The Final OG: Jess Fishlock’s scorched-earth sendoff<\/p>\n
The last Reign original is playing her final regular-season match, and her teammates say there will never be another like her.<\/p>\n
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The Reign will secure a spot in the NWSL playoffs if they win. Plain and simple. If they draw or lose, they can still advance, but it depends on the result of the Denver Summit vs. North Carolina Courage match. If that other game ends in a draw, the Reign are safe, no matter their result. If the Reign draw against Orlando, they’d need Denver\/NC to draw or Denver to win to book a playoff spot. <\/p>\n
Everything on the line.<\/p>\n
[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Seattle Reign FC (@reignfc.com<\/a>) 9:01 AM \u00b7 Oct 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Head-to-HeadThe Reign are 8-6-8 all-time against the Pride and have a 5-2-3 record at home, with their only two home losses coming in the last two seasonsSeattle has scored 33 goals across the series; Orlando has 25The last meeting came in the season opener, with the Reign earning a 2-1 road win on goals from Jess Fishlock and Brittany Ratcliffe2026 record<\/p>\n Seattle Reign FC: 13-11-5 (44 points, 8th place)<\/p>\n Orlando Pride: 11-15-3 (36 points, 11th place)<\/p>\n Key statsSeattle is 8-4-2 at homeOrlando is 5-7-2 on the roadSeattle has scored 36 goals and conceded 33; Orlando has scored 39 and conceded 46Seattle is tied for second in the league with 11 clean sheets; Orlando has 7 The Reign lead the league in accurate crosses (5.6) and long balls (24.2) per game Orlando leads the league in interceptions (12.2) and tackles (19.6) per gameBarbra Banda, who is still stuck in quarantine with her Zambian teammates and won’t be available, leads her team with 17 goals and 4 assistsWho to watchHaley McCutcheon<\/p>\n A true workhorse, Haley McCutcheon has earned the nickname “McClutcheon” because of her ability to come up big in matches. She’s been asked to play fullback and midfield this year because she can make an impact in multiple spots on the field. She has six goals and two assists. No matter where she lines up, McCutcheon works hard the entire time she’s on the pitch. And the Reign can’t ignore her late runs into the box and the danger she poses on set pieces. <\/p>\n Marta<\/p>\n Does she even need an introduction? This is an exciting matchup between two league legends: Jess Fishlock and Marta. The 40-year-old can still flip a match in an instant. She may have only two goals and one assist this season, but the Brazilian can do things on the ball that nobody else can.<\/p>\n Solai Washington<\/p>\n Rookie Solai Washington, asked to step up while the team is without Barbra Banda, has contributed to four goals in her last five appearances, tallying two goals and two assists. With goals in each of her last two matches, the 21-year-old became the youngest player in Pride history to score in consecutive regular-season matches. She’s got a lot of speed and has shown a growing composure in the box.<\/p>\n What to watchEverything to play for vs. nothing to lose<\/p>\n The Reign aren’t guaranteed a playoff spot without getting a result on Sunday, so they have everything riding on Sunday’s Decision Day match. The Orlando Pride, on the other hand, are already out of the playoffs. They have nothing to play for, except the motivation to finish the season strong and spoil another team’s season. That is a dangerous recipe. The Reign will need to ride the emotions of the match in order to get a result.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the best motivator in any sport is pride, and no pun intended with Orlando Pride, but if you\u2019re getting on a plane and flying six hours across the country with a three-hour time change, you\u2019re not going to walk on that field and let the other team just walk all over you,\u201d Reign head coach Laura Harvey said. \u201cI think the most dangerous teams are the teams that don\u2019t have anything to play for. I\u2019ve said that many a time and I still believe it today. If we just expect that, because of everything riding on it for us versus what\u2019s riding on it for them, we\u2019re going to win, then we\u2019d be setting ourselves up for failure.\u201d<\/p>\n A rocking Lumen Field for Jess Fishlock<\/p>\n The Reign are on pace for their best attendance this season, and could even break into the top 3 (for standalone matches, not doubleheaders), with their third-most attended match at 16,598, which was Megan Rapinoe’s jersey retirement night. The Reign are 6-1-2 in regular-season home games with at least 10,000 fans. Can they ride the home energy and score early to set the tone in Jess Fishlock’s final match at Lumen Field? Fishlock is certainly looking forward to playing her final regular-season match at Lumen, especially after playing at so many rougher venues before this.<\/p>\n “It’ll be so fun to go out tomorrow and play that last game at Lumen, knowing for years we were fighting for that for so long,” Fishlock told reporters in the pre-match press conference. “Obviously Memorial and then Cheney and then finally we got Lumen. And it was funny because I was at the Sounders game the other day, and I was just looking at the stadium and I was like, ‘This really is such a fantastic stadium.’ So, I know that it’ll probably be super emotional on the weekend, just knowing that this will be my last game at Lumen and for how long I had waited and wished to be able to play at that stadium.”<\/p>\n
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