The Chicago Red Stars defeated the Kansas City Current 4-2 at home on April 15 to secure their first win of the season.
Rookie Penelope Hocking scored her first professional goal and first professional brace, meaning she got two goals in one match.
The Red Stars' came courtesy of Ella Stevens (who scored her first goal of 2023) as well as an own-goal by Kansas City goalkeeper AD Franch.
Chicago will next take on the OL Reign on Saturday, April 22, at Seattle's Lumen Field.
Red Stars forward and USWNT striker Mallory Swanson underwent successful surgery, but was still in a state of shock after suffering a torn patella tendon ahead of this year's Women's World Cup, ESPN noted.
She went down late in the first half of the 2-0 friendly win over Ireland in Austin, Texas, on April 8 and had to be carried off on a stretcher.
Swanson helped the USWNT collect a fourth world title in 2019 and was expected to be a key piece of their 2023 squad; she scored seven goals in international competition this year.
Chicago Fire FC (2-1-4) and the Philadelphia Union (2-4-2) battled to a 2-2 draw at Soldier Field on April 15.
Winger Maren Haile-Selassie opened the scoring with his first Chicago Fire goal in the 19th minute. The other Fire score was an own-goal by the Union.
Chicago will head south for its first and only road match of April against the Atlanta United at 3:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, April 23, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The match will be broadcast on Apple TV+ and FS1, and transmitted locally in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM.
Andrew Davis