It’s been 1,047 days since Megan Rapinoe scored for OL Reign, and to end that streak she scored an incredible free kick in one of the biggest games of the week in U.S. soccer — a 2-1 Reign win on the road against the team’s biggest rival, Portland Thorns FC.
There was absolutely no way Rapinoe was missing this match. The forward, who is back with OL Reign after taking the 2020 matches off due to Covid-19 concerns, was carrying a few small injuries during the Challenge Cup and hadn’t been getting the minutes she wanted.