Highlights from Angel City’s 2-1 loss to North Carolina on Saturday. 0:00 0:00 1x

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Manaka Matsukubo scored her sixth goal of the season and the Courage went on to defeat Angel City 2-1 on Saturday at First Horizon Stadium in Cary, N.C.

The 21-year-old Japanese international attacker opened the scoring in the sixth minute. First, Matsukubo shrugged off a defender, then carried the ball into the box and swept it into the corner with a clean strike.

When a ball across the box wasn’t properly cleared, Brianna Pinto made it 2-0 with a powerful strike from the center of the box in the 19th minute.

Nealy Martin , who signed with Angel City on Tuesday, made her debut when she came on as a substi

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