It’s a good weekend for soccer in the Puget Sound when all three of OL Reign, the Seattle Sounders, and Tacoma Defiance get positive results and score goals. In that OL Reign draw Madison Hammond made history when she subbed into the game. Elsewhere, Gonzalo Higuain had a terrible first MLS experience, and FIFA suspended the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.

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She is the first Native American woman to sign a professional contract with a NWSL club.