{"id":242062,"date":"2026-05-06T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cooper-bethune-work-their-magic-for-current-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:37:17","slug":"cooper-bethune-work-their-magic-for-current-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cooper-bethune-work-their-magic-for-current-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper, Bethune work their magic for Current \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/USATSI_28867771-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">\u00a9 William Howard-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to give some love to the Kansas City Current. They have taken their lumps so far this season but finally found their first away result over the weekend. And we\u2019re going to break down a quality connection between Michelle Cooper and Croix Bethune that made the winning goal happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Current were already ahead 1-0 \u2014 the first time this season they have scored first \u2014 when the ball was knocking back and forth in midfield. Lo\u2019eau LaBonta was in a decidedly defensive position when she slipped between two Courage players with an eye on challenging Chioma Okafor. Okafor elected to play the ball backward, and the next pass missed it\u2019s target, allowing LaBonta to get an acrobatic head on it. 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They have taken their lumps so far this season but finally found their first away result over the weekend. And we\u2019re going to break down a quality connection between Michelle Cooper and Croix Bethune that made the winning goal happen. 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