Red 星／主役にするs 勝利，勝つ 4-3 on 刑罰，罰則s after 0-0 draw with the 統治する
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) - The Chicago Red 星／主役にするs 前進するd to the 準決勝 of the 国家の Women's サッカー League's Challenge Cup tournament, 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるing 4-3 on 刑罰，罰則s after a scoreless draw with OL 統治する on Saturday night.
Lauren Barnes' 試みる／企てる for the 統治する 攻撃する，衝突する the 地位，任命する to 調印（する） it for Chicago, which will play Sky Blue on Wednesday night with a chance to play for the 肩書を与える.
Three of the four quarterfinal matches went to 刑罰，罰則s. Under tournament 支配するs, tie games after 規則 go straight to a shootout rather than to extra periods.
Sky Blue 前進するd 4-3 on 刑罰，罰則s after a scoreless draw with the Washington Spirit earlier Saturday. Sky Blue goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan 安全な・保証するd the victory when she stopped Bayley Feist's 試みる／企てる.
The eighth-seeded Portland Thorns, 1-0 勝利者s over two-time defending 支持する／優勝者 North Carolina on Friday, will play the Dash in the first semifinal on Wednesday morning. The Dash also 前進するd on 刑罰，罰則s after a scoreless draw Friday night against the Utah 王室のs.
The 統治する's Jessica Fishlock got her first start since 涙／ほころびing her ACL in a game last July. She had one of the best 試みる／企てるs in the first half, but was 妨害するd by Chicago goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who was solid throughout the game.
Chicago Red 星／主役にするs' Bianca St. Georges, left, and 統治する's Sofia Huerta (20) 戦う／戦い for the ball during the first half of an NWSL Challenge Cup サッカー match at Zions Bank Stadium, Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Herriman, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Naeher, who was in goal last summer for the U.S. team that won the World Cup, punched away a header from a wide open Sofia Huerta in the 59th minute. Later in the half, she tipped Kristen McNabb's 発射 from some 30 yards out.
Kealia ワット had a good chance for Chicago out in 前線 of the goal in the 67th minute but it went just wide.
Goalkeeping has been 最高潮の場面d in the 準々決勝, with just one goal 得点する／非難する／２０d - by Portland's Morgan Weaver - in the three other games.
The 統治する were playing without U.S. 国家の team 星／主役にする Megan Rapinoe, who 選ぶd out of the tournament.
Group results 決定するd seeding for the eight teams in the Challenge Cup. The league´s ninth team, the Orlando Pride, withdrew before the tournament because of 肯定的な coronavirus 実験（する）s.
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統治する's Kristen McNabb, foreground, kicks the ball as Chicago Red 星／主役にするs' Julie Ertz, 中心, and Vanessa DiBernardo, 権利, defend during the first half of an NWSL Challenge Cup サッカー match at Zions Bank Stadium, Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Herriman, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
