May 31, 2026
Minnesota Aurora FC extends shutout streak to four games with 2-0 road win over River Light FC
AURORA, Ill. – Minnesota Aurora FC, in the finale of its three-match road trip, defeated division rivals River Light FC, 2-0, Saturday afternoon at Fichtel Field.
The win moves Aurora FC to 4-0-0 on the season. Courtesy of Aurora’s win and Edgewater Castle’s loss to Rochester FC, Aurora now claims sole possession of the top spot in the Heartland Division table.
Aurora came out of the gates firing, earning a pair of corners and three attacking half free kicks across the opening 22 minutes of the contest.
Aurora continued to ask questions of River Light as the half carried on, and in the 28th minute, the visitors found their answer.
In the 28th minute, Aurora drove down the far-left flank, finding Thalia Morisi in space. The Long Islander would help set up an overlapping run, dishing to Talia Coury on the edge of the penalty area, who found Gracie Dunaway racing down the channel. Dunaway played the ball back into the area, picking out Maia Tabion who nodded it past RLFC’s Alyssa Gluting to make it 1-0.
Aurora FC would salt away the remainder of the opening half, taking a 1-0 lead into the intermission for the third straight match.
The second half was no different for Aurora, who established possession and rhythm from the opening whistle in Illinois. In the 63rd minute, Skye Leach found a goal off a corner to make it 2-0 and put the contest to rest.
It marks the fourth-straight clean sheet Aurora FC have kept to open 2026, tying the club’s all-time mark for consecutive clean sheets to open a season, matching the 2023 squad. That season, Aurora ripped off four-straight shutouts before conceding their first goal in their fifth match.
The win also maintains Aurora FC’s unparalleled run of form in the USL W League regular season, now unbeaten in 52-consecutive regular season fixtures, the only team in league history to achieve the feat.
Aurora FC returns home for the second time this season, welcoming USL W League newcomers Rally Madison to Eagan on Thursday, June 4. Aurora kicked off its three-match road trip with a win at Rally Madison earlier this month, winning 2-0 off the back of goals from Thalia Morisi and Ai Kitagawa.
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SCORING SUMMARY:
Tabion – 28’
Leach – 63’ (corner)
CAUTION SUMMARY:
Kitagawa – 32’ (yellow)
Fieldsend – 89’ (yellow)
STARTING XI:
Fox, Dunaway, Mersereau, Albert, Winder, Morisi, Boughton, Coury, Leach, Tabion, Kitagawa
