Seattle Reign extended their losing streak to five matches with a loss on the road against the North Carolina Courage. Tyler Lussi's first-half goal was the only score in the match, as the Reign fell 1-0.
The Courage remain dominant at home. They are now undefeated in 13 straight regular-season matches. The Reign move to 1-9-0 against the Courage on the road.
June Ash Eden
The Reign (1-5-0) are back at home on Friday night, hosting the San Diego Wave. The match kicks off at 7 PM PT and will air on Prime Video.
Highlights
Stats
SCORING SUMMARY
37' - T. Lussi (Assisted by Ashley Sanchez) - NC
LINEUPS
Our Starting XI is here 🫡#HerefortheCrown #NCvSEA pic.twitter.com/AGwmJNywjA
— Seattle Reign FC (@reignfc) April 27, 2024
5' Substitution - O. Van Der Jagt (In)/Quinn (Out)
70' Substitution - B. Balcer (In)/A. James (Out); E. Adames (In)/V. Latsko (Out); R. Brown (In)/P. McClernon (Out)
82' Substitution - M. Weinert (In)/T. King (Out)
Your starters for our second highest regular season attendance 🏟️#ForTheLove pic.twitter.com/UhcUYPXUcZ
— NC Courage (@TheNCCourage) April 27, 2024
62' Substitution - M. Matsukubo (In)/B. Pinto (Out); V. Pickett (In)/B. St-Georges (Out)
78' Substitution - D. Weatherholt (In)/A. Sanchez (Out); H. Hopkins (In)/T. Lussi (Out)
89' Substitution - R. Jackson (In)/N. Miura (Out
ATTENDANCE
8,135 (WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary)
POSSESSION
Courage 55.6%
Reign: 44.4%
EXPECTED GOALS
Courage: 1.52
Reign: 1.13
TOTAL SHOTS
Courage: 10
Reign: 17
SHOTS ON TARGET
Courage: 4
Reign: 6
SHOTS OFF TARGET
Courage: 5
Reign: 6
SHOTS BLOCKED
Courage: 1
Reign: 5
SHOTS FROM INSIDE THE BOX
Courage: 7
Reign: 12
TOUCHES INSIDE THE OPP. BOX
Courage: 19
Reign: 23
PASSES
Courage: 529
Reign: 420
PASSING ACCURACY
Courage: 80.7%
Reign: 74.5%
PASSES IN FINAL THIRD
Courage: 114
Reign: 127
PASSING ACCURACY IN FINAL THIRD
Courage: 67.5%
Reign: 60.6%
CROSSES (EXCLUDING CORNERS)
Courage: 17
Reign: 11
CORNERS WON
Courage: 2
Reign: 3
OFFSIDES
Courage: 3
Reign: 3
FOULS
Courage: 7
Reign: 8
YELLOW CARDS
Courage: 1
Reign: 0
North Carolina Courage: 1
— NWSL Analytics 📊⚽️ (@nwslstat) April 28, 2024
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Seattle Reign FC: 0#NCvRGN | #ForTheLove | #HerefortheCrown | #nwsl pic.twitter.com/J7QMo1AOqS
Quotes
"I thought we did some really good things. I thought we stuck to the game plan. We executed it, just didn't show the quality in the final third that we needed. I think we outshot them by a lot, which doesn't happen often when you come here. We had to do better on their goal, but doesn't help when your player is on the side of the field for 30 seconds when she could have been let back on. So, bit frustrated with that one."
King: "We came out, we executed the game plan and it was an unfortunate result for us. We never want to drop points at all, but especially not on the road. They kind of got a lot of their attack in transition and off our mistakes and we had a lot of opportunities to bring one back. So, it's unfortunate, but we go again."
Van der Jagt: "Yeah, I thought our press worked very, very well and it just shows what we can do when we all press together, we press the right way, so I think that's definitely a positive coming out of the game. But kind of like Zee said, it's just - and I swear I say this every time - but just the little details, the finishing, we're so close if we can just put some away. Yeah, definitely unfortunate."
