In what felt at times like a regular-season battle, with moments of preseason jitters sprinkled in between, OL Reign and the Portland Thorns played to a scoreless draw on Saturday evening at Providence Park. The match, which was not streamed, was the first of three the Reign will play in the preseason tournament in Portland.
While OL Reign didn’t find the back of the net, there were plenty of positives from the match, which was physical and entertaining for all 90 minutes and saw 17 Reign players feature. Ride of the Valkyries attended the match, and because there was no livestream, we’ll give you a few more details than normal in this recap.