It could be easy for OL Reign to let the city’s buzzing energy get the best of them. The club is being embraced by Seattle more than any other moment in their 10-year history — with a flag on top of the Space Needle, the Great Wheel lit up in the club’s colors, roughly 20,000 tickets sold, and news coverage from virtually every major local news outlet.
But OL Reign knows that they are at their best when they treat each game like the last. It’s that one-game-at-a-time mentality that earned them the NWSL Shield and the top seed in the 2022 NWSL playoffs.