WEEK 27 SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 18
Lexington SC v Tampa Bay Sun FC, 5:00 p.m. ET
Sunday, April 19
Dallas Trinity FC v Carolina Ascent FC, 5:00 p.m. ET
Spokane Zephyr FC v Sporting JAX, 7:00 p.m. ET
REWIND: WEEK 26
SPORTING JAX’S PAIGE KENTON HITS DOUBLE-DIGIT GOALS
Sporting Club Jacksonville’s Paige Kenton recorded her 10th goal of the regular season in the side’s 4-1 victory against Fort Lauderdale United FC this past Saturday, becoming the club’s second double-digit goalscorer this season alongside Ashlyn Puerta.
Jacksonville becomes the first team to have multiple double-digit goalscorers in a Gainbridge Super League regular season, with the potential Baylee DeSmit (9G) could join her teammates in the remaining five games of the regular season.
BROOKLYN’S KROEGER, JACKSONVILLE’S HUGHES JOIN GOLDEN PLAYMAKER RACE
Brooklyn FC’s Sam Kroeger and Sporting Club Jacksonville’s Meg Hughes joined Jacksonville’s Ashlyn Puerta and Paige Kenton in a four-way tie for the league-lead in assists over the past weekend as Kroeger recorded a pair of assists in BKFC’s 3-0 victory against Dallas Trinity FC while Hughes notched one assist in Sporting JAX’s 4-1 win against Fort Lauderdale.
All four players are now in line to surpass the Gainbridge Super League single-season record previously set by Carolina Ascent FC’s Jill Aguilera in the 2024/25 season. Jacksonville has five games remaining in the regular season while Brooklyn has four.
SPORTING CLUB JACKSONVILLE SET SINGLE-SEASON WINS RECORD
Sporting Club Jacksonville set the Super League single-season record for wins on Saturday with its victory against Fort Lauderdale United FC, earning its 14th win of the campaign. The mark surpassed Carolina Ascent FC’s 13 wins in the 2024/25 season.
DC POWER FC EARNS FIRST WIN AGAINST TAMPA BAY SUN
DC Power FC earned its first victory against Tampa Bay Sun FC on Saturday night with a 2-0 win at Suncoast Credit Union Field, ending a six-game winless run previously in the series as Alyssa Walker and Dasia Torbert found the net. The lone remaining side the Power have yet to defeat all-time in the Super League is Carolina Ascent FC, which holds a 6-0-2 record all-time against DC.
DC’S WALKER, JACKSONVILLE’S KENTON PROVING GAME-WINNERS
DC Power FC’s Alyssa Walker and Sporting Club Jacksonville’s Paige Kenton each registered the game-winning goal for their respective clubs this past Saturday. They are now tied for the most game-winning goals by an individual player in a Super League regular season with five apiece.
All five of Kenton’s game-winners have come with Jacksonville, while Walker recorded one game-winner for Carolina Ascent FC in the fall before logging four game-winners for the Power since her arrival during the winter break.
CURRENT GOLDEN LEADERS
Goals
1. Catherine Barry (LEX) – 12
2. Ashlyn Puerta (JAX) – 11
T-3. Paige Kenton (JAX) – 9
T-3. Baylee DeSmit (JAX) – 9
T-5. Gianna Gourley (DC) – 8
T-5. Rebecca Cooke (BKN) – 8
Assists
T-1. Paige Kenton (JAX) – 7
T-1. Ashlyn Puerta (JAX) – 7
T-1. Sam Kroeger (BKN) – 7
T-1. Meg Hughes (JAX) – 7
Goals-Against Average
(Minimum of 60% of minutes played)
- Kaitlyn Parks (JAX) – .84
- Kat Asman (LEX) – .955
- Hope Hisey – 1.13
- Meagan McClelland (CAR) – 1.19
- Morgan Aquino (DC) – 1.29
WEEK 27 STORYLINES
CLINCHING SCENARIOS
- Lexington SC enters Week 27 in position to clinch the second berth in the 2026 Gainbridge Super League Playoffs.
- Lexington SC Clinches a Playoff Berth IF…
- Lexington wins vs. Tampa Bay Sun, moves to 43 points
- Carolina Ascent FC enters Week 27 in position to clinch the second berth in the 2026 Gainbridge Super League Playoffs.
