It will be an exciting match between the Portland Thorns, 2021 NWSL Shield winners, and the Washington Spirit, 2021 NWSL Championship winners, when they clash tonight at 7 p.m. Pacific at Providence Park.
The last time these two teams met was in August 2021 when the Thorns got a 1-0 win, via a Simone Charley goal. There was another match scheduled for September of that year, but after the Spirit was adjudged by the NWSL to have breached COVID protocols, the league decided to grant the 3 points to Portland.
So if we look back to the last two years, the Spirit and the Thorns have only met twice: once in the regular season last year and once in the Challenge Cup in 2020 (a 1-1 draw).