WATCH: Nevin scores in back-to-back games; Van Egmond brings up 50 NWSL appearances

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Aussies go head-to-head in Sweden and in the USA, with San Diego Wave FC looking to hold on to their place at the top of the table when they take on the Kansas City Current. 

Aussies go head-to-head in Sweden and in the USA, with San Diego Wave FC looking to hold on to their place at the top of the table when they take on the Kansas City Current. 

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Kicking things off in the USA, Alex Chidiac's Racing Louisville faced their third defeat of the season, with North Carolina Courage beating them 3-0. 

Kaleigh Kurtz, Diana Ordoñez and Debinha scored for the Courage, helping them to their first win of the regular season. 

Louisville threatened the goal, with Chidiac’s header forcing a goal-line save from Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy.

Over in Kansas, Emily van Egmond's San Diego Wave FC maintained their spot on the top of the table with a late 2-2 draw against Chloe Logarzo's Kansas City Current.

Kristen Hamilton and Alex Morgan had goals in the first half to send both sides in at 1-1 all, Elyse Bennett looked to have the winner for the Current in the 63rd-minute, however, Morgan scored an equaliser in the 90th-minute to seal the draw.


Van Egmond featured in her 50th regular season NWSL game, with the midfielder playing out the whole game for Wave FC. The midfielder's through ball to find Sofia Jakobsson, who then crossed the ball to Morgan in the dying minutes of the game, capped off her 50th appearance. 

Meanwhile, in Sweden, a top of the table clash saw Teagan Micah and Charli Grant's FC Rosengård defeat Linköpings FC 4-3.

Rosengård extended their unbeaten streak to 12 games and held on to the top of the table with their ninth win of the season.

Micah played the entire game in goals, while Grant came off the bench in the 88th-minute.

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Meanwhile, Clare Polkinghorne and Katrina Gorry's Vittsjö GIK  faced Eskilstuna as they searched for their seventh win of the season, both Aussies played the full game as Vittsjö was held to a 0-0 draw. 

The last game in Sweden saw Courtney Nevin and Kyra Cooney-Cross' Hammarby host Remy Siemsen's AIK. Nevin and Siemsen started on either side, with the defender opening the scoring for Hammarby in the 36th-minute.


Nevin made it goals in back-to-back games as she helped her side to a 2-0 win, earning player of the match in the game as well. 

Moving over to Denmark, Clare Wheeler, Angie Beard and Indi-Paige Riley's Fortuna Hjørring finished off their season with a 1-0 loss to HB Køge. 

Beard was the only Aussie to feature in the last game, playing the whole game. Wheeler, fresh off being named Fortuna Hjørring's Player of the Year, was not named in the matchday squad.


This game was Brian Sørensen's last at the helm, making the move to coach Everton in the WSL next season. 

Our last stop takes us to Norway, where Karly Roestbakken's LSK Kvinner were defeated 2-1 by Kolbotn. Roestbakken was not named in the matchday squad for the loss to Kolbotn.