The routine change of summer to fall has a new twist in Tacoma — a playoff run. When Tacoma Defiance host Las Vegas Lights tonight they will do so not just from a playoff position, but with the chance to retake second place in the Pacific Division.
Eight of Tacoma’s remaining matches are at home, where to this point they are 5-0-3, +8 with three clean sheets. Sitting three points behind Orange County and San Diego Loyal, Defiance have three games in hand on the preseason favorites, both of whom Tacoma already holds the tie-breakers over.