Reign vs. Louisville: Highlights, stats, quotes

Seattle Reign had every opportunity to climb up the NWSL table on Sunday afternoon. After going up a goal and a player in the 10th minute, the Reign couldn't find the offensive momentum they needed to get a second goal. Instead, the team shut off defensively on a free kick at the end of the match – allowing Racing Louisville to equalize and steal a point.

The Reign (2-9-3, 9 points) could have ended the weekend four points out of the final playoff spot. Instead, Racing Louisville (3-4-7, 16 points) retained sole possession of that eighth-place spot.

The Reign have two more regular-season matches before the Olympic break and the NWSL/Liga MX Femenil Summer Tournament – which should also come with some new signings and transfers for the Reign. Next Sunday, June 30, the Reign travel across the country to face Gotham FC. That match kicks off at 10 AM PT and will air on ESPN2.

Seattle Reign give up late goal, draw with Racing Louisville

Seattle Reign FC have another lapse in focus and squander away a win.

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Highlights

Stats

SCORING SUMMARY

10' - Bethany Balcer (SEA)

90+7’ - Reilyn Turner (Assist: Jaelin Howell) (LOU)

LINEUPS

62’ - O. Van Der Jagt (In)/B. Balcer (Out); S. Holmes (In)/R. Brown (Out); V. Latsko (In)/T. King (Out)

74' - A. Cook (In)/L. Barnes (Out)

86' - N. Stanton (In)/Quinn (Out)

94' - O. Athens (In)/Ji So-Yun (Out)

45' - E. Jean (In)/T. Flint (Out)

58' - R. Turner (In)/E. Bahr (Out); K. Fischer (In)/S. DeMelo (Out)

80' - P. Goins (In)/E. Sears (Out)

ATTENDANCE

10,715 (Lumen Field, Seattle)

POSSESSION

Reign: 59.8%

Louisville: 40.2%

EXPECTED GOALS

Reign: 2.04

Louisville: 0.66

TOTAL SHOTS

Reign: 13

Louisville: 7

SHOTS ON TARGET

Reign: 3

Louisville: 4

SHOTS OFF TARGET

Reign: 6

Louisville: 3

SHOTS BLOCKED

Reign: 4

Louisville: 0

SHOTS FROM INSIDE THE BOX

Reign: 11

Louisville: 4

TOUCHES INSIDE THE OPP. BOX

Reign: 28

Louisville: 9

PASSES

Reign: 529

Louisville: 359

PASSING ACCURACY

Reign: 84.7%

Louisville: 77.2%

PASSES IN FINAL THIRD

Reign: 154

Louisville: 61

PASSING ACCURACY IN FINAL THIRD

Reign: 70.1%

Louisville: 50.8%

CROSSES (EXCLUDING CORNERS)

Reign: 13

Louisville: 5

CORNERS WON

Reign: 9

Louisville: 2

OFFSIDES

Reign: 1

Louisville: 3

FOULS

Reign: 15

Louisville: 7

YELLOW CARDS

Reign: 1

Louisville: 1

RED CARDS

Reign: 0

Louisville: 1

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Quotes

Head Coach Laura Harvey

Overall thoughts on the match: "I'm going to repeat myself, not enough quality. That's it."

On Ryanne Brown getting her second consecutive start: "Yeah, I thought she did well last game. I thought she did well today, until she had to come off. I think she has trained really hard and earned this opportunity and she's taken it and played really well and unfortunately, had to come off today with a little hamstring."

On what Louisville did that caused them trouble: "Worked hard, kept going, that's about it. I think the rest of it was a story of our season of us not showing enough quality in the moments that we need it."

Jess Fishlock and Sofia Huerta

Overall thoughts on the match: Sofia Huerta: "I mean, it's disappointing. I think we have to get points when we can get them. I felt like we should have gotten three points last weekend versus Portland and then I'm feeling the same way leaving this game. They go down a man - of course, if they're going to score, it's going to be on a set piece. I think we lacked a little bit of focus in certain moments. We probably could have won the game, scored a couple of more goals in the first and second half. So yeah, I feel really disappointed. Obviously, trying not to be too down about it because we have to move forward and continue to put in the work and try to get points, but it feels like a major loss getting a point at home."

On what happened during the goal they conceded: Jess Fishlock: "I think we just switched off – we weren't ready. They obviously knew that probably the only way they were going to score a goal was probably from a set play of some kind and I think it took us too long to set up. We weren't tracking our runners. We didn't win first and second ball. I mean, it was everything that you wouldn't want to happen happened and kind of to Sof's side, I think when the game is kind of like this, you have to really – it's easy to switch off in those moments because you do have so much of the ball and you just have so much moments to attack all the time, you can end up losing a little bit of focus in those kind of really important moments. So yeah, extremely frustrating today, given, I believe, some of our play was great. We created a number of chances to score more than one goal and yeah, it sucks. I mean, every time I come and do press conference, I go, 'We're so close and we're so close and we're so close,' but every week, it stays at being so close and we can't quite get over the line. We really have to have a look at why that is."