Calgary Wild rally past Vancouver Rise 3-2 for first NSL win of season
Two stoppage-time goals capped a comeback for Calgary, which had gone winless through its first 15 matches of the Northern Super League campaign.
The Calgary Wild scored twice in second-half stoppage time to defeat the Vancouver Rise 3-2 on the road Saturday, picking up their first win of the Northern Super League season after 15 matches. Jorian Baucom and Keelyn Stewart found the net in the first and sixth minutes of stoppage time to complete the comeback at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
Calgary's Taegan Stewart opened the scoring with a 47th-minute penalty, but Vancouver's Jessica De Filippo answered nine minutes later and then put the Rise ahead in the 65th minute. Vancouver's Tori Tumeth was shown a red card in the 84th minute while the Rise held a 2-1 lead, and the Wild capitalized with their late two-goal burst.
Vancouver controlled 54 per cent of possession and the two sides were even at 12 shots apiece, though the Rise led 8-4 in shots on target. Calgary took four of the match's seven corners and picked up two yellow cards.
The result moves the Rise to five wins, nine losses and one draw for 16 points, while the Wild improve to one win, 12 losses and two draws for five points. Calgary hosts the Ottawa Rapid on Aug. 15, while Vancouver hosts the Halifax Tides the same day.
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