After months of anticipation and uncertainty surrounding if any teams in the NWSL would play, OL Reign finally got their first competitive match in the books, playing Sky Blue FC to a scoreless draw in their opening match of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Fans and the players may have wanted the Farid Benstiti era to start off with a win, but post-match, the OL Reign head coach felt positive about his team’s performance, saying, “We wanted to try to play well collectively and we did it. Maybe the first 15 minutes were stressed, but after that I think we were good.