Tag: Alex Pfeiffer

Pfeiffer becomes youngest NWSL scorer in bonkers KC Current stadium opener

reaking the record set by the Thorns’ Olivia Moultrie in 2022 by about five months.

The first game at CPKC Stadium was suitably insane.

Playing at home in the first stadium built specifically for a NWSL team, the Kansas City Current defeated the Portland Thorns 5-4 in a wild season-opening match on Saturday afternoon.

Vanessa DiBernardo became the first goalscorer in CPKC Stadium history in the 22nd minute, giving the Current the lead. Two minutes later, DiBernardo doubled the Current’s advantage.

New signing Bia Zaneratto made it three for the Current before Sophia Smith pulled one back for the Thorns just before the break.

Kansas City appeared to put the game to bed with two goals midway through the second half, with the second making NWSL history.

Alex Pfeiffer, at age 16 years, 3 months and 20 days, became the youngest goalscorer in NWSL history, breaking the record set by the Thorns’ Olivia Moultrie in 2022 by about five months.

After Pfeiffer’s history-making strike, the Thorns would mount a furious comeback that would see them nearly steal an improbable point. Another goal from Smith and a brace from Janine Beckie would make the Current’s stadium-opening win a narrow one.

Watch Pfeiffer’s history-making goal

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