Sydney Leroux scored for Angel City (3-5-1) in a 4-2 loss to the Washington Spirit on Saturday night.
FCAC was without veteran defender Sarah Gorden after she was injured early in the game.
Trinity Rodman led the Washington Spirit with two goals in the first half.
All six goals were scored in the first half at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., tying the league record for most first-half goals. Casey Krueger and Ouleymata Sarr also scored for the Spirit (7-3-0).
Angel City goalkeeper DiDi Haracic stopped Rodman’s explosion in the fourth minute, but Rodman broke through in the ninth on a Sarr cross to give the Spirit the lead.
Angel City equalized on an own goal when Annaig Butel missed a clearance, then went 2-1 up from Leroux’s header from Claire Emslie’s cross in the 23rd.
Krueger sent a long ball to the waiting Croix Bethune, who slipped. But Rodman got it back with a controlling touch before a left-footed shot into the net to equalize again.
Krueger gave the Spirit the lead in the 34th after Haracic saved a barrage of shots and Sarr added another about two minutes later to make it 4-2.
There were 13,432 fans at the match.
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