FULL HIGHLIGHTS: Portland Thorns 1-0 Seattle Reign | July 31, 2024

and we are about to kick off waiting for the whistle from our lead official Corbin May and we are underway here at Providence Park you and I have made a no secret that perhaps it will bring a shootout just because we love the the chaos of penalties and I actually respected what Laura Harvey said that you often don't get experience in those situations until you're into the postseason and sometimes it's too A Little Too Late by then so they actually really value the the format that this tournament is set up in because it does give that opportunity to get such a unique exposure to something that is typically limited to playoffs yeah you can't recreate that experience Baler with the shot BB with the blast five goals on the season and she does so well to just drop into open space after winning the second phase in that right there receiving on the putting Bethany Baler a little bit deep on to the pitch these two teams have met um twice in the regular season Portland with a win at home 4 to Zer over Seattle on May 11th but most recently June 29th a 0 draw and there is your seam pass right there be a right-footed shot and a save and what hustle from lco Veronica latco nothing but hustle there but tremendous play by Hogan and this is exactly what happens see you see how Bethany Boler just occupies the space in front of the back line and it freezes them and because of that drop down now we have the ability to go forward vertically it's a lovely pass and that's a difficult shot angle it forces a great save timing of the pass out wide has been excellent and what it's doing for Seattle more often than not is it's finding those Wingers in nice isolated 1V one situations here's dios with the right foot block but over the crossbar go goal kick coming out there's anadas clapping the hands she likes it I like it too looks super promising and just a couple of different options she sees that the run is being made so what does she do she pulls back and just finds herself into some space and that allows deo's run to you get what that means she's like a football junkie she like her her whole desire and will is to impact the game and Quinn did get into late stages of that game for Canada Here Comes Portland it's Anna di save Seattle and dios is having to work overtime here just to get touches on the ball that speaks volumes to what Seattle's been able to do but look how willing she is to score goals she just outw works outpaces everybody and she's not trying to make this a clean effort she's just trying has to make that 10 yard Sprint make that 5y effort so fun to watch the youngster bug on that back line getting big minutes here comes Portland beautiful cut and a shot and a goal for Portland it's linan The Rook Portland one Seattle zero Payton puts it in it just takes one moment and it starts from the Midfield in a extremely well Ed run from pton Lenahan she takes a couple steps off the back line to ensure she stays on and look at this beauty of a touch McLaren all too committed Lenahan uses that over Pursuit against her and with one little cut back finds herself faced up to gold and makes no mistake about it Baler with the left foot and it is touched it'll be a corner kick could be the last play just an absolute Eye For The Goal it's a goal scorer and she receives this one I like that TI it's Marissa Shiva on the ball last play at the Washington Spirit plays for Ireland play on says Corbin May our lead official sugita to di Advantage is played there's a shot wide right on the outside of the side netting taquilla has a rip and right now Seattle's defens structure in that moment just all sorts of discombobulation going on a player who steps into the Midfield it leaves Jordan bug in an isolated situation One V so from what I'm reading Portland will clinch if the result holds as is obviously they'll win this game and they have a greater goal differential than Utah great ball down the flank from Baler such a good distributor from the Midfield Here Comes G South Korean and Baler with the strike plenty of time but just wide [Applause] left and here's that 1 V one isolation in the wide areas that Seattle is so good at G makes that run directly to the near post finds the delayed run of Bethany Baler who again dropping her a little bit deeper allows for share the information and just lets them keep on doing what they're doing great ball guess who Payton linan with the left foot linahan oh my what a save by Laurel Ivory comes up big that time Ivory is learning from her mistakes big difference between the goal that was scored and this opportunity all is well from pton linan she goes in the exact same place she tried to for the goal the difference is Laurel Ivory keep it's mtry with the service on the corner low driven ball ooh and it was Dilla went wide right quality header there you saw her giv cling the the thumbs up or Olivia mulry my fault the thumbs up on the delivery low driven and she does just enough to try and flick that on to a runner and hubly and there is your final whistle your score Portland one Seattle zero