Spirit defeats Chivas de Guadalajara to open NWSL’s Summer Cup

Paige Metayer and Lena Silano scored as the player-starved Washington Spirit opened the NWSL Summer Cup with a 2-1 victory over Mexico’s Chivas de Guadalajara on Sunday in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Metayer opened the scoring in the Group D match at Subaru Park with a header in the 13th minute, before Silano converted Brittany Ratcliffe’s pass to double the Spirit’s lead in the 47th minute. The duo, usually reserves, seized their chance to start for a team that is missing six players for the Paris Olympics.