OL Reign and Sky Blue FC battled to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday night in the first game of Farid Benstiti’s tenure as new head coach of the Reign. While the match didn’t create a lot of highlights, it gave us our first insight into Benstiti’s vision for the team and left us looking forward to what is still to come from this retooled roster, with 12 new players and several others returning from long-term injuries.

1. New coach, new players, same defense-first focus

Coming into their opening game, the 2020 OL Reign were a bit of an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, smothered in une sauce secrète.