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  • Ella Hase lifts playoff-bound Racing Louisville past Bay FC

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    Ella Hase scored early in the second half and Racing Louisville clinched an NWSL playoff spot by defeating visiting Bay FC 1-0 on Sunday on the last day of the regular season.

    Racing Louisville (10-9-7, 37 points) takes a five-match unbeaten streak to the postseason, though its two previous results were ties. Louisville needed to win to remain in eighth place and ahead of the North Carolina Courage in the race to the playoffs, and rose to seventh place with Gotham’s loss on Sunday.

    Hase scored in the 48th minute off an assist from Katie O’Kane.

    Bay (4-14-8, 20 points) ended the season on a 15-match winless slide.

    North Carolina Courage 3, Gotham 2

    The host Courage scored two early goals, but they needed a Louisville loss or tie in order to snatch the final playoff spot.

    Meredith Speck and Manaka Matsukubo scored at Cary, N.C., for a 2-0 lead and the margin was padded for North Carolina (9-9-8, 35 points) courtesy of an own goal early in the second half.

    Gotham (9-8-9, 36 points), which secured the final playoff spot despite the loss, scored on Rose Lavelle’s penalty kick in the 87th minute and Gabi Portilho’s goal in extra time.

    Kansas City Current 2, San Diego Wave 1

    Debinha and Nichelle Prince, who entered as a substitute and scored for the first time this season, posted second-half goals as the host Current added to their league-best record.

    The Current finished with a 21-3-2 mark (65 points), aiding by winning their last four home matches. Haley Hopkins assisted on Prince’s winning goal in the 75th minute.

    The Wave (10-9-7, 37 points), who also will be in the postseason, received a first-half goal from Dudinha.

    Utah Royals 1, Washington Spirit 0

    Paige Monaghan scored in the fourth minute and it held up at Sandy, Utah.

    Washington (12-6-8, 44 points), which owns the league’s second-best record, has a three-match winless string (0-2-1).

    Lara Prasnikar assisted on the goal for Utah (6-13-7, 25 points) as the Royals concluded their season. Monaghan notched her fifth goal of the season and one for the second match in a row.

    Seattle Reign 1, Orlando Pride 1

    Jordyn Bugg’s goal for Seattle in the 79th minute forged a tie as the teams played for playoff seeding at Orlando.

    Orlando (11-8-7, 40 points) received a goal from Carson Pickett in the 76th minute, but the draw was enough to keep the Pride, who have a five-match unbeaten streak, ahead of Seattle (10-7-9, 39 points) in the standings.

    Portland Thorns 2, Houston Dash 0

    Deyna Castellanos and Jessie Fleming scored in the first half in the home victory. Fleming assisted on the first goal.

    Portland (11-8-7, 40 points) ended the regular season with back-to-back shutout wins. Mackenzie Arnold made three saves for the clean sheet.

    Houston (8-12-6, 30 points) was unable to build on a shutout victory over Kansas City from the Dash’s previous match.

    Chicago Stars 2, Angel City 1

    Ally Schlegel scored deep into extra time for the winning tally at Bridgeview, Ill.

    The Stars (3-12-11, 20 points), who won for the first time since Sept. 7, received a second-half goal from Jameese Joseph to tie the match.

    Miyabi Moriya scored in the 23rd minute for Angel City (7-13-6, 27 points).

    –Field Level Media

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  • Austin Pets Alive! | Fostering in Austin

    Austin Pets Alive! | Fostering in Austin

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    Aug 23, 2021

    Recently we were lucky to have an amazing group from the UT Austin McCombs School of Business study what the capacity for people to foster animals in Austin really looks like, by comparing current census data to common trends among our [hundreds] of amazing volunteers currently fostering APA! animals.

    What many people don’t know is that there is an entire machine of coordination and support behind any shelters with robust foster programs for homeless pets. The good news is that this machine is completely possible to build in any community and nurture to extend the ability to save the lives of companion animals at risk of euthanasia. And, thanks to this study, we have even more certainty on what we suspected to be a huge opportunity for new fosters in Austin.

    First, Who exactly fosters?

    The study matched active APA! foster parents’ demographics with Austin district census and survey data. Based on the number of current APA! fosters in each zip code, those ages 18-34, without pets, closer to the animal shelter and renters/single occupants are more likely to foster (both dogs and cats).

    When these variables were compared with the census in the same zip codes, a potential 433 potential dog fosters and 498 potential cat fosters were identified! And that number could multiply if the households foster more than one animal in need.

    Why do they foster?

    The study also analyzed the demographic data of APA!’s current fosters to find the top 5 reasons for fostering:

    • New time and bandwidth
    • Not ready for a long-term commitment (adopting)
    • Love of animals/grew up with animals
    • Desire to help animals
    • Trial for future adoption

    Based on this information, we are more knowledgeable than ever on who potential fosters are. And any city could pair these commonalities with their communities, plus best practices for building and maintaining a foster program [ampa resource link here] and we’d be looking at city by city solving a major portion of commonly being too under-resourced to save enough lives – by finding new resources outside of the shelter and into the community via foster homes.

    Thank you to the McCombs School of Business team: Anurag Peddaiahgari, Drake Sides, Haoshu Yuwen, Nicholas Hill, Nicholas Solorzano, and Sandesh Kakade, for shining new light on the potential of fostering animals in Austin!

    For those of you not yet fostering in Austin and are willing to join this lifesaving network, please email [email protected].

    Sources: Simply Analytics/Census and APA! fosters data

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