After Meghan Wright scored that goal, the game changed again and we were able to reassert ourselves. Stockdale is strong in the air and if you don't neutralize that, you can see the results as they put us under pressure. I'm just glad we were able to withstand the pressure.

We were unanimously ranked as the No. 1 seed by all five of the league representatives at the seeding meeting; this is uncommon for all the leagues to agree.

Chelsea defends and attacks well and is strong in the air. She has improved tremendously over the last two years and really links our team together.

Kim organized our defense; she is exceptional at 1-on-1 defending, has great speed and is one of the best defenders in our league.

We went from our attacking formation, like 3-4-3 back to a 3-5-2 just to guard that lead. Clovis put us under pressure but it was good for us to work through that because we're trying to prepare ourselves with different formations so we can be prepared for different situations.

I'm often associated with parallel narratives or dual narratives. The 'Devil in the White City' was a fluke.