Houston Dash at Seattle Reign FC: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Houston Dash)
The Houston Dash lost their second straight road match, falling 1-0 to Seattle Reign on Sunday night.
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Reign FC 1-0 Houston Dash
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Venue: Lumen Field - Seattle, Washington
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
Assistants: Matthew Schwartz, Christian Cler
Fourth Official: Elorm Atisu
VAR: Matthew Corrigan
Attendance: 7,878
Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA: Maddie Dahlien (Maddie Mercado) 52’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
HOU: Kiki Van Zanten (caution; foul) 11’
HOU: Miljana Ivanovic (caution; dissent) 90+1’
SEA: Brittney Ratcliffe (caution; foul) 90+3’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Reign FC: Claudia Dickey; Sofia Huerta (c), Jordyn Bugg, Phoebe McClermon, Ryanne Brown (Madison Curry 65’); Sam Maze (Angharad James-Tumer 83’), Ainsley McCammon, Maddie Dahlien (Holly Ward 88’); Sallu Menti (Brittant Rafcliffe 84’), Maddie Mercado, Mia Fishel (Jess Fishlock 88’)
Unused substitutes: Emeri Adames, Nerilia Modesir, Cassie Miller
Total shots: 17
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 10
Offside: 1
Corner kicks: 7
Saves: 1
Houston Dash: Jane Campbell (c); Allysha Chapman (Lisa Boattin 81’), Leah Klenke, Natalie Hammond, Avery Patterson; Maggie Graham, Danny Colaprico; Linda Ullmark (Khaya Harper 60’); Kat Rader, Kate Faasse (Cate Hardin 72’), Kiki Van Zanten (Miljana Ivanović 60’)
Unused Substitutes: Hillary Beall, Caroline DeLisle, Messiah Bright, Clarissa Larisey
Total shots: 4
Shots on goal: 1
Fouls: 12
Offside: 0
Corner kicks: 0
Saves: 4
HOUSTON DASH HEAD COACH FABRICE GAUTRAT
On the match:
"Overall we played a very good team (Seattle Reign FC). I would say this was an experience in a lot of ways. The result speaks for itself. The biggest thing for us, we have to regroup, reflect and hit the ground running next week."
On the offense:
"If you look at the last two games, we lost 1-0, but I think they are very different types of performances. If you look at what we've been creating prior to this game, there was a lot of optimism and sometimes the game is the game, and we'll reflect on how it is. Today we definitely didn't create enough to get on the end of things."
On the message to the team:
"There is still a ton of football left to play. Playing a very good team in Orlando (Orlando Pride) next week. We all know that sometimes you get positive results and things can definitely change and turn the tide. For us, as we take one game at a time, there's still tons of football left."
On the team’s attack:
"There were a few things, when there was space to go in behind, I don't think we exploited it. I thought when we made the run and there was space in front of their back line, I don't think we exploited that. I thought they (Seattle Reign FC) defended quite well, and we weren't able to attack the seams and progressed the ball effectively enough from the attacking side. I thought defensively that they created some challenges, especially on the ball."
HOUSTON DASH GOALKEEPER JANE CAMPBELL
On the match:
"Tough game. I feel like Seattle (Reign FC) came out a lot faster and stronger than we did. That's too bad; I felt like we put together a few really good performances (coming into this game). Coming here, we really expected to get a result out of this game. At the end of the day, hats off to Seattle I thought they played well and, we have to be better. So on to the next game and we're excited for next week."
On the team’s resiliency:
"Now it's getting down to crunch time for everybody. The table is super close all across the board. It's not like the beginning of the season where we have 30 games to figure it out. It's definitely crunch time, for us, we just have to take it one day at a time and one game at a time. Thinking about the Seattle (Reign FC) game, we would have loved to come out of here with three points or a point away, but the game's over, we have to move on and immediately Orlando prep starts tomorrow. We know they're (Orlando Pride) a really good team and have some fiery players that have had some really exciting games this year. We need to go down there and make sure we get three points. We will rest, recover and on to the next."
On the message to the team after conceding the goal:
"I actually didn't speak. Danny (Colaprico) spoke for the most part. She just said we have to play better than we did. I apologized to the backline for letting in the goal, but other than that we had to rebound quickly. It wasn’t time to dwell on that or anything. There was still plenty of time left in the game for us to tie or something else. At that moment, Danny just said, we all needed to be playing better and she was right."
HOUSTON DASH FORWARD MILJANA IVANOVIC
On the match:
"We played a really tough opponent (Seattle Reign FC). From these matches, we need to learn to be more physical. We need to understand how to win games, it's little things that we need, little passes, little touches that just need to be touched up and fixed up. Then, I think we're going to be much better and be to our advantage."
On improvements offensively:
"As much as I can see, for example, Seattle (Regin FC) had much better accuracy in the final third. That's something that we need to work on and focus on in these crucial moments to deliver in the final third."
On adapting to the NWSL:
"The adaptation has been quite smooth for me. The team has been taking really good care of me. That's really not a problem so far. I'm just happy that I can play and contribute to the team as much as I can and do whatever they want to do honestly."
On bouncing back from this result:
"We (the team) were already speaking on how we need to stay together. This next week we're going to work on ourselves individually and as a team. We have what it takes to win games. It's in our hands how we're going to perform. Today it was a little bit disappointing, but I think the next game is going to be much better."
