The North Carolina Courage benefitted from an own goal to open the scoring, built a three-goal lead, and cruised to a 3-1 win Sunday over the host Chicago Red Stars at Bridgeview, Ill.
Denise O’Sullivan and Kerolin had the Courage goals, with each player scoring for the first time this season. Those tallies helped North Carolina (11-9-2, 35 points) end a two-match winless streak. North Carolina has secured at least a point in four of its last five matches.
Ludmila scored for the Red Stars, who had trouble generating many quality scoring bids. Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy had two saves…