Seattle Reign FC host the Washington Spirit this Sunday, completing their back-to-back with them. The results from the road trip have put the team’s chance at the playoffs on the tiniest of threads, but there is still a thread. Simply put, Reign have to win Sunday and their regular season finale at Houston and hope either Western New York Flash or Chicago Red Stars lose their final two.
At today’s practice, defender Lauren Barnes talked with me about Sunday’s match.
On extra pressure to not only win out but hope another team or two loses out:
Lauren Barnes: “I wouldn’t say added pressure, we want to go into every game winning it anyways.