Brittany Ratcliffe

And I know Jess Fishlock is great at popping up right in front of goal, because people tend to just lose focus of her in the midfield, and she darts forward.

And then Brittany Ratcliffe has scored so many game-winning goals coming in as a sub in, like, the 82nd minute that, of course, it's a former Courage player that we have to be careful of.

And I think this is a good game for us to go into the international break.

Should be a winnable game.

They're kind of funny, 'cause they don't score that many goals, so they're not doing a lot of distribution, which you might think if you were like, "Well, your lead scorer only has eight goals at this point in the season." You know, all those other players can score.

Mattie Delain is a former UNC Tar Heel, so, you know, I know a lot of people around here are probably following her.

Yeah, I think Brittany Ratcliffe, that's such a good shout, 'cause I think she's the number one subbed player in the leagues, [laughs] because she comes in so often.

And then she's always ready to go, and is such a super sub for them.

That is the most in the NWSL.

But unfortunately, four minutes later, Brittany Ratcliffe, who had entered the game quite literally one minute earlier, scored for Seattle, making it 2-1.

Now, I know watching through the screen, my first thought was, crap, not again.

Matt, is that kind of the sentiment that people were feeling or what was the momentum shift like in that moment?

She's been Reign's primary offensive generator, I think with eight goals on the season.

So not having her as a threat for the first 50 or so minutes worked out in our favor.

But as soon as she came on, Both her and Brittany Ratcliffe kind of leading the line in attack really caught Summit off guard, and this goal did seem like the start of what we'd seen weeks past.

Yeah, because after Angel City and Bay, we'd seen how this can go for Summit.

Yes.

Speaking of that challenge, Brittany Ratcliffe was very much up for the challenge, Ali.

Yes, and this is such great awareness from another forward to be able to get in there just in case there's a rebound.

And well done by her.

If you give her too much space around the box, she is going to punish you for it.

And then their bench, Brittany Ratcliffe, she came on against Bay in the 89th minute and scored three minutes later.

After what happened on Wednesday, I am watching every late substitution with my heart in my throat.

One final number for you.

Ratcliffe into the box.

Ratcliffe scores! Brittany Ratcliffe will put this game on ice with her third of the season.

It's 2-0 Seattle Reign.

Game changer, Brittany Ratcliffe.

Look at this, all the way from half, just gets on her bike, full steam ahead, chases that ball down, settles herself so she can just find that pocket and slip it past Silkowitz.

The veteran Brittany Ratcliffe, we've seen her score goals in this league for multiple teams, and here she is now, putting a second one in for Seattle Reign when they need it the most.

How dope is this kit?

I was wondering what this is and if you're allowed to wear it.