**Seattle, Washington** – OL Reign earned another narrow victory on Saturday night as they defeated Angel City FC, 1-0, while in doing so also extended their streak of scoring no more than one goal to a club record eight games.
Working their way into the game, the first quality opportunity of the night for either side fell the way of the hosts, who nearly opened the scoring via attacker Megan Rapinoe in the 13 ^th minute. Receiving a pass some 25 yards out from goal, Rapinoe turned and launched a vicious effort at goal that was sailing through air quickly. However, the effort screwed just wide of the target, though Angel City goalkeeper DiDi Haracic looked like she may have had it covered regardless.
Another chance for OL Reign came in the 21 ^st minute when a breakaway look on goal for forward Bethany Balcer ended up seeing the attacker pick out teammate Veronica Latsko with a simple ball across goal. Though time was on her side, Latsko was unable to strike the ball cleanly enough to truly make the most of the chance as Haracic got to the effort to keep the match level.
The hosts’ piled on pressure eventually paid off as well, as the forward Balcer took matters into her own possession by burying a chance in the 31 ^st minute. Taking the ball into the box was midfielder Angelina, who on the left side then attempted to pick out her teammate Latsko at the far post with a cross. Though the pass was intercepted by an Angel City defender, the attempted clearance landed right at the feet of Balcer, who was still inside the penalty area and put the effort home at the first time of asking.
Despite a half-chance for Angelina to close out the opening 45 minutes plus stoppage that nearly doubled the lead, OL Reign still held on to its one goal advantage the halftime break.
Into the second half, Angel City came out looking for a chance of their own and saw one fall the way of midfielder Savannah McCaskill in the 54 ^th minute. Taking the ball into the penalty area, McCaskill used her strength to muscle through a defender before shooting low toward the near post. Though the effort looked like it might have beaten OL Reign goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, it landed wide of goal and the chance went missing.
Then, in the 64 ^th minute, Angel City forced Tullis-Joyce into action again as McCaskill’s free kick cross into the box found teammate Clarisse Le Bihan at the back post. Le Bihan then attempted a volley on goal with her left foot, but Tullis-Joyce did well to deny the chance and her defense got the ball clear from there to preserve the clean sheet.
OL Reign would end up creating the next best chance of the second half, though in the fourth of six minutes of added time played. Into the match and looking to make an impact, attacker Tziarra King received a pass outside the box and carried it just inside before opening up her body and attempting to curl an effort past Haracic. However, the netminder did what she had to to prevent a second goal of the night and pushed the ball away.
Two minutes later, the refereeing crew blew the fulltime whistle and OL Reign earned another important victory to help them take four points from their last two games, while Angel City FC has still lost every game they’ve faced the Reign in in all NWSL competitions and will look to get back on track against Portland Thorns FC their next time out.

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Match Highlights