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In CS Rova Mpanjaka's championship push, Orla Hughes-Galloway has been a breakout success for this recent expansion side, scoring eight goals through 17 matches to be second on her own team and just outside the top ten league-wide in this statistic. As opposed to last season's performance when she scored quite a few goals late in blowout wins, Hughes-Galloway has instead been scoring only important goals for her team. Every single one of the eight tallies she's recorded in this season has either tied the match or put her team ahead by one goal, a trend that just missed being broken in the Week 16 match against Krung Thep FC when Orla hit the crossbar on a shot that would have merely brought Rova back to being within one goal.
This bizarre trend opened in Week 3 when Orla scored the tying goal against Seoul Mythic FC to make up for her teammate's own goal and bring the score even at 1-1. Next up were a pair of braces in Weeks 5 and 8. Hughes-Galloway scored the tying goal in the 78th minute and the winning goal in the 86th for a come-from-behind 4-3 victory against Krung Thep FC, then scored the tying goal in the 71st minute and the winning goal in the 75th minute against Cairo FC in an eventual 5-3 victory. Week 9 saw Hughes-Galloway score the tying goal in the 81st minute against North Shore United in what would ultimately be a 4-3 loss.
In Week 11, she scored the opening goal in the third minute against AF Masques Sacrés in what ended up being a 3-1 defeat, then in Week 13 scored the equalizer against Montreal United in the 49th minute on the way to a 3-1 victory. While I would be surprised if this pattern lasts all the way to the end of the season, it is amusing that Hughes-Galloway has been so good at scoring goals when her team is either tied or trailing by one without having been able to put the ball in the net at any other time even once.
This bizarre trend opened in Week 3 when Orla scored the tying goal against Seoul Mythic FC to make up for her teammate's own goal and bring the score even at 1-1. Next up were a pair of braces in Weeks 5 and 8. Hughes-Galloway scored the tying goal in the 78th minute and the winning goal in the 86th for a come-from-behind 4-3 victory against Krung Thep FC, then scored the tying goal in the 71st minute and the winning goal in the 75th minute against Cairo FC in an eventual 5-3 victory. Week 9 saw Hughes-Galloway score the tying goal in the 81st minute against North Shore United in what would ultimately be a 4-3 loss.
In Week 11, she scored the opening goal in the third minute against AF Masques Sacrés in what ended up being a 3-1 defeat, then in Week 13 scored the equalizer against Montreal United in the 49th minute on the way to a 3-1 victory. While I would be surprised if this pattern lasts all the way to the end of the season, it is amusing that Hughes-Galloway has been so good at scoring goals when her team is either tied or trailing by one without having been able to put the ball in the net at any other time even once.
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