Seattle Reign Still Undefeated

After playing 9 matches, Seattle Reign still have a zero in the loss column. On Sunday afternoon, it looked like they might finally get their first one of the year. But in the 92nd minute, Bev Goebel found Kim Little at the top of the penalty box, and Little scored …

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Seattle Reign Still Perfect After 7

On Wednesday night, the Seattle Reign extended their winning streak to seven matches, beating FC Kansas City by a score of 3-2. It looked like this might have been the match that broke the streak. They gave up two goals for the first time this season. But Keelin Winters headed …

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Seattle Reign Defeat UW, 5-0

On Thursday night, the new Seattle Reign FC played their first friendly of the year at Husky Soccer Stadium against the UW women’s team. Most of the national team players were out due to call-ups. Only Japanese international Nahomi Kawasumi was in town. We’ll have to wait a little longer …

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Seattle Reign Training at Memorial Stadium

On Monday morning I got the opportunity to catch Seattle Reign‘s training session at their new home, Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center. It’s an old stadium in a great location. I wrote a lot more about it on Sounder at Heart, so be sure to check out my post over …

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Reign Extend Unbeaten Streak to Six

Jessica McDonald scored a brace on Sunday, giving the Seattle Reign a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Washington Spirit in front of a sold out crowd of ~3800. The Reign are now 4-0-2 over the last six matches, and might actually have a chance of getting to the playoffs if …

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Seattle Reign Face US Women’s U-20 National Team

On Sunday night, Seattle Reign met the USA Women’s Under-20 National Team in a friendly at Starfire Sports complex in Tukwila, WA. After a scoreless first half, the U-20s scored 2 goals. But in the 81st minute Christine Nairn curled in a beautiful free kick to get the Reign on …

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Reign Record First Win at Home

It’s been a long time coming, but Seattle Reign won their first match at home on Saturday, June 29. The victory over Chicago Red Stars comes on the heels of their first win of the season in the previous match. The goals were scored by arguably three of the teams …

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Hope Solo Debuts, but Seattle Falls to Portland

Arguably the league’s best team, Portland Thorns, played spoilers to Hope Solo’s debut appearance as Seattle Reign‘s number one after missing the beginning of the season due to a wrist surgery. The Reign looked like the better team for much of the first half. They kept US Women’s National Team …

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Sky Blue FC Beat Seattle Reign, 3-0

Rather than go into why the Seattle Reign are struggling or debate who’s to blame for their 0-6-1 start to the new league, I’m going to just focus on the photos. I’ll leave the analysis to the analysts. It was another beautiful evening out at Starfire. I admit to having …

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Reign Score Two, But Fall to Spirit

The Seattle Reign managed to score their first two home goals on Thursday night against the Washington Spirit. But they were not enough to secure that elusive victory. The Spirit went on to win 4-2. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on the photos below to view them in a gallery)

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