‘Houston grit won the game’ – Michelle Alozie on scoring brace for Dash

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria defender, Michelle Alozie believes her side grit gave Houston Dash a 2-0 win over Gotham FC on Sunday.

The Houston Dash player scored two goals to help her American side to a 2-0 win at Gotham.

She scored the opener in the additional minutes of the first half and doubled the lead in the 67th minute stating that the focus is for the team to pick one of the six playoff spots.

“That was intense. I mean, we knew that Gotham was going to come out,” Alozie told Houston Dash in a video posted on the team’s X handle.

“We need to make the playoffs first. Everyone were just clearing their lines. It was the Houston grit man.”

The brace took Alozie’s tally to four after 15 games this season with an assist.

With two games to the end of the 2023 NWSL regular season, Houston Dash sits in the seventh position, a place, and two points short of the final playoff place occupied by OL Reign.

The team will face Angel City FC and Orlando Pride in their last two games of the regular season.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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