Well, that is it for me tonight. I'm Chris Blakely and I'd like to thank you for joining me tonight.

It appears that Kansas City is truly "Soccer City, USA"

My Player of the Game has to go to Amy Rodriguez. That is three goals in the last two NWSL Finals for the former Reign player.

Heartbreak for Seattle for the second straight year.

FULL TIME IN PORTLAND! FC Kansas City defends their title an becomes the first NWSL team to repeat as champions.

90 +5' - That might have been the last chance for Seattle.

Final minute here in Portland.

Two minutes to go. Will we see an equalizer?

93' - Kansas City sub. Rodriguez off, Hagen on

92' - Kansas City sub. Laddish off, Averbuch on

91' - Little just offside

Five minutes of stoppage time.

Free kick coming for Seattle. Solo is in the box.

90' - Everyone forward for Seattle and everyone back for Kansas City.

88' - Corner for Seattle. They are running out of time. Everyone forward for Seattle.

87' - Kansas City sub. Tymrak out, Shea in.

86' - Veje puts the ball on a platter for Rapinoe, but no power behind it and an easy save for Barnhart. Shot was taken right at the penalty spot.

85' - Seattle earns a corner.

Holiday back on the field.

82' - Kansas City with only 10 players on the field.

Holiday is up and walking off on her own power.

Looks like no contact on Holiday. Stretcher on the field.

80' - Holiday down on the field. Trainer out to tend to her.

80' - Seattle will need to press to find the equalizer.

78' - GOAL Kansas City. Rodriguez gets the first goal of the night. Cross sent in by O'Reilly. Looked like Solo slipped trying to change direction.

77' - Seattle with their second sub. Fletcher out, Reed in.

76' - We have our first card of the night. Sauerbrunn get a yellow for a foul on Little.

76' - We are back at it. Looks like Reed maybe be coming in for Fletcher.

74' - Fletcher and Tymrak collide in the box again. Trainer on the field to look at Fletcher.

73' - Cross sent in by Fletcher, but Rapinoe can't control it. Veje might have gotten in her way.

72' - First sub of the night for Seattle. Mathias out, Veje in.

Interesting note, Kansas City has not taken a penalty all year. Weird.

70' - Fletcher and Tymrak collide in the box, ref tells them to get up. Probably should have been called for a penalty. Seattle dodges a bullet.

70' - 20 minutes to go!

67' - Holiday commits another foul, this time on Rapinoe right in front of the ref.

67' - Fishlock earns a foul deep in the Reign defensive third. Foul called on Holiday.

65' - It feels like a goal will be coming soon. Seattle is really pressing for it. Kansas City is thwarting all pressure though.

63' - POST!!! Rapinoe had Barnhart beat, but not the post.

30 minutes to go here. Will be see a goal or will we need extra time or possibly penalties?

60' - Seattle taking control of the game here. Cross sent in by Fletcher and hits off the crossbar.

58' - some sloppy play by both teams here last minute or so.

57' - Little fouled at midfield.

54' - Rapinoe finds Yanez, but the AR says she was offside.

53' - Little takes it and sails it over the crossbar. Goal kick for Kansas City.

53' - Foul conceded by Kansas City about 27 yards out. Little and Rapinoe standing over this one.

52' - Mathias sends in a cross. Yanez gets her head on it, but right at Barnhart.

51' - After a turnover by Seattle in the midfield, Rodriguez takes a shot at the top of the box, but Solo is there again for the save.

51' - O'Reilly with a shot just inside the box. Saved by Solo.

49' - Kansas City with a majority of the possession so far this second half.

46' - We are back at it in Portland.

Seattle has scored the most goals in the second half of games this season. Curious to see if they can break down Kansas City.

Some halftime stats for you to chew on. SEA/KC: shots 2-5, on target 1-1, corners 3-2, fouls 2-1.

We will be back shortly with the start of the second half.

Lots of NWSL history to be made tonight and we already have a NWSL first. This is the first NWSL Final to go into the half scoreless.

That will do it for the first half at Providence Park in Portland, OR.

Two minutes of stoppage time added by the official.

45' -Fishlock appears to be hurting right now. Will be interesting to see if she can continue.

44' - Rapinoe to Yanez, but her pass to Fishlock is too far and Barnhart collects.

42' - Fishlock is back on the field and receives an ovation from the crowd.

41' - Fishlock up and off the field now.

Fishlock being looked out by the trainer.

