Sky Blue FC Vs Houston Dash: 3 things we learned

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HERRIMAN, UT – JULY 4: McCall Zerboni #7 of Sky Blue FC interacts with her team during a game between Sky Blue FC and Utah Royals FC at Zions Bank Stadium on July 4, 2020 in Herriman, Utah. (Photo by Rob Gray/ISI Photos/Getty Images). /

1. Sky Blue a Courage contender?

Currently, Sky Blue FC sit in second place behind the North Carolina Courage. With their win, North Carolina officially clinched the first-overall seed, as many expected they would going into this tournament. The battle now is for teams to position themselves to avoid the Courage in the knockout round as much as possible.

In the second spot, Sky Blue are in the perfect position to do that. If they are able to hold on, they would only see North Carolina if both teams advanced to the final. However, they have the hardest matchup of them all to hold onto that second spot, the Courage themselves in each team’s final match of the preliminary stages.

While it seems nearly impossible for anyone to beat the Courage at present, the Courage could rotate heavily, having already secured the top spot in the standings. Moreover, no one expected Sky Blue to beat Houston, and yet they thoroughly deserved their 2-0 victory here.

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SBFC needed to get three points against Houston to keep up with the pack. In one of the surprises of the tournament, they did just that and it no catapults them right into the mix of the Courage’s greatest contenders.

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