Among good teams there are gradations of "good"ness. It's easy enough to tell the very best from the merely good by checking the standings, but if someone took them away you could still separate from the good from the best by seeing how they play and how they force opponents to play. In the taxonomy [...]

Last night, the Seattle Reign traveled to Chicago hoping to extend their impressive 16-game unbeaten streak to start the season. But for the 8th time in the last 10 games they started slow and allowed the opponent to score first. They've shown an almost unbelievable ability to pick up their game late and overcome those [...]

Against the Boston Breakers, the Reign came out with a fire and a focus that was lacking in their last home match against Sky Blue. But for 55 minutes it didn't matter, as Breakers goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher had a lights out game in net. For more than a half the Reign tried everything to beat [...]

The way the Seattle Reign season has gone so far, you almost expect them to give up the first goal. In fact, you almost want them to. That seems crazy, but the results speak for themselves. Since the start of May, the Reign have earned 10 points 4 in games in which they scored first [...]

 you predicated that the first scoreless draw of the 2014 NWSL season would be in late June when the juggernaut that is the new Seattle Reign hosted a team well out of playoff position in front of a record crowd, you must be some kind of sorcerer, because that is both incredibly unlikely and exactly [...]

One of the hallmarks of the Reign's now 13-game undefeated streak is their ability to come back from early deficits. In 4 of the last 5 matches, Seattle had surrendered the first goal but come back to draw or win. That resilience was on display once again today, as they came back from a 1-0 [...]

Despite missing five starters to international duty, the Seattle Reign managed to push their season-opening unbeaten streak to 12 games. Their 2-0 win on the road against the Boston Breakers pushed their record to 10-0-2 and gives them a eight-point cushion with two games in hand on second-place FC Kansas City. Beverly Goebel got the [...]

Momentum is a funny thing. A year ago, it seemed all the breaks went against the Seattle Reign, as they slumped to a bottom-two finish. Now, it's just the opposite. Entering their match against the Chicago Red Stars riding a 10-match unbeaten streak, the Reign overcame a 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 and are now [...]

  For the third match in a row, the Seattle Reign fell behind early. And for the third match in the row they came back to get points. But this time instead of waiting for an injury time equalizer, they overwhelmed opponent Sky Blue FC in the second half turning the game on its head [...]