A lot of good things that I liked happened last night. Here is a list of the best things that happened, in my opinion:
1. Seven total hype reels throughout the evening
2. Barcelona playing in a super-organized possession-based style, which I would bet not a huge amount of money, but some money, that no team has ever done in Providence Park before
3. Wendie Renard (tall)
4. Mariona goals (two)
5. When Amandine Henry scored in the North End
6. Melvine Malard goal
7. The ideal combo of sophistication and technical prowess, on the one hand, and yakety sax defensive errors on the other; maybe the best soccer game I’ve ever seen in person
8. Captain Hubly
Captain Kelli Hubly 👩✈️ pic.twitter.com/Ij3YeHlueO
— Thorns en Español (@PTFCes) August 19, 2021
9. When the Thorns rotated as much of the team as possible because the same 15ish players have been doing everything for like a month and a half, they’ve been on the road two weeks in a row, and the team has four games in the space of 12 days, so a bunch of players got their first starts and minutes
10. When Natalia Kuikka scored with her head after telling her roommate Angela Salem she was going to score with her head
Before the game:
Natu – “Ang, I’m going to score with my head today.”
Me – “alright, yeah you are!”
Natu – “I’m going to celebrate with you when I do.”
Game begins…@nataliakuikka scores a header. Can’t make this up people!!! Love my roomie ❤️— Angela Salem (@asalem6) August 19, 2021
11. When Olivia Moultrie did a direct free kick and it went in the goal, it was still cool even though the Houston keeper should have been able to save it
12. When Rachel Daly got mad
13. When it went to penalties
14. The sky
✨🌹Magical. #BAONPDX pic.twitter.com/mOYKKSYBgj
— Rose City Riveters (@PDXRivetersSG) August 19, 2021
15. Shelby Hogan’s first penalty save
16. Shelby Hogan’s second penalty save
17. You can guess what this one is
18. When Simone Charley scored the winning penalty
19. That lineup, doing That
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