In an entertaining northwest derby match, both the OL Reign and Portland Thorns showed their depth as they played in a downpour. At times both sides looked disorganized, with intentional and unintentional clearances just getting them out of trouble. However, more often both teams made dangerous runs, just to be thwarted at the very end.
The Thorns’ Sam Coffey and the Reign’s Bethany Balcer collide over a header in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ Sam Coffey beats the Reign’s Angelina to the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ Megan Klingenberg and the Reign’s Sofia Huerta battle for the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns Hina Sugita wards off the Reign’s Lauren Barnes but the Reign’s Sofia Huerta gets a foot on the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ Sam Coffey leaps over a fallen Reign Quinn and gets to the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Rose Lavelle, winner of the silver boot in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, gets by the Thorns’ Natalia Kuikka and shoots but misses in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Rose Lavelle, the silver boot winner in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, pleads innocence after tumbling the Thorns’ Sophia Smith near the Reign box in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ Natalia Kuikka takes a shot from the top of the Reign box in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Sofia Huerta and the Thorns’ Sophia Smith battle for the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ Sophia Smith wins the battle for the ball with the Reign’s Sofia Huerta in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorn’s Sam Coffey takes a shot from the top of the Reign box in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ goalie Bella Bixby deflects a high shot in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Lauren Barnes wards off the Thorn’s Natalia Kuikka in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Jessica Fishlock fights against the Thorns’ double team of Natalia Kuikka and Hina Sugita while Thorns’ Kelly Hubly wonders why these are not fouls in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Lauren Barnes slides to block Thorns’ Morgan Weaver’s shot in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Sofia Huerta takes the Thorn’s Morgan Weaver out of the play while the Reign’s Sam Hiatt clears the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).Sofia Huerta gets called for the foul on Morgan Weaver while Thorns Sophia Smith gloats over the justice in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s goalie Phallon Tullis-Joyce pulls down the corner kick before the Thorns can get to it in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).After the Reign’s Jessica Fishlock puts the Thorn’s Emily Menges on the ground Menges returns the favor, in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorn’s Morgan Weaver celebrates what she thinks is the winning goal, but it is called back for offsides in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s Rose Lavelle and the Thorns’ Sophia Smith battle for the ball in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).Somehow, the Thorns’ Sophia Smith manages to navigate through the Reign triple team of Sam Hiatt, Sofia Huerta, and Alana Cook, and find enough space to shoot in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Reign’s goalie Phallon Tullis-Joyce catches a shot from diwtance from the Thorn’s Natalia Kuikka in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).The Thorns’ forward Sophia Smith manages to shake her defender and take a shot again in the Portland Thorns’ 0-0 tie with the OL Reiign in Providence Park, Portland, Oregon on May 13, 2022 (photo by Jeff Wong).
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