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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 ...
— 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.
The NWSL Championship is the annual championship game of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top-flight women's soccer league in the United States. It is the culmination of the NWSL playoffs , which is contested by the teams with the best record in the preceding regular season.
Kyra Carusa and Alex Morgan both scored and the San Diego Wave moved into the top spot in the National Women's Soccer League standings and became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 2 ...
As of 2024, the league has 14 teams and uses a schedule that runs from spring to fall within a single calendar year. [1] The champion is determined by the NWSL Championship and the playoffs, a postseason knockout tournament for top teams in the regular season similar to those for other North American sports leagues.
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional soccer league at the top of the United States league system (alongside the USL Super League). [1] The league comprises 14 teams (16 in 2026). [2] It is owned by the teams and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. [3] The NWSL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. [4]