Stopped in the second half, Maggi Graham’s target was required in a 1-0 win for Houston Dash against the host Seattle regime on Sunday.
Dash (3-4–1, 10 points) has won two of their last three matches.
The reign (3-3-2, 11 points), who had an unbeaten run of three matches, was closed for the second time this season.
Graham gave Houston a 1-0 lead in the 57th minute. Yazmin Ryan snatched Jordan Bagg, the defender of the ball to the left and sent a small pass to Ryan Grace. He collected it to the left of the box and took it before focusing a cross for Graham, which quickly deposited it to the previous goalkeeper Claudia Dickey.
The reign was one of his best opportunities of the match and was parked in about the 77th minute when Emery Adams fired a shot from the top edge of the box, which jumped from the crossbar, but remained out after falling.
Ryan came close to doubling the benefit of the dash in the 80th minute. Delani Sheehan made a feed up and caught Ryan for a breakway, but Dicky came out of his line on top of the goal area to come out of Ryan’s shot and keep the deficit on one.
Houston goalkeeper AB Smith gave a match-out stop in the 88th minute, giving her hands to overcome Maddy Markado’s attempt from the box on the net.
The government controlled the early occupation in the first half, but the dash raised the speed as it moved forward to finish along the edge in the touch after 45 minutes.
Seattle finished the match with 6 shot efforts, on one goal, while Houston had three attempts, two on goals.
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