Jess Fishlock’s Seattle Farewell Has a Second Story: Can the Reign Save Their Season? Seattle’s captain is approaching the final regular-season home appearance of a remarkable 14-season career. But Sunday’s meeting with Orlando Pride carries another responsibility: the Reign must secure their place in the NWSL playoffs before the season ends. Some football matches are … Read more
NWSL Decision Day 2026: Eight Games, One Kickoff and a Playoff Race Still Wide Open The NWSL’s regular season ends November 1, and fans will be able to follow all eight matches through ESPN’s domestic coverage. Gotham FC are chasing the Shield, while Seattle Reign, North Carolina Courage and Denver Summit remain central to the … Read more
Gotham FC Are One Step From the NWSL Shield — But Orlando Exposed a Potential Weakness Gotham beat Orlando Pride 2-1 to strengthen their grip on the NWSL Shield race. The result was valuable, but the underlying match statistics suggest the league leaders will need to defend more effectively when the stakes rise again on … Read more
Published September 30, 2026 Atlanta’s NWSL franchise revealed its full identity Monday on “CBS Mornings”: Atlanta City FC, a red-and-peach phoenix crest, and a 2028 debut at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It’s the league’s 17th club, owned by Arthur Blank’s AMB Sports and Entertainment — the same group behind the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United — and … Read more
Published September 27, 2026 Kansas City Current beat Denver Summit FC 4-1 on Saturday, extending a record 30-match home unbeaten streak and keeping the club’s playoff hopes alive with four matches left. It’s the kind of result that looks, on the surface, like a team in control of its own fate. A closer look at … Read more
Published September 14, 2026 On March 28, 2026, an NWSL expansion team played its first-ever home match, against a visiting club it had never faced before, and the result was a scoreless draw with almost no goalmouth drama to speak of. It’s also the answer to one of the most surprising numbers in the sport … Read more
Published September 10, 2026 Neither of Friday’s marquee matches involves the two teams playing each other, which is a little strange given how much they’ve defined each other’s season so far. Gotham FC visits Racing Louisville FC. Denver Summit FC visits Angel City FC. But both games are really about what happened between these two … Read more
Published September 7, 2026 Denver Summit FC beat Gotham FC 3-0 on Sunday, ending the NWSL leader’s club-record 10-match unbeaten streak and delivering the first-year expansion club’s second win over the league’s top team this season. Olivia Thomas and Yazmeen Ryan scored in the final 20 minutes to put the result beyond doubt at Centennial … Read more
Published September 4, 2026 Rose Lavelle remains in the NWSL’s concussion protocol nearly two weeks after suffering a head injury against Angel City FC, with her availability for Sunday’s match against Denver Summit FC still unresolved. The Gotham FC midfielder has already missed one match during the process — a 1-1 draw with the Portland … Read more
Published August 31, 2026 Denver Summit FC delivered the NWSL’s first six-goal result of the season Saturday, routing Chicago Stars FC 6-1 at Centennial Stadium in a match that also marked USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps’ return from a knee injury. The result was Denver’s first-ever meeting with Chicago and pushed the first-year expansion club to … Read more