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Seattle Reign FC DWWWL 1
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Lumen Field · 8,557 att.

Match Report

Early penalty conversion lifts Reign over Spirit

Bethany Balcer's early penalty conversion proved decisive as Seattle Reign FC then held off the Washington Spirit to secure a 1-0 victory Sunday at Lumen Field.

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Head to Head

WAS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SEA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Claudia DickeyG
  2. 25Shae HolmesCD-L
  3. 21Phoebe McClernonCD-R
  4. 5QuinnDM
  5. 17Lily WoodhamLB
  6. 11Sofia HuertaRB
  7. 91Ji So-YunAM
  8. 10Jess FishlockLM
  9. 6Angharad James-TurnerRM
  10. 9Jordyn HuitemaCF-L
  11. 8Bethany BalcerCF-R

WAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Aubrey KingsburyG
  2. 3Casey KruegerCD-L
  3. 9Tara RuddCD-R
  4. 6Kate WiesnerLB
  5. 14Gabrielle CarleRB
  6. 7Croix BethuneAM
  7. 17Hal HershfeltLM
  8. 12Andi SullivanRM
  9. 33Ashley HatchF
  10. 11Ouleymata SarrAM-L
  11. 13Brittany RatcliffeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Seattle Reign 1, Washington Spirit 0. Bethany Balcer (Seattle Reign) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 13' Kate Wiesner (Washington Spirit) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Annaïg Butel replaces Kate Wiesner because of an injury.
  4. 63' Substitution, Seattle Reign. Olivia Van der Jagt replaces Angharad James.
  5. 63' Substitution, Seattle Reign. Lauren Barnes replaces Lily Woodham.
  6. 65' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Makenna Morris replaces Brittany Ratcliffe.
  7. 65' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Courtney Brown replaces Ashley Hatch.
  8. 83' Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+1' Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit) is shown the red card.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Washington Spirit. Lyza Bosselmann replaces Croix Bethune.
  11. 90'+4' Substitution, Seattle Reign. Olivia Athens replaces Ji So-Yun.
  12. 90'+4' Substitution, Seattle Reign. Ryanne Brown replaces Shae Holmes.
  13. 90'+6' Substitution, Seattle Reign. Emeri Adames replaces Bethany Balcer.

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