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SEATTLE — Most kids involved in sports dream of becoming a top player when they grow up. But Seattle Reign head coach Laura Harvey grew up wanting to be a coach.
“Whenever we were, as kids, me and my brother watching games, we watched them through a lens of a coach, because my dad made us sort of do that, to be honest. So, I just always had this love of it,” Harvey told The Equalizer.
She could not have imagined then that on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, she would become the first head coach to win 100 regular season National Women’s Soccer League games when her Seattle Reign defeated North Carolina Courage 1-0.
The moment had been a long time coming, with win No. 99 recorded back on May 3. Everyone was on the edge of their seats as stoppage time ticked down in a game that remained scoreless until the 96th minute, when Emeri Adames forced an own goal off Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy. Veteran midfielder Jess Fishlock, who featured for Harvey in a majority of her NWSL…
