Matildas Abroad Review: Crummer and Grant score; Van Egmond makes her return for Wave

Larissa Crummer and Charli Grant found the back of the net; while Emily Van Egmond made her return for San Diego Wave FC in the SoCal derby.

Read our review below.

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USA

Kicking off in the USA, Emily Van Egmond's San Diego Wave FC narrowly went down 2-1 to their California rivals Angel City FC in the SoCal derby.

Kristen McNabb opened the scoring just after the break for Wave before defender Paige Nielsen found the equaliser for Angel City. With seven minutes of regulation time remaining Van Egmond came on to replace Danielle Colaprico, with the midfielder creating one scoring opportunity in her limited time on the pitch.

Mary Alice Vignola scored the matchwinner for the visitors in the 88th minute, with Wave suffering their fourth defeat of the season and dropping from first place to 5th. 

Next up, Alex Chidiac's Racing Louisville collected their third win of the season and moved up the ladder to 8th place, defeating Gotham FC 2-0.

A goal in either half gave Racing the victory, with Savanah DeMelo opening the scoring, Thembi Kgatlana doubled the hosts' advantage after the break. Chidiac did not appear in the matchday squad. 

Sweden

In Sweden, Teagan Micah's FC Rosengård extended their unbeaten streak to 11 games, with Micah making another appearance in goals in her side's 5-2 victory over Uppsala.

The shot-stopper makes it back-to-back appearances in goals since making her return last week from a six-month injury, helping Rosengård move to fourth on the ladder. 

A brace to Olivia Holdt and goals to Loreta Kullashi, Olivia Schough and Guðrún Arnardóttir sealed the victory. 

Next up, Clare Polkinghorne, Katrina Gorry and Charli Grant's Vittsjö GIK fought back to claim a point in a 1-1 draw against second-to-last Brommapojkarna, with Grant scoring in the 86th minute to seal the draw.

Bromm opened the scoring through Fanny Maria Hjelm-Rönnlund and looked to steal all three points before Charli Grant scored an 86th-minute equaliser.

Meanwhile, Kyra Cooney-Cross' Hammarby clinched all three points with a 1-0 victory over KIF Örebro DFF.

Madelen Janogy scored the matchwinner before the half-time break. Hammarby's Anna Tamminen saved a penalty to ensure the hosts collected the win. Cooney-Cross played the whole game for the hosts. 

Lastly, Aivi Luik's BK Häcken held on to their spot at the top of the table with a 0-0 draw against Kristianstads DFF.

Luik played the whole 90 minutes as a centreback for Häcken in their stalemate. 

Norway

Our last stop takes us to Norway, where Tameka Yallop and Larissa Crummer's SK Brann got back to winning ways with a 3-0 victory over 9th place Avaldsnes.

Larissa Rose Crummer of Brann celebrates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Toppserien football match between Brann and Avaldsnes on June 18, 2023 in Bergen. Photo: Marius Simensen / BILDBYRAN
Larissa Crummer of Brann celebrates after scoring the 2-0 goal during the Toppserien football match between Brann and Avaldsnes on June 18, 2023 in Bergen. (Photo: Marius Simensen / BILDBYRAN)

Marit Bratberg Lund opened the scoring for SK Brann from the spot. Crummer doubled the advantage with two minutes of regular time remaining. Amanda Frisbie sealed all three points with Brann's third of the game.