Washington, D.C., has played host to many championship games in recent years, but this time was different. This would be the first time the city held a championship without a local team playing.
Despite the lack of a home team to root for, D.C. soccer fans were everywhere. Washington Spirit and D.C. United fans collectively planned bar crawls and pregame parties to welcome the Kansas City Current and Portland Thorns fans.
If you didn’t know any better, you would think the Spirit were in the final by the number of jerseys they had floating around bars and at the game.