Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Debinha Ties Kizer as KC’s Third Leading Scorer

The Kansas City Current started their 2025 season the same way they started the 2024 season with a win over the Portland Thorns at CPKC Stadium. This year it was a lower scoring affair with only four goals scored compared to the nine last year. The Current came away with a 3-1 win on goals by Temwa Chawinga, Michelle Cooper, and Debinha. Here are the stats and milestones from the game.

KC Current

Debinha scored her 13th league goal for KC, tying her with CeCe Kizer for 3rd all time on that list.

The goal was Debinha’s 21st in all competitions for KC, breaking her tie with Lo LaBonta for 3rd all time on that list.

Debinha’s assist was her 9th in league play for KC, breaking her tie with Vanessa DiBernardo for the most in club history.

Lo LaBonta’s assist was her 8th in league play, tying her with DiBernardo for 2nd all time on that list.

Michelle Cooper made her 43rd league appearance for KC, breaking her tie with Desiree Scott and Kristen Edmonds for 8th all time on that list.

Cooper made her 33rd league start for KC, breaking her tie with Kizer for 9th place all time on that list.

In the 35th minute, Vanessa DiBernardo passed Kizer and moved into 14th place for league minutes played for KC. In the 87th minute, DiBernardo then passed Victoria Pickett and moved into 13th place all time on that list. She finished the game with 2,598 minutes played.

In the 4th minute, DiBernardo passed Pickett and moved into 15th place for minutes played in all competitions for KC. In the 28th minute, DiBernardo then passed Kizer and moved into 14th place all time on that list. In the 48th minute, DiBernardo passed Gabrielle Robinson and moved into 13th place all time on that list. She finished the game with 3,254 minutes played.

DiBernardo made her 35th league appearance for KC, tying her with Kizer and Pickett for 12th all time on that list.

DiBernardo made her 44th appearance in all competitions, tying her with Pickett and Alex Loera for 13th all time on that list.

DiBernardo made her 32nd league start for KC, tying her with Kizer for 10th all time on that list.

DiBernardo made her 41st start in all competitions, tying her with Loera for 11th all time on that list.

In the 11th minute, Ellie Wheeler passed Darian Jenkins and moved into 20th place all time for league minutes played for KC. In the 22nd minute, Wheeler then passed Rachel Corsie and moved into 19th place all time on that list. She finished the game with 1,511 minutes played.

Wheeler made her 22nd start in all competitions, breaking her tie with Corsie for 19th all time on that list.

Temwa Chawinga made her 26th league appearance, tying her with Alexa Spaanstra for 20th all time on that list.

KC NWSL

LaBonta’s assist was her 10th in league play for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Leigh Ann Brown for 3rd all time on that list.

Debinha’s goal was her 13th in league play, tying her with Kizer for 7th all time among all KC NWSL teams.

Debinha’s assist was her 9th in league play, breaking her tie with DiBernardo for 5th all time on that list.

It was Debinha’s 9th assist for KC NWSL teams in all competitions, breaking her tie with Heather O’Reilly for 7th all time on that list.

Cooper scored her 7th league goal for KC, tying her with Sydney Leroux and Yael Averbuch for 11th all time among KC NWSL teams.

Cooper’s goal was her 9th in all competitions, breaking her tie with Sarah Hagen for 10th all time on that list.

Cooper made her 43rd league appearance for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Brittany Kolmel for 20th all time on that list.

Cooper made her 56th appearance in all competitions, tying her with Shea Groom for 15th all time on that list.