PORTLAND, Ore. — Lo’eau LaBonta scored twice in the first half and the Kansas City Current remained unbeaten this season with a 4-1 road victory over the Portland Thorns on Sunday in the National Women's Soccer League.
The Current (9-0-5) are undefeated in 16 games dating to last year, matching the NWSL record set by the Seattle Reign to start the 2014 season.
Temwa Chawinga and Stine Ballisager also scored for the Current.
The Current built a 3-0 lead before halftime. Thorns goalkeeper Shelby Hogan got a hand LaBonta’s goal in the 30th minute, but couldn’t quite push it out of the net. Ballisager scored amid a crowd in front of the net just some two minutes before LaBonta’s second in the 40th.
It was LaBonta’s first career brace. Ballisager is the 17th player to score for the Current.
Chawinga made it 4-0 with a goal just minutes into the second half. It was Chawinga’s 10th goal of the season, putting her in the league lead along with Orlando’s Barbra Banda and Portland’s Sophia Smith.
Smith scored her 10th goal in the 75th minute and the Thorns (7-5-2) avoided the shutout.