Here we are. September 7, 2018. The final regular season match for Seattle Reign FC. After going two years without an appearance, the team has booked a ticket to the 2018 NWSL Playoffs. But there’s one challenge remaining: a road game against the Portland Thorns. It’s the Lifetime Game of the Week, with the match kicking off at 7 PM PT this evening.
Seattle has dealt with a flurry of injuries all season, and Portland could say the same thing — with early injuries hurting the Thorns. Unfortunately for Reign FC, some of their injuries came late, with Rumi Utsugi, Bev Yanez, Allie Long, Elizabeth Addo, and Megan Rapinoe all missing time in the last third of the regular season due to lingering injuries and knocks picked up in matches.