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Pro sports needs more stories like: Crystal Dunn scores 93rd-minute winner to send Portland Thorns to Championship game

Sure that headline isn't all that remarkable but it is all in the details:

Crystal Dunn struck deep into injury time with her first goal since giving birth to send the Portland Thorns to the NWSL final with a 2-1 win over San Diego Wave.

Dunn, who came on as a second-half substitute, welcomed son Marcel in May and returned to the NWSL in September.

Dunn's goal came 156 days after she gave birth, with Portland head coach Rhian Wilkinson joking: "I have food in my fridge older than that


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