LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington Sporting Club’s Women’s Home Opener turned into the Catherine Barry show on Sunday afternoon. The forward bagged two goals for LSC in her second-ever appearance for the club, ultimately lifting Lexington over Brooklyn FC, 2-0.
Lexington jumped ahead in the 35′ minute and never looked back. Some picture-perfect interplay between Addie McCain and Sarah Griffith led to an easy header for Barry in front of goal, her first professional goal and her first for Lexington.
Four minutes later, Barry dispossessed a Brooklyn defender and surged toward goal. She calmly slotted her shot to the keeper’s right, doubling Lexington’s lead and joining Madison Parsons and Hannah Richardson as the only players to score a brace in club history.
Barry came inches away from a six-minute hat trick — the first three-goal performance in club history — just 81 seconds after her second score, but her shot clattered off the crossbar.
“Now that I’ve gotten one in a real match that counts, hopefully it opens the floodgates moving forward,” said Barry after the match when asked about her first goal. “But really, it was just the product of great play from the team on that first goal. I was just the finishing touch on a great buildup and just glad to be in the right place at the right time to knock it home and give us some momentum going forward in the game.”
Goalkeeper Kat Asman came up big for Lexington on three occasions in the second half after not being tested in the first 45 minutes, completing the shutout and solidifying the 2-0 scoreline.
With the win, LSC improved to 1W-0L-1D on the young season.
Goals
35′ LEX: Catherine Barry (assist: Addie McCain)
39′ LEX: Catherine Barry
Lineups
LEX: Asman, Johnson, Sharts, Pantuso, Bourgeois, Aylmer, Fung, Griffith, Barry, Ekić, McCain (Subs used: White, Moyer, Perez, Gaynor)
BKN: Norris, Scarpelli, Hill, Barbieri, Williams, Breslin, Kroeger, Loving, Mylena, Lewis, Cooke (Subs used: Thompson, Garziano, Marković, Shin)
Up Next
Lexington hits the road to take on DC Power FC in the Nation’s Capital on Friday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. ET. The match will be streamed live on Peacock.