Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Woes Away from Home for the Current

The Kansas City Current dropped the Challenge Cup last night in Columbus, OH, 2-0 to Gotham FC. The loss is another sign of Kansas City’s struggles away from KC this year. The Current are now 1-6 away from Kansas City in the 2026 NWSL season across all competitions. The only teams with fewer wins away from home in 2026 in the NWSL are 14th place Boston Legacy who has 2 draws and 16th/last place Racing Louisville who have picked up zero results on the road this year.

Here are the stats and milestones from Friday night’s game.

Current

The Current are now 1-6 away from Kansas City this season.

Lo LaBonta made her 16th appearance in the Challenge Cup, breaking her tie with Kate Del Fava for the most all time for KC.

It was LaBonta’s 13th start in the Challenge Cup, breaking her tie with Kristen Hamilton for the most all time on that list.

Izzy Rodriguez made her 15th appearance in the Challenge Cup for KC, tying her with Del Fava for 2nd all time on that list.

Rodriguez made her 11th Challenge Cup start, breaking her tie with AD Franch for 3rd all time on that list.

Rodriguez and Elizabeth Ball moved into 3rd place all time for minutes played in the Challenge Cup for KC. They finished the game with 927 minutes played in the cup.

Ball made her 95th start in all competitions for KC, tying her with Hailie Mace for 2nd all time on that list.

Ball made her 12th appearance in the Challenge Cup, tying her with Hamilton for 5th all time on that list.

Ball made her 10th start in the Challenge Cup, tying her with Franch for 4th all time on that list.

Michelle Cooper made her 74th start in all competitions for KC, tying her with Franch for 5th all time on that list.

Kayla Sharples made her 47th start in all competitions for KC, tying her with Claire Hutton for 14th all time on that list.

Rocky Rodriguez and Ellie Bravo-Young made their 19th substitute appearance in all competitions for KC, tying them with Claire Lavogez and Mimmi Wahlstrom for 8th all time on that list.

KC NWSL

Ball made her 113th appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Desiree Scott for 5th all time on that list.

Ball made her 95th start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Mace and Scott for 3rd all time on that list.

Cooper made her 74th start in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying her with Franch for 10th all time on that list.

Rocky Rodriguez and Bravo-Young made their 19th substitute appearance in all competitions for KC NWSL teams, tying them with Lavogez, Wahlstrom, Scott, and Caroline Kastor for 10th all time on that list.