Boston Legacy scores three late goals to beat Washington Spirit 3-0

Boston Legacy defeated Washington Spirit 3-0 on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, at Audi Field. Aïssata Traoré scored in the 81st minute, sending a shot past Esme Morgan and Sandy MacIver. Amanda Gutierres, who entered as a substitute for Traoré in the 83rd minute, then scored twice in stoppage time: she intercepted a Tara Rudd pass and finished from long range in the 94th minute with MacIver off her line, then converted a Lilly Reale cross two minutes later. Boston rose to 7-12-5. Washington fell to 13-7-4 yet stayed second in the NWSL standings. The result was Boston’s second straight road win against a top-five side after a 2-1 victory at Utah on Sept. 4. Traoré’s goal was her ninth of the season and fourth in four games. Sources differ on the distance of Gutierres’s first goal, with the Associated Press putting it at 40 yards and Archynewsy at roughly 60 yards. In the day’s other match, Chicago Stars drew Portland Thorns 1-1 after Taylor Wood headed an equalizer in second-half stoppage time; Portland had led 1-0 from an own goal deflected off Maitane López Millán on a Jessie Fleming service in the 22nd minute.