Fresh off their 5-1 demolition of the Houston Dash last weekend, Seattle Reign FC traveled east, looking to bend the Boston Breakers to their will as they have numerous times in the past. Laura Harvey rolled out the same starting lineup and planned to utilize the same general tactics as last week, but something clearly went awry as the Breakers overwhelmed the Reign midfield and easily cruised to a 3-0 victory.
The most glaring issue was with width in the midfield. For the first 60 minutes Boston took advantage large gaps between Seattle’s outside backs and attacking wingers during counter attacks.