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A little bit of National Women’s Soccer League history is about to go down at the end of this season. Three teams have started a season 4W-0D-0L, and all three — the 2014 Reign and 2017/2018 Courage — won the Shield. But with the Orlando Pride and Kansas City Current both matching the 4-0-0 start, at least one of them will buck the trend and not turn it into a Shield.
Meanwhile, the Courage and Royals remain winless — and searching.
The cream of the crop
Orlando Pride (4-0-0, 12 pts; @ Reign, 1-0): The Reign tried some different wrinkles against the Pride — and to a large extent they worked. And yet, the double holders still worked out a 1-0 win on the road. Barbra Banda needed just a sliver of space to convert the only goal and the defense held up under more pressure than they have felt all season. The only downside was Summer Yates having to be helped off after being stepped on following her assist to Banda.
Kansas City Current (4-0-0, 12 pts; @ Wave, 2-0): The first step toward…
