The temperature at kickoff was in the 90s and the heat index in the 100s. The complete opposite of ideal, but Seattle Reign FC made it work, securing a 2-0 victory against the Houston Dash down in BBVA Compass Stadium. It was the team's first clean sheet and win on the road for the season.
Seattle's goals came from an own goal by Houston's Cari Roccaro and Seattle's Katie Johnson. In fact, it was Johnson who was the star of the Reign FC attack after she came on in the 24th minute when Beverly Yanez took a cleat to her right knee and sustained what sideline reporter Kate Markgraf said was a "two-inch laceration.