“I knew Caitlin was going to head it back across,” Kerr said. “She’s normally not one to do a great header from there.” And then everyone is laughing, and she has to qualify her comment.
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“On goal,” she clarified. “I knew she was going to pass it because she wouldn’t get much power. So she did really well, to be fair. And Wheels put in a great ball.
“That’s something we had scouted before the game, that they were weaker in the back-post position. Great header across from Foordy, and I knew it was going in once I seen it coming back, because that’s kind of a classic goal for me.”
So much guesswork has surrounded Kerr’s slow, setback-laden return from the knee injury sustained in January 2024. Would the Chelsea forward, now 32, restore herself to the kind of player able to engineer that solo wonder goal against England in the 2023 World Cup semi-finals? Or would her unfortunate run of injuries leave her blighted until retirement?
There is so far no evidence of the latter. To the contrary, Kerr’s output over a full 90-minute shift appeared very much like the pre-ACL Kerr, in a promising sign at the outset of a critical home tournament.
“Hopefully [the goal] starts me off on a good goal-scoring run for the rest of the tournament,” she said. “But no, when I scored that goal, I probably thought we’re going to go on and score a couple more. You don’t think it’s going to be the only goal. The most important thing is that we got the win, but I’m really happy on a personal level to be able to score.”
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