NWSL Playoffs Kick Off This Weekend
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
2023 champions, Gotham FC host Portland Thorns for Sunday’s quarterfinal.
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The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Playoffs have landed, withthe expanded eight-team lineup kicking off the weekend’s do-or-die quarterfinals with a clean slate and seasons on the line.
No. 1 Orlando Pride — whose Shield-winning year ended in a skid — hosts a No. 8 Chicago Red Stars side that just barely made the postseason cut on Friday.
No. 4 Kansas City Current hasn’t lost since September 1st, when they fell to No. 5 North Carolina Courage — the same team they’ll face on Saturday.
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No. 7 Bay FC, the winningest expansion team in NWSL history, head to DC to play an injury-laden No. 2 Washington Spirit squad on Sunday.
To cap things off, defending champions No. 3 Gotham FC host perennial contenders