{"id":816,"date":"2026-07-12T10:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=816"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:47:44","slug":"maiara-niehues-and-angel-city-defeat-nwsl-leading-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"Maiara Niehues and Angel City defeat NWSL-leading San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0d9c2c7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5694x2989+0+0\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2F6d%2Ff834a3e644169be823baadbd4436%2F2277390554.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maiara Niehues and Angel City defeat NWSL-leading San Diego\" title=\"Maiara Niehues and Angel City defeat NWSL-leading San Diego\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwslsoccer.com\/players\/13fe7126ee1343a1b20b3c118c2df756\/maiara-carolina-niehues\" target=\"_blank\">Maiara Niehues<\/a> scored for the fourth straight match and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/angelcity.com\/club\/roster\/ary-borges\" target=\"_blank\">Ary Borges<\/a> added a goal as <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/soccer\/angel-city-fc\">Angel City<\/a> defeated the league-leading San Diego Wave 2-0 at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo failed to corral the ball, Niehues beat defender Perle Morroni to the ball and headed it home for the 1-0 lead in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/angelcity.com\/club\/roster\/sveindis-jonsdottir\" target=\"_blank\">Sveind\u00eds Jonsdottir<\/a>\u2019s long throw into the box in the 26th minute was put away by Borges to make it 2-0 in the 26th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Angel City attacker <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/angelcity.com\/club\/roster\/jun-endo\" target=\"_blank\">Jun Endo<\/a> went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken.<\/p>\n<p>Borges took down midfielder Kimmi Ascanio in the box, resulting in a penalty kick for the Wave (9-5-1) in the 86th minute, but Lia Godfrey\u2019s shot from the spot hit the post.<\/p>\n<p>Angelina Anderson had six saves for her fourth clean sheet of the season for Angel City (6-1-6).<\/p>\n<p>San Diego\u2019s shutout streak came to an end at 242 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maiara Niehues scored for the fourth straight match and Ary Borges added a goal as Angel City defeated the league-leading San Diego Wave 2-0 at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday. 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