Shell Energy Stadium | Houston, Texas – Saturday, June 17 at 8:30 PM ET
Players to watch:
Houston attacker María Sánchez scored her sixth league goal for the Dash in the team’s draw with Gotham. Sánchez is the third player from Mexico to score more than five league goals with a single NWSL team, joining now teammate Diana Ordóñez (11 with North Carolina) and Mónica Ocampo (11 with Sky Blue).
OL Reign defender Sofia Huerta delivered the assist to forward Jordyn Huitema for the second goal in Reign’s 2-1 win over Kansas City over the weekend. It was Huerta’s 13th assist on a headed goal in her career in the regular season, the most such assists by any player in league history.
Match facts: The Houston Dash face OL Reign at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday night with the Dash seeking to extend their league unbeaten run to four games (W2 D1), while the OL Reign can capitalize on a 2-0 win over Houston on May 6 and complete the double with a win over the weekend. The Dash are in 7th place with 16 points from 11 games while the Reign are three places up in 4th place, with 19 points from 11 games.
In its last league match, Houston played to a 1-1 draw with Gotham FC, marking the club’s 10th consecutive league match without a loss when scoring at least one goal. Since the beginning of last season, the Dash scored in 22 regular season matches, losing just twice (W14 D6).
OL Reign’s last road match in all competitions was a 3-0 win at San Diego in the Challenge Cup as the team has conceded just four goals in their last eight road games dating back to last season. That is tied for the fewest goals conceded in a span of eight away matches in all competitions in team history.
OL Reign earned a 2-0 home win against the Dash last month, their second consecutive win by that scoreline in the fixture. The Reign have 11 all-time multi-goal victories over the Dash, the most by any team over any single opponent in NWSL history.
