WEEK 2 SCHEDULE
Friday, August 21
Brooklyn FC v DC Power FC, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sturday, August 22
Sporting JAX v Tampa Bay Sun FC, 7:00 p.m. ET
Dallas Trinity FC v Carolina Ascent FC, 8:30 p.m. ET
REWIND: WEEK 1
McCAIN MAKES HISTORY
Lexington SC’s Addie McCain scored in the season opener for Lexington in her side’s 3-0 victory against Brooklyn FC, recording her 20th regular season goal. McCain is the first player to hit this milestone. McCain’s LSC teammate Catherine Barry and Carolina Ascent FC’s Mia Corbin, who both also scored in Week 1, currently sit at 17 regular season goals.
ROAD WARRIORS SET RECORD
Carolina Ascent FC recorded a 1-0 win against DC Power FC on Saturday night to open its new season and claimed its seventh consecutive road victory in the Super League regular season, setting a league record. Ascent’s streak began with a 1-0 win at DC Power on March 17 and surpassed a six-game streak by Sporting Club Jacksonville between Nov. 8, 2025-April 11, 2026.
BATTLE OF THE KEEPERS
The DC Power FC and Carolina Ascent FC season opener was a battle of the keepers with DC’s Katie Cappelletti recording seven saves and three clearances and Carolina’s Sydney Martinez also recording seven saves. Capaletti’s performance was one shy of the most saves in a game by a DC Power goalkeeper, with Morgan Aquino having posted an eight-save performance against Dallas Trinity FC on November 2, 2025.
LATE GAME-WINNERS
Sporting Club Jacksonville grabbed a late game-winner as it opened the new season with a 1-0 win against Fort Lauderdale United FC thanks to Baylee DeSmit’s 89th-minute goal. The result moved Sporting JAX to a 4-0-1 record against Fort Lauderdale and marked DeSmit’s third consecutive appearance against FTL UTD in which she had found the net. She has now recorded four goals in five career appearances against Fort Lauderdale, her highest goal total against a single opponent.
At the Cotton Bowl, Tampa Bay Sun FC subbed in Tori Zierenberg in the 89th minute and the former Spokane Zephyr forward scored off a cross from the right sent in by Jordan Zade to find the equalizer in the third minute of second-half stoppage time. The goal served as Zierenberg’s first game-tying goal in her career in the Super League.
QUEENS OF THE SUNSHINE STATE
Sporting Club Jacksonville’s 1-0 victory against Fort Lauderdale United FC in Week 1 of the campaign saw the side maintain its undefeated record against its fellow Florida-based clubs in the Super League. Sporting JAX is undefeated in nine combined contests against FTL UTD (4-0-1) and Tampa Bay Sun FC (3-0-1) as it prepares to host Tampa Bay in its home opener this Saturday
WEEK 2 STORYLINES
WILL CAROLINA & POOLE BE FIRST TO HIT 30 WINS?
Carolina Ascent and head coach Philip Poole currently sit at 29 regular season wins after a 1-0 victory over DC Power in Week 1. Should the club win this Saturday on the road against Dallas Trinity FC, Carolina and Poole will become the first team to hit 30 regular season wins. Carolina is 3-3-1 against Dallas in their overall series.
CAN TAMPA BAY SUN FC BREAK JACKSONVILLE’S HOLD?
Tampa Bay Sun FC will try to claim its first win against Sporting Club Jacksonville in the series between the sides when they meet at Hodges Stadium on Saturday night. Jacksonville posted a 3-0-1 record against Tampa Bay during the 2025/26 season with a +6-goal differential, scoring 10 goals across the four contests.
WEEK 2 DISCIPLINE REPORT
TAMPA, Fla. – There are no new suspensions to report.
UPCOMING MILESTONES & ACTIVE STREAKS
Upcoming Milestones
Approaching 20 all-time regular season goals – one player has previously reached this milestone
Mia Corbin (CAR) – 17
Catherine Barry (LEX) – 17
Approaching 15 all-time regular season goals – five players have previously reached this milestone
Jasmine Hamid (DAL) – 13
McKenzie Weinert (LEX) – 13
Baylee DeSmit (JAX) – 13
Approaching 10 all-time regular season goals – 18 players have previously reached this milestone
N/A
Approaching 10 all-time regular season assists – four players have previously reached this milestone
Sam Kroeger (TB) – 9
Kiara Locklear (FTL) – 8
Approaching 20 all-time regular season shutouts – no player has previously reached this milestone
Hope Hisey (CAR) – 19
BKNvDC
- Brooklyn FC is looking to bounce back from a 0-3 loss to Lexington SC to open the season. It marked the first time BKFC had lost its first game of the campaign, having drawn 1-1 with Spokane Zephyr FC in 2024/25 and defeated Tampa Bay Sun FC 2-1 in 2025/26.