40' - Kansas City called for their first foul of the night after a studs up challenge on Fishlock. No card given.

39' - Holiday with the shot and it deflects off the wall for a KC corner.

38' - Winters concedes a foul about 25 yards from goal. Huge chance for Kansas City here.

36' - Seattle having issues with their final pass in the final third.

34' - Lots of back and forth. Both teams looking for any opening.

32' - Cross sent in by Seattle, but nobody there except for Barnhart.

28' -Winters gets a head on the ball from Cox, but wide and over the goal.

28' - Another corner for Seattle.

27' - Seattle goes right back down the field and earns their second corner of the night.

27' - Holiday with a great cross, but LePeilbet's header goes just wide.

26' - First foul of the night goes against Seattle. Dangerous spot for a free kick.

24' - Fishlock looking for Rapinoe on the left, but just out of her reach.

A lot of this game is being played in the midfield. Both teams feeling each other out still.

20' - Little with Seattle's first shot, but it was right at Barnhart.

20' - Amazing that we are in the 20th minute and no fouls have been called yet.

18' - Ball sent in, but it was right to Barnhart.

18' - Seattle earns their first corner of the night.

16' - Mathias earns a throw in deep in Kansas City's half.

15' - Rodriguez with the shot for Kansas City, but high and wide. Out for a goal kick.

14' - Ball just barely cleared out of the box by Seattle.

13' - Now we get our first corner of the match. Kansas City setting up for the early score.

13' - First "shot" of the match goes to Kansas City. Nothing dangerous and easily handled by Solo.

11' - Appeared to be a backpass by Kansas City to Barnhart. No foul called.

We are in the tenth minute here and not too much from either team. Seattle has been able to send a few crosses in, but nothing to dangerous for Barnhart to handle.

8' - Nice turn by Rapinoe, but she is quickly dispossessed by Kansas City defense.

6' - Great moves by Rapinoe, but Barnhart grabs the cross.

4' - Pass from Yanez just a little to far for Mathias. Throw in for Kansas City.

3' - Cross sent in by O'Reilly and cleared by Seattle.

2' - first goal kick of the night for Seattle.

1' - Kansas City touches the ball and we are off at Providence Park for the NWSL Championshp.

Great job on the Anthem. I got chills. How about you? Feel free to tweet me at @TheRealCBlakely or @VAVEL_Reign if you want to talk about the match.

Time for the National Anthem.

Here they come! It's almost that time.

Kansas City is the home team tonight even though Seattle had the best overall record and won their second straight NWSL Shield.

We are now about 15 minutes away from kickoff.

Seattle will be wearing their "Ultra Violet" kits tonight.

Curious to see how many tickets were sold for this match. We all know that there will be large group of people cheering against Seattle.

37 minutes until kick, but who is keeping track.

Seattle bench: Kopmeyer, Reed, Brooks, Bullock, Veje, Foxhoven, Dallstream

Kansas City Bench: Rowland, Groom, Bogus, Silva, Averbuch, Hagen, Kastor

Here is the Starting XI for Kansas City. Barnhart; Brown, Sauerbrunn, LePeilbet, Moros; Buckzkowski, Laddish, O'Reilly, Tymrak; Holiday, Rodriguez

This is the same lineup that Laura Harvey has used the last few weeks. The only change is Beverly Yanez back up top after recovering from her injury against the Houston Dash back on August 21st.

Here is the Starting XI for Seattle. Solo; Fletcher, Corsie, Barnes, Cox; Winters (C), Little, Fishlock, Rapinoe, Mathias, Yanez

Lineups will be announced shortly.

Thank you for joining me tonight. I'm Chris Blakely and will be bringing you every minute of tonight's NWSL final between FC Kansas City and Seattle Reign FC.

Both teams enter this match healthy. Per the NWSL injury report released Wednesday, Havana Solaun of Seattle is the only player on the report. She has missed the entire year with a broken foot.

This should be a hard fought battle between the two clubs as they are clearly the two best teams in NWSL and are looking to prove it once again in the final match of the season. Seattle will need to break down Kansas City’s tough defense if they want to have any success against them. In return, Kansas City will need to pressure Seattle all night long. Teams the last few weeks have shown if you pressure Seattle when they are on the ball, they will turn it over from time to time.

Kansas City was led by Rodriguez’s six goals and four assists in just 11 games due to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She is followed by Sarah Hagan’s four goals and two assists.

