THE BASICS
Houston Dash at Seattle Reign FC
Wednesday, August 12, 9:00 p.m. CT
Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Stream: HoustonDashSoccer.com/live – 9:00 p.m.
PREVIEW
The Houston Dash (5-6-5, 20 points) visit Seattle Reign FC (9-3-3, 30 points) for the first time in 2015, and the first in back-to-back matches. Seattle visits Houston on August 21. The Dash are coming off a 2-0 loss at BBVA Compass Stadium to Sky Blue FC. Reign FC earned a 2-1 win on the road against the Boston Breakers on August 1 in their last match, their third straight victory to climb to the top of the NWSL standings.
INJURY REPORT (as of Tuesday, August 11)
HOUSTON DASH -- OUT: Stephanie Ochs (right knee ACL surgery); Brittany Bock (abdominal injury); Allysha Chapman (abdominal strain); Lauren Sesselmann (left meniscus injury)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
- ALL TIME (3 meetings): Dash 0 wins, 2 goals … SRFC 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 0
- AT SEATTLE (2 meetings): Dash 0 wins, 1 goal … SRFC 2 wins, 6 goals … Ties 0
- PREVIOUS MEETINGS: 4/27: SRFC 2, HOU 0 (Little 19, 38); 6/30: HOU 1 , SRFC 4 (Ohai 56—Leroux 2; Little 27, 78; Rapinoe 48); 8/6: SRFC 4, HOU 1 (Kawasumi 31, 34; Goebel 40; Little 63—Jackson 83)
- FUTURE MATCHES: 8/21: Houston Dash vs. Seattle Reign FC, 8:00 p.m. CT (TICKETS)
SCOUTING SEATTLE REIGN FC
Seattle has been the team to beat over the past two seasons, finishing first in the league in 2014 and currently sitting at the top of the table this year. 2014 MVP Kim Little again leads Reign FC, with six goals and six assists this campaign, leading the NWSL in the latter category. Beverly Yanez has been clinical in front of goal for Seattle with nine goals, second in the league. Ten different players have scored for Seattle, who lead the league in goals scored (30) and have the least goals against (17).
DASH FIGHTING FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT
With four games remaining in the regular season, the Dash sit just two points outside of the playoff spots in sixth place. The team is two points behind FC Kansas City and Portland Thorns FC going into Wednesday. The Dash have three of their last four games against the top two teams in the league, Seattle and Chicago Red Stars. Kansas City and Portland play each other on Wednesday night before the Dash game.
