STARTING XI: Libby Stout, Brooke Elby, Whitney Engen, Kassey Kallman, Kylie Strom, Angela Salem, Katie Schoepfer, Kristie Mewis, Kyah Simon, Natasha Dowie, Eunice Beckmann
Well. That happened.
That’s really all there is to say about the last Breakers game of the season, which had actual playoff implications. Had Boston won this game, the Seattle Reign would have still had a shot at playoffs. As it is, the loss cements WNY’s place in the semifinals.
One could mention the abysmal reffing, always a staple of NWSL games courtesy of PRO.
Then there was Boston’s inability to solve Western New York’s pressure in the midfield, leaving Natasha Dowie isolated on an island for the first half and large swathes of the second half.