Oh boy. Is this really happening? I think this is really happening. The Thorns are about to play for a championship for the first time since 2013.
Three days from now.
In the meantime, please enjoy some stray soccer thoughts:
A rose to Tobin Heath’s season-long absence, which forced this team to find other ways to win.
Obviously, I’m never glad when a player is injured, especially one as good, and fun to watch, and seemingly pretty decent as a person as Heath. Back in May, when it looked like she might come back, then didn’t, there were moments when I wondered why the universe was singling us out for the special punishment of not being able to watch her play soccer.