- Carolina Ascent clinches a Playoff berth IF…
- Carolina wins vs. Dallas Trinity FC, moves to 42 points.
- Tampa Bay Sun FC enters Week 27 within range of mathematical elimination from playoff contention.
- Tampa Bay Sun FC is mathematically eliminated if…
- Tampa Bay draw/loses vs. Lexington SC, maximum drops to 34/33pts
- AND Dallas Trinity FC wins vs. Carolina Ascent FC, moves to 35pts
RECORD WATCH UPDATE
- Sporting Club Jacksonville’s Paige Kenton, Ashlyn Puerta, Meg Hughes and Brooklyn’s Sam Kroeger currently sit at seven assists this season, equaling the single-season record set in 2024/25 by Golden Playmaker winner Jill Aguilera. Whoever scores the eighth assist will set a new single-season record.
- With 12 goals this season, Lexington SC’s Cat Barry is one goal away from tying the league’s single-season scoring record set last year by Dallas’ Allie Thorton (13 goals), while Sporting JAX’s Ashlyn Puerta is two goals from equaling the mark on 11 goals this season.
WEEK 27 DISCIPLINE REPORT
TAMPA, Fla. – The following is the Gainbridge Super League’s discipline report for Week 27 of the 2025/26 season:
Brooklyn FC’s Hope Breslin has been suspended for one game following her red card for a double caution against Dallas Trinity FC on April 12. Breslin will be unavailable for selection for Brooklyn’s contest against Dallas Trinity on April 25.
UPCOMING MILESTONES & ACTIVE STREAKS
Upcoming Milestones
Approaching 20 all-time regular season goals – no player has previously reached this milestone
Addie McCain (LEX) – 17
Approaching 15 all-time regular season goals – Four players have previously reached this milestone
Jasmine Hamid (DAL) – 13
Emina Ekić (LEX) – 12
Carlee Giammona (TB) – 12
Kiara Locklear (FTL) – 12
Catherine Barry (LEX) – 12
Approaching 10 all-time regular season goals – 16 players have reached this milestone
McKenzie Weinert (LEX) – 9
Paige Kenton (JAX) – 9
Madi Parsons (TB) – 8
Approaching 10 all-time regular season assists – three players have reached this milestone
Jill Aguilera (CAR) – 9
Sam Kroeger (BKN) – 9
Kiara Locklear (FTL) – 8
Approaching 10 all-time regular season shutouts – two players has previously reached this milestone
Meagan McClelland (CAR) – 9
Sydney Martinez (CAR) – 9
Morgan Aquino (DC) – 8
Kat Asman (LEX) – 8
Approaching 150 all-time regular season saves – no player has previously reached this milestone
Hope Hisey (SPK) – 144
Active Streaks
Consecutive regular season minute
Amber Wisner (DAL) – 4,590
LEXvTB
- Lexington SC would earn its first trip to the Gainbridge Super League Playoffs with a victory against Tampa Bay, becoming the first team to do so in club history at the First Team level.
- Tampa Bay Sun FC has lost consecutive home games in its past two outings but is on a two-game road winning streak after victories at DC Power FC (March 26) and Dallas Trinity FC (March 31) in its most recent away games.
- Lexington suffered only its third loss of the regular season in its last outing, falling 1-0 to Carolina Ascent FC. With five games to play, Lexington remains in line to set a single-season record for the fewest defeats in a regular season.
- Tampa Bay is undefeated in five previous meetings with Lexington, going 4-0-1 overall. The sides played to a 1-1 draw on November 22 in their most recent meeting, which marked the first time LSC had earned a point in the series.
- Lexington’s Catherine Barry leads the league with 12 goals this season, one shy of equaling the single-season goalscoring record set by Allie Thornton for Dallas Trinity FC in 2024/25. Barry’s strike rate of a goal every 145.5 minutes is the best among players with double-digit goals in a single season in Super League history.
- Tampa Bay has been led by Sydny Nasello with six goals this season, but the attacking playmaker has been held scoreless in the club’s past six outings, the longest scoring drought she has experienced this season and tied for her second-longest since joining the Sun.
