{"id":988,"date":"2026-05-23T06:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:03:42","slug":"legacys-five-game-unbeaten-streak-ends-as-seattle-reign-win-bostons-rhode-island-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Legacy\u2019s five-game unbeaten streak ends as Seattle Reign win Boston\u2019s Rhode Island debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PAWTUCKET, R.I. \u2014 Boston Legacy FC\u2019s five-game unbeaten streak, which brought the club out of the NWSL\u2019s basement after five straight losses to open the season, came to an end Friday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=986\">Celtics\u2019 Derrick White makes NBA All-Defensive first team for first time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Legacy\u2019s first match at Centreville Bank Stadium \u2014 their summer home while the men\u2019s World Cup takes over Gillette Stadium \u2014 Boston fell to the Seattle Reign, 2-1, in front of 9,141 fans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Seattle\u2019s Sofia Huerta scored her first goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 11th minute, and Maddie Dahlien added an insurance tally early in the second half to hand Boston its first loss since April 25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Aissata Traor\u00e9 scored in stoppage time, but the Legacy had no last-minute heroics this time around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe were not here today in regards to decisions and execution,\u201d coach Filipa Pat\u00e3o said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy have scored or conceded a penalty kick in each of their past three matches. Right back Jorelyn Carabali committed a handball in the box in the 7th minute, awarding Seattle a chance from the spot, and Huerta buried it past Legacy goalkeeper Casey Murphy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Huerta\u2019s penalty was Seattle\u2019s only major chance until Carabali committed a foul just outside the box in the 41st minute, awarding the Reign a free kick, but the Legacy\u2019s wall of defenders broke up Huerta\u2019s effort from 20 yards out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Boston had 55 percent of the possession and out-shot Seattle, 15-12, over the course of the game, but the Reign controlled much of the second half and doubled their lead in the 51st minute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Madison Curry sent a cross into the box, and Dahlien needed just one touch out of the air to poke it past Murphy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MADISON TO MADDIE \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>What a ball in from Madison Curry, what a volley from Maddie Dahlien! pic.twitter.com\/WYfYAySmHI<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=984\">Republicans are rushing to redraw districts before midterms. Here\u2019s where things stand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Women\u2019s Soccer League (@NWSL) May 23, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cWe had everything in our favor to win the game, but we lost control of the game in moments that it\u2019s hard to lose,\u201d Pat\u00e3o said. \u201cWhen we suffer these types of goals [early in each half], it\u2019s hard for the team to react.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy, who lead the league in cards received (23 yellow, two red) and fouls committed\u00a0(154), played a largely clean game. It was their first in which Boston didn\u2019t receive a card of any color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy were without defender Bianca St-Georges, who is serving a three-game suspension for the red card she earned in Boston\u2019s 1-1 draw with Bay FC on May 15. She was initially issued a one-game suspension, which grew to three when the league on Thursday ruled the foul constituted a major game misconduct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Legacy will return to Centreville Bank Stadium on July 5, the second of their seven matches at the venue this season. The playing surface is turf, rather than the top-notch grass the team has enjoyed at Gillette Stadium \u2014 meaning balls move faster and bounce harder than they did in Foxborough. (The grass at Gillette, installed for the World Cup, is scheduled to be removed after the tournament.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The surface made life difficult for the Legacy, who prefer to play with the ball on the ground. By the final 10 minutes, Boston was playing more of its usual style, but Pat\u00e3o lamented that the change came too late.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was a bad game for our side even [though] we have more possession, more shots, more everything,\u201d Pat\u00e3o said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do 100 percent [of] what we can do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 10,500-seat stadium, purpose-built for Rhode Island FC, offers a better fan experience and a glimpse into what the team\u2019s future could look like at White Stadium, which has a planned capacity of 11,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The club is using the seven games in Pawtucket as a way to test elements of the fan experience that could translate when White is ready. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe fans did their job,\u201d Pat\u00e3o said. \u201cThe only ones that didn\u2019t do the job was us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=982\">Justin Slaten, Red Sox squander late lead in stinging setback to Twins<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle\u2019s Sofia Huerta scored on a penalty and Maddie Dahlien early in the second half to hand Boston (2-6-3, 9 points) its first loss since April 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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