Van Dijk Scores Twice as Leipzig Wins at Ten-Woman Freiburg

RB Leipzig spent more than 70 minutes with an extra player at the Dreisamstadion on Friday, and for most of that time it looked as though the advantage might go to waste. It did not. Leipzig broke through midway through the second half and won 3-0 at SC Freiburg on matchday 7 of the Frauen-Bundesliga, its first away win of the season.

The match turned in the 18th minute. Freiburg's Swiss center back Julia Stierli was sent off for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity after referee Daniela Kottmann ruled she had pulled down Emanuela Pfister on a Leipzig counterattack. Stierli had touched Pfister's shoulder, and Pfister went down. Freiburg held on through halftime at 0-0, and Leipzig, by its own coach's admission, had started slowly.