The Boston Breakers aren’t last in the NWSL standings. They’re not even ninth. They’re number eight, baby, and if that sounds like damning them with faint praise, it’s really not. A win against Houston would see them climb into seventh, and that would truly be a much better position than last season. The top four are starting to pull away, but if Boston were in seventh with 17 points, that opens the door to really hovering midtable. So how is Boston gonna do it?
First, who’s in and who’s out for this game. Aside from the still-injured Rose Lavelle, Amanda Da Costa and Emilie Haavi are gone for Euros (Norway lost to Belgium and the Netherlands while Portugal has lost to Spain so far, so we may get one or both back early after group stage concludes).