During halftime, Red Stars manager Rory Dames spoke to Lifetime reporters about what his side needs to do to come back from the scoreline deficit. His response was to “play less direct.” I and several folks on WoSo Twitter responded to that with essentially:
“Really? Really?”
This is sort of where we’re at with the Red Stars right now.
Despite some strong build-up play and no shortage of fight, the Red Stars suffered a frustrating missed opportunity as they took a 1-0 loss from a very beatable Portland team.
The first half was fairly even, although Portland just about edged out their visitors.