Historically, as the head coach of the Seattle Reign for reaching the NWSL Championship twice, Laura Harvey did not have an impressive record against the Portland Thorns (6 wins, 7 losses, 3 draws). The struggle against the Rose City team continued in 2018 and 2019 as well as her former team as Harvey moved to coach Utah Royals FC.
In 2018, Portland Thorns FC and Reign FC were the teams Utah just could not beat. Utah’s record in 2018 versus Portland came to two losses and a draw, and against Seattle, the same with two losses and a draw.