In their first ever trip to Cheney Stadium, the Portland Thorns fell 1-0 to Reign FC. A converted baseball pitch, Cheney has a wildly different atmosphere from the majority of other soccer venues; the majority of cheering came from one corner of the pitch, where both the Rose City Riveters and Reign FC’s Royal Guard were located, and the uneven dirt lines surrounding the pitch created added a somewhat disconnected and surreal mood to the match.
The Thorns lined up about as expected with the USWNT players reentering the lineup — the notable exception being Elizabeth Ball over Katherine Reynolds at right back.