- Lexington SC has scored 15 goals from set pieces this season, the most in the Super League, including a league-high seven goals from corner kicks and four goals from throw-ins. Tampa Bay has conceded 14 goals from set pieces this season, accounting for 39 percent of the goals the Sun have allowed this season. Lexington’s Emina Ekic and Tampa Bay’s Sydny Nasello both rank in the top six in the Super League in Expected Assists this season with Ekic ranked fourth at a 4.40xA mark and Nasello sixth at a 4.36xA mark.
DALvCAR
- Dallas Trinity FC will try to rebound from a 3-0 defeat to Brooklyn FC in its most recent outing, leaving the side with only four points from its past five games as it bids to return to the Gainbridge Super League Playoffs.
- Carolina Ascent FC is on a season-best seven-game undefeated streak after a 1-0 victory against Lexington SC in its most recent outing. Ascent is 6-0-1 since February 21 and will clinch a postseason berth with a victory against Dallas.
- Trinity and Ascent are the only two teams without a goalscorer in the Top 15 in the Super League this season, with Carolina’s leading scorer Rylee Baisden tied for 16th on four goals this season and Dallas’ Sealey Strawn and Allie Thornton tied for 25th on three goals apiece.
- Carolina Ascent may be without goalkeeper Sydney Martinez, defender Jill Aguilera and forward Maria Tapia, all of whom have been called up by Puerto Rico for its deciding Concacaf W Qualifiers game against Mexico on Saturday night.
- New Dallas Trinity arrival Jasmine Hamid is looking for her first goal after joining the club from Fort Lauderdale United FC on April 3, with the 24-year-old looking for her first goal since February 21 having gone scoreless in her last five appearances overall.
- During Carolina Ascent FC’s current seven-game undefeated streak dating to February 21 the side ranks second in the league in both goals (10) and Expected Goals (13.64xG). Ascent’s -10.9 differential between its goal total this season (30) and Expected Goals mark (40.9xG) is the widest in the league.
- Dallas Trinity holds a 3-2-1 lead in the all-time series between the clubs with both teams having won on home turf this season in their prior two contests. Dallas took a 1-0 win at the Cotton Bowl on December 13 on a goal by Lexi Missimo while Carolina took a 2-0 win at American Legion Memorial Stadium on February 21 to start its current undefeated streak behind two goals from Sydney Studer.
SPKvJAX
- Spokane Zephyr FC returns to action after a bye week looking to rebound from a 3-1 defeat to Dallas Trinity FC in its last outing on April 4. Sunday’s contest marks the first of five consecutive home games to close the regular season.
- Sporting Club Jacksonville heads west following a 4-1 victory against Fort Lauderdale United FC in its most recent outing which extended the club’s undefeated streak to seven games. Jacksonville is 6-0-1 in its last seven games, with the lone draw coming against Spokane on March 28.
- Spokane is winless in its last three outings and sits six points behind Dallas Trinity FC in the fourth and final playoff place with five games remaining in the regular season.
- Jacksonville’s Paige Kenton recorded her 10th goal of the season in the side’s win against Fort Lauderdale, giving the side a second double-digit goalscorers this season alongside Ashlyn Puerta (11G). Sporting JAX is the first club with multiple double-digit goalscorers in a regular season.
- Zephyr’s Lena Silano leads the team in both goals (6) and assists (3), with her nine goal contributions ranking second in a single season for Spokane to Emina Ekic’s 16 goal contributions (10G, 6A) in the 2024/25 season.
- Sporting JAX’s Meg Hughes joined teammates Ashlyn Puerta and Paige Kenton on seven assists this regular season, with the trio tied with Brooklyn’s Sam Kroeger for the league lead. Puerta and Kroeger are tied for the league-high with five assists apiece since the start of the spring schedule.
- Jacksonville is 1-0-1 in the series between the sides, having claimed a 3-0 victory when the teams first met on February 11 at Hodges Stadium before a 1-1 draw on March 28 that saw Felicia Knox break Jacksonville’s four-game shutout streak before Sophia Boman equalized. Sporting JAX has recorded a league-high 19 goals over its current seven-game undefeated streak which began on February 11, while ranking third in the league over that span with a 15.25 Expected Goals mark.