paul), 8 – Croix Bethune (59′ 16 – Vanessa DiBernardo), 3 – Amelia White, 13 – Haley Hopkins
Subs not used: 48 – Kaylin Williams-Mosier; 4 – Meila Brewer
Head coach: Chris Armas
Racing Louisville FC: 24 – Jordyn Bloomer; 8 – Courtney Petersen, 15 – Mirann Gacioch (46′ 5 – Ellie Jean), 19 – Avery Ciorbu (60′ 9 – Kayla Fischer), 21 – Rachel Hill (72′ 23 – Macy Philippus), 2 – Lauren Milliet (c) (46′ 20 – Katie O’Kane), 26 – Taylor Flint, 88 – Audrey McKeen (60′ 16 – Maja Lardner), 6 – Ella Hase, 42 – Sarah Weber, 13 – Emma Sears
Subs not used: 1 – Maddie Prohaska; 3 – Arin Wright, 4 – Makenna Morris, 12 – Quincy McMahon
Head coach: Bev Yanez
Stats Summary: Kansas City Current / Racing Louisville FC
Shots: 17 / 14
Shots on Goal: 10 / 5
Expected goals: 2.82 / 1.72
Possession: 57.3% / 42.7%
Fouls: 8 / 11
Offside: 3 / 1
Corners: 3 / 3
Discipline Summary
Kansas City Current:
81′ Katie Scott (yellow)
Racing Louisville FC:
45’+5 Lauren Milliet (yellow)
72′ Kayla Fischer (yellow)
Match referee: Danielle Chesky
