The Boston Breakers have lost four in a row. They haven’t won a game since April 29, when they took the Reign apart 3-0. They’ve gotten one of a possible 15 points in their last five games. They’re back at the bottom of the NWSL table. And they have to turn around after their 1-0 loss on Saturday and play the Houston Dash away midweek.
Houston? They’ve been struggling too. They have a choppy defense and they just lost key forward Kealia Ohai to an ACL injury. But they did just beat the Orlando Pride 2-0 through the work of one Carli Lloyd, freshly returned from English shores and ready to prove she can still make or break a midfield.