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Since the 2024 season, the top eight teams in the final standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the playoffs and are seeded in order of their record.The top-seed hosts the eighth seed and the fourth hosts the fifth in one arm of the quarterfinals bracket, and the runner-up hosts the seventh seed and the third hosts the sixth in the other arm.
The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and ran until November 3; [1] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each ...
NWSL Shield, playoffs: 2 Washington Spirit: 26 18 2 6 51 28 +23 56 Playoffs: 3 NJ/NY Gotham FC: 26 17 5 4 41 20 +21 56 4 Kansas City Current: 26 16 7 3 57 31 +26 55 5 North Carolina Courage: 26 12 3 11 34 28 +6 39 6 Portland Thorns FC: 26 10 4 12 37 35 +2 34 7 Bay FC: 26 11 1 14 31 41 −10 34 8 Chicago Red Stars: 26 10 2 14 31 38 −7 32 9 ...
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) November 10, 2024 The Pride will host the Current in the other semifinal. It will be a clash of the league's top two scorers, Banda and Chawinga.
This format differs from most soccer leagues around the world, which consider the club with the most points at the end of the season to be the champion; the NWSL honors that achievement with the NWSL Shield. Since 2024, the top eight teams in the regular-season standings earn a berth into the playoff tournament; previously, only the top four or ...
Michelle Alozie scored twice to give the visiting Houston Dash a 2-0 victory over Gotham in the National Women's Soccer League on Sunday. The win at Red Bull Arena moved Houston (6-6-8) up to ...
The Orlando Pride, who have made the playoffs only once in club history, are now three games away from the first unbeaten season in NWSL history. The Orlando Pride, who have made the playoffs only ...
At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams in the standings earn a berth to the tournament; [9] from 2021-2024, the top six teams qualified for the playoffs, [10] and prior to 2021 the top four teams qualified.