I had to rewind the broadcast like four times to catch the red card offense from Wilson, but she clearly pulls the defender’s hair, which is always a red card. Soph came off in the 22nd minute and from then on there was never really a doubt the Legacy were going to come away with the 3 points. Gutierres’ brace off the bench absolutely shut down any hope the Thorns had of staging a comeback.
But Gutierres was not done and scored a second goal three minutes later. She has now scored an NWSL single-season record six goals off the bench, in addition to being the first player in NWSL history with multiple braces as a substitute in one season. As a team, Boston have scored a league-record eight stoppage-time goals this season and lead this year’s NWSL with 12 goals scored by substitutes.