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Starting a new era stressfully: Seattle Reign FC hold on for season opening victory over Washington Spirit
The Seattle Reign FC drew a penalty just 12 seconds as Jordyn Huitema was fouled and Bethany Balcer buried it for the matches lone goal, as Seattle played strong defensively throughout to blank the Washington Spirit and begin the year with three points.
New era, similar showings: Fishlock and Balcer score to lead Reign to preseason victory over Huskies
In a fun meeting of future and past, the Seattle Reign FC and University of Washington women's soccer team played a preseason friendly that saw the Reign come out victorious with a 2-1 scoreline. 4 former Huskies featured against Washington for the Reign, including Shae Holmes, who played against her sister Jace.
Falling short of Reigning supreme: Gotham wins NWSL Championship over Seattle side
For a third time in their history, the OL Reign have fallen just short of reaching the mountain top. The Reign fall in heartbreaking fashion to NJ/NY Gotham FC in the NWSL Championship, as Megan Rapinoe had to leave the match just five minutes in and the Reign missed numerous opportunities in the second half to equalize.
Reigning over San Diego: Latsko continues postseason heroics to beat Wave
The OL Reign marched into San Diego, defeating this years Shield winning Wave squad, to squash their semifinal curse dating back to 2015 and advance to their first NWSL Championship since the same year. Forward Veronica Latsko was the hero again, scoring the lone goal in the match for a second straight postseason match.
Huitema heroics help Reign secure three points in tight battle against Pride
The OL Reign, up a player due to a very early red card against the Orlando Pride, got a singular goal in the match from forward Jordyn Huitema, securing three crucial points regardless.
Reign stumble heavily out of the gate, falling to Gotham by three goals
The OL Reign dropped their second match in a row, this one in blowout fashion as the club was blasted by NY/NJ Gotham FC thanks to a final score of 4-1. The Reign stumbled defensively out of the game, as mistakes riddled their backline and Gotham scored twice within the first 12 minutes. The Reign never recovered, failing to score their first goal of the match until the 73rd minute when things were already far out of reach.
Reign find finishing touch, net five goals in victory over Red Stars
The OL Reign returned home to Lumen Field and NWSL regular season play with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Red Stars, powered by braces scored by forward Bethany Balcer and midfielder Jess Fishlock. Although the Reign had miscues on their two goals allowed to Chicago, they were able to dominate the Red Stars.
