The first game was between Racing Louisville FC and Seattle Reign FC. Seattle started with more shots early and more chances in the box. In the 19th minute, Maddie Mercado started the scoring for Seattle. Anyone who watched this game would not have expected this to be their only goal, but it was. After that goal, Louisville started to gain confidence, and in the 35th minute, Emma Sears equalized for Louisville. Louisville had a few more shots in front of goal; the game was 1-