{"id":256726,"date":"2026-08-08T04:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/sears-brace-powers-louisville-to-second-straight-win-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:31:13","slug":"sears-brace-powers-louisville-to-second-straight-win-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/sears-brace-powers-louisville-to-second-straight-win-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sears brace powers Louisville to second straight win \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\/08\/AVR39378-1000x600.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\">Photo courtesy of NWSL via Racing Louisville<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Racing forward Emma Sears doubled her season\u2019s goal tally with a brace in Louisville\u2019s 3-1 victory over Orlando on Friday night. It is Racing\u2019s third win in four games after winning just two games the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie forward Audrey McKeen got things going for the visitors in the 16th minute when she headed in Katie O\u2019Kane\u2019s cornerkick service for her first professional goal. The 17-year-old youth U.S. women\u2019s national team player became the youngest goalscorer in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>Sears, the U.S. women\u2019s national team regular as of late, scored in the 68th and 86th minutes for her third and fourth goals of the season. Both goals were assisted by Racing veteran Lauren Milliet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A goal from Racing Louisville\u2019s rookie Audrey McKeen and a brace from Emma Sears put Racing Louisville on top of theOrlando Pride 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Pride vs Racing Louisville recap presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nationwide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Nationwide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTmfApIiKV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kTmfApIiKV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Women\u2019s Soccer League (@NWSL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSL\/status\/2085903977502347488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sears scored 10 goals the previous season when head coach Bev Yanez led Louisville to the playoffs for the first time in team history. This year, Racing have struggled mightily and sit in second-to-last place with 17 points. It\u2019s worth noting that the team currently in the last playoff spot has just 23 points, so a winning run could quickly get them back in contention.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for Orlando, this is not the response they would\u2019ve hoped for after falling 5-0 to the North Carolina Courage last week.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 3 --><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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" 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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Equalizer Soccer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/2026\/08\/08\/sears-brace-powers-louisville-to-second-straight-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo courtesy of NWSL via Racing Louisville Racing forward Emma Sears doubled her season\u2019s goal tally with a brace in Louisville\u2019s 3-1 victory over Orlando on Friday night. It is Racing\u2019s third win in four games after winning just two games the rest of the season. 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