- DC Power is coming off a tight 0-1 loss to Carolina Ascent FC, dropping the side to 1-2-0 in season opening contests. DC had a 1.41 expected goals mark to Carolina’s 0.97 and outshot Carolina 21-13. Kayla Colbert found the back of the net in the 75th minute, only to be ruled offside.
- DC Power and Brooklyn have played each other seven times with DC owning a narrow edge on the NY-based team with a 3-2-2 all-time record, with each teams having scoring seven times apiece in their seven prior meetings.
- Newcomer DC Power goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti recorded seven saves in the match for DC, the second-highest save total by a Power goalkeeper in a single game in club history. Morgan Aquino recorded eight saves for DC against Dallas Trinity FC on November 2, 2025.
- Makenna Witham made her debut for DC Power FC aged 16 years, 19 days old against Carolina Ascent FC, becoming the fifth-youngest player to appear in a Super League game and the second-youngest for DC after Valentina Perotta, who was 14 years, 8 months, 6 days on her debut against Carolina on February 23, 2025.
- Brooklyn FC has taken victory in its home opener in each of its first two seasons. The side took a 2-0 win against Dallas Trinity FC on September 25, 2024 in its inaugural home opener, and a 2-1 win against Tampa Bay Sun FC on August 23, 2025 a season ago.
- DC Power forward Gianna Gourley has recorded three goals in five career appearances against Brooklyn FC, tied for the most goals in the series with former Brooklyn player Luana Grabias, now with Carolina Ascent FC, who had three goals in four games for BKFC against the Power.
- DC Power was one of four teams in the Super League to win more games than it lost away from home a season ago, posting a 6-5-3 record on the road during the 2025/26 campaign.
JAXvTB
- Baylee DeSmit recorded her 13th regular season goal as she found the back of the net in the 89th minute to secure the first win of the season for Sporting JAX with a 1-0 win against Fort Lauderdale United FC.
- Tampa Bay Sun also recorded a late goal in Week 1 when substitute Tori Zierenberg scored the equalizer against Dallas Trinity FC in the third minute of second-half stoppage time at the Cotton Bowl.
- The teams have met four times, and Tampa Bay has never defeated Sporting JAX. Sporting JAX has won three of the four meetings, scoring three goals in each victory (3-2, 3-0, and 3-1). The other meeting ended in a 1-1 draw
- Sporting JAX defender Georgia Brown played under Tampa Bay head coach Denise Schilte-Brown at the University of South Florida for two seasons (2022 & 2023).
- Sporting Club Jacksonville will look to claim its first home opener win in club history after falling against DC Power FC in its inaugural game at Hodges Stadium a season ago. Jacksonville went 6-4-4 in the regular season at home in the 2025/26 season.
- 2025/26 Super League Player of the Year Ashlyn Puerta sits on 19 goal contributions in her career in the league, and with a goal or assist would become the first teenager to record 20 goal contributions. Former Dallas Trinity FC academy signing Sealey Strawn is the lone other teenager to have reached double-digit goal contributions in league history (12).
- Sporting JAX’s Ashlyn Puerta recorded four goals in three appearances against Tampa Bay during the 2025/26 season, the most of any player in the series, while teammate Paige Kenton recorded one goal and two assists in four appearances.
- Tampa Bay Sun FC is 8-10-11 away from home in the Super League regular season all-time, taking four wins away from home in each of its first two campaigns, an average of 1.21 points per game.
DALvCAR
- Dallas Trinity FC was held to a 1-1 draw by Tampa Bay Sun FC in its season opener as it conceded in second-half stoppage time at the Cotton Bowl. Orlando Pride loanee Seven Castain had previously found the net for Dallas.
- Carolina Ascent FC took a 1-0 victory against DC Power FC to open the 2025/26 season as Mia Corbin scored the only goal of the game. Carolina is now 2-0-1 in season-opening games in its history.
- Carolina’s victory against DC moved the club to 29 regular season wins in the Super League. Victory against Dallas would see Ascent and Head Coach Philip Poole become the first team and manager to record 30 wins in the league’s history.
- Dallas Trinity and Carolina Ascent are all square in their all-time series, with each team having taken three wins and drawn once in seven prior encounters. Ascent went 2-1-0 in the series during the 2025/26 campaign, winning each of the past two meetings between the sides.
- Carolina Ascent’s Mia Corbin has recorded three goals in six appearances against Dallas in her career to make her the leading scorer in the series, while teammate Jill Aguilera has recorded three assists in six career appearances against Trinity.
- Dallas Trinity FC is 13-7-9 overall at the Cotton Bowl in its history, but the side is 2-3-4 in its last nine outings at home dating back to last season following its season-opening draw against Tampa Bay.
- Carolina Ascent is 16-6-7 away from home in the Super League regular season, the most away wins in the league’s history, and has won seven consecutive games on the road, setting a league record. Carolina’s last away defeat was on January 31 against Sporting Club Jacksonville.