Temwa Chawinga broke a scoreless tie in the 82nd minute and the Kansas City Current escaped with a 1-0 victory over the Utah Royals in Sandy, Utah, on Friday night.

Chawinga scored her 30th goal in her 40th career NWSL game -- becoming the fastest player to reach that mark in league history. The old mark of 51 games was set by Christen Press.

Chawinga one-touched a long pass from Kayla Sharples and lofted the ball over a charging goalie Mandy McGlynn to get the Current on board.

Kansas City (13-2-0, 39 points) narrowly avoided being shut out for just the second time this season. The Current instead extended their winning streak to eight matches while also notching their eighth clean sheet in 15 matches.

The Royals (1-11-3, 6 points) are winless in their past 10 matches and have never s

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