The full NWSL Challenge Cup schedule was released by the league today. OL Reign will kick off the tournament against Sky Blue FC on Tuesday, June 30 at 7 PM PT.
The club has three additional matches before the quarterfinals begin:
The top eight teams from the preliminary stage will advance to the quarterfinal knockout round, which begins on Friday, July 17. That would give the Reign five days to recover — as long as they avoid the bottom of the table in the opening rounds of play.
All matches will be played at either 9:30 AM PDT or 7 PM PDT, presumably to avoid hot afternoon matches and to allow enough time for crews to clean the facilities between games.