OL Reign’s triumphant second-half of the season, where they climbed all the way from ninth place in the standings to finish in second place, resulted in various end-of-season league honors, as well as four national team call-ups to represent the United States in their final international friendly series of 2021.
Alana Cook (NWSL Best XI defender), Sofia Huerta (Second XI defender), Bethany Balcer (Second XI forward), and Rose Lavelle all featured for the USWNT in Friday night’s (US)/Saturday afternoon’s (Australia) 3-0 win in a friendly against Australia’s Women National Team, a.k.a. The Matildas, in Sydney.