After a stretch in which they played four straight road games (and five of six total games since July 1st), the Washington Spirit return home in dire need of points. Hosting the Boston Breakers, Washington is looking at a situation in which they need to make up a nine point gap in eight games to get into the playoffs for the fourth straight season.
Boston - tied with the Spirit on points, and currently ahead only via the head-to-head tiebreaker - is in the exact same situation, giving this game more of an edge than a normal mid-August match.