Reign strike early, beat Racing Louisville 2-1

It wasn’t necessarily a vintage win, but on short rest defending their temporary home field, the Seattle Reign did enough to secure all three points against Racing Louisville. Maddie Mercado scored a weird one early, Nérilia Mondésir finished an absolutely beautiful one as the first half ticked away, and Claudia Dickey worked hard to keep Racing off the scoresheet until it was too late to matter. Things started weird, as Mercado scored the opening goal on the first shot of the game, in the 11th minute. Carrying the ball outside the box, Maddie got a little window of space, saw…