Reign FC seems to have a game or two like this every season. A match played in less-than-ideal circumstances, either due to injury or travel or short rest, where the team comes out flat and never seems to get in sync, and ends up losing badly. Last year there was the 4-1 loss in late June to the North Carolina Courage, and 2017 had a shocking 3-0 thumping by the Boston Breakers in the team’s third game of the season.
The Reign have always bounced back and played well in their following matches, so there’s hope that their match on Sunday against the Chicago Red Stars will be another one of those anomalous one-off flops and not something indicative of deeper problems.