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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 .
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.
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 ...
[19] [20] The "double"—an NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield in the same season—has been won three times: by the North Carolina Courage in 2018 and 2019, and by the Orlando Pride in 2024. [19] [21] Orlando also set the league's all-time points record during the 2024 season, with 60 points and an 18–2–6 record. [22]
The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in total points total when determining rank, playoff qualification, and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker criteria, going down ...
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 top six teams qualified for the NWSL playoffs, and the Spirit ended one point out of playoff contention. On October 17, 2023, two days following the team's final defeat against North Carolina Courage , the team released head coach Mark Parsons from his duties after one season.
MLS playoffs – Conference Semifinals. East No. 4 Orlando City vs. East No. 9 Atlanta United. East No. 6 New York City FC vs. East No. 7 New York Red Bulls