Hardcore National Women's Soccer League fans remember Zakiya Bywaters as the first NWSL College Draft pick in league history. Chosen out of UCLA by the Chicago Red Stars in 2013, Bywaters went on to appear in 25 games over the league's first two seasons, scoring four times while making 15 starts. Though she was out of the league by 2016, the Las Vegas-born attacker will forever be the answer to one of the league's cornerstone trivia questions: Who was the first pick in the first college draft in NWSL history?
For Thorns FC and Red Stars fans, though, Bywaters is also the answer to another question, one that becomes stranger and more remarkable as the league goes on: With Chicago having beaten Portland only once in league history – and having done so all the way back in 2013 – which Red Stars player has the club's only game-winning goal against the Thorns?