Reign 2 Racing 0 Player Ratings

Will be super quick tonight.

Before I get to the ratings I want to say that the game management from the referees was pathetic. One of the great aspects of soccer is the ability of the officials to allow play to continue even though an infraction has occurred. At least twice, the official stopped play and disallowed Racing an advantage. I think this may have been what drew Coach Holly his yellow card. I was embarrassed for the officials and this league needs to remedy the quality of officiating. That being said, I don’t think it greatly impacted the outcome.

Betos-6: Had no chance on either goal.

Simon-5: Tough to necessarily blame her for either goal, but she was the last defender on both.

Riehl/Bonner-7: Both solid

Fox-7 (Player of the Match): Delivered a couple of excellent crosses. The color commentator when asked what she thought Fox's future was said that she thought Fox's best position might be CB. Bizarre. Twitch is a dumpster fire.

Olofsson/McCaskill-6; Solid if unspectacular.

Nagasato-7: Looked like a different player tonight. Pushed the team forward a bunch. Needs more of these type of displays.

Nadim/Kizer/Salmon-6: Need more time together to be a threat as a working unit.

Will cover this tomorrow, but no more praise for learning during a loss. The team is getting better. In fact they are good enough to swallow a loss without having to focus on the positives. The rest of the season should be about becoming something better than an expansion team.