Seattle is led by Little’s ten goals, Yanez’s nine goals and Jess Fishlock’s eight. That is 18 goals from the midfield in Fishlock and Little. Seattle has one of the best midfields in the league.

Offensively, Seattle was the best at scoring goals. They scored a total of 41 goals in just 20 matches. Kansas City was not far behind with 32 goals.

This game will feature the two best defensive squads in all of the NWSL. Kansas City only conceded 20 goals this season and had nine shutouts. Seattle was right behind them in conceding only 21 goals and had five shutouts, four for Hayley Kopmeyer and one for Hope Solo.

Seattle’s lone win against Kansas City came earlier this year back on June 27th at the Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium. The Reign got goals from Beverly Yanez and Kim Little in the 62nd and 64th minute, respectively. Kansas City grabbed one back late in stoppage time on Shea Groom’s goal.

Earlier this season, Harvey had this to say about the loss in the final last year; “I never want that feeling again in my life in regards to the championship game loss. I will take full responsibility for the fact that winning the league was enough for me [last year], until we lost the final. Probably the most devastated I’ve been after a game because I thought we played well in the game. We just couldn’t finish and I told the girls tonight that I never want that feeling again.”

This will be the tenth all-time meeting between the two clubs. Kansas City has a clear advantage over Seattle as they have a record of 6-1-2 (W-L-T). Some may say that Seattle is looking for revenge against Kansas City as they have been a thorn in their side.

Kansas City Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski has been with Kansas City from the beginning just like his counterpart, Harvey. In regards to the game, Andonovski had this to say; “Even though we know everything about Seattle and they know everything about us I think it’s going to be a good game and a good show. Both teams are very creative and can change their games on a dime.… Seattle are a great team. They won the [NWSL Shield] for a reason and they’re the best team in the league, no question about it and it’s not going to be easy to compete against them.”

Kansas City is the only club in NWSL to make the playoffs all three years. This year they did it as the number three seed. In 2014 and 2013, they entered the playoffs as the number two seed.

Rodriguez continued: “I’ve cried over this way too much because it really does sadden me to think that I’m not going to play with one of my best friends anymore, but I’m really excited for her. Retirement after an awesome career is so amazing and I’m excited for her. I can’t tell you how many times she made me and [other players] look good on the field because of all the work that she does.”

They have an added incentive this time around as well. U.S. International Lauren Holiday announced back in July that this season would be her last as a professional. Rodriguez had this to say about Holiday; “I think it would be a dream come true to win for both club and country this year. It’s really important that we complete the task of finishing out a great summer.”

Kansas City is looking for a little history as well. If The Blues win, they will become the first ever NWSL team to win two championships and the first to win back-to-back championships.

Seattle is trying to become the first team to win the NWSL Shield and win the NWSL Championship.

Harvey continued, “It was without a doubt the most challenging season of my career and I think for a lot of the girls it was the same,” Harvey said. “But it was something that when we came back in Year 2 we were very determined to make sure that didn’t happen again.”

In regards to that rough first year, Harvey had this to say; “That year was a test of character, a test of belief that I had probably in myself and whether we could shape the club into what we wanted it to be. I took the job, the goals that were set out by [owner] Bill [Predmore] were very ambitious and were very driven by what we wanted it to look like – and in that first year it was very difficult to make that happen for a lot of different reasons.”

Reign Head Coach Laura Harvey has been at the helm since day one. After the disastrous 2013 season, she has turned the Reign into one of the most dominant teams in the NWSL’s brief three year history. The last two years, Seattle has gone 29-5-10 (win-loss-tie) and has won the NWSL Shield two years in a row. No other team in NWSL has done that yet.

Kansas City’s two goals came from Amy Rodriguez. She opened the scoring in the 23rd minute before adding her second goal on the day in the 56th minute. The second goal proved to be key for The Blues. Megan Rapinoe was able to pull one back for the Reign in the 86th minute, but it was too little, too late.

This is the second straight year that Seattle and Kansas City will face off in the NWSL Championship game. Last year, Kansas City came away with a 2-1 victory at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, WA.

Welcome to VAVEL NWSL’s LIVE coverage of the 2015 NWSL Final between FC Kansas City and Seattle Reign FC. I’m Chris Blakely and I will be providing minute-to-minute updates, commentary and results of this final. The game is scheduled to start at 9:30pm EST and can be seen on FOX Sports 1.