In the final game of a three-match road trip that featured beastly hot weather, extremely hot weather, and very hot weather, Seattle Reign FC visited FC Kansas City and split the points in a 2-2 draw. Injuries and fatigue from international duty forced a few changes to the Reign lineup this week.
With Rumi Utsugi out for a few games, the biggest question was how Laura Harvey would respond in the midfield, and whether we would see Lindsay Elston enter or Beverly Yanez drop back. The answer, for this game at least, was both, with Merritt Mathias making an unexpected start up front, Yanez behind her, and Christine Nairn benched in favor of a more defensive option in the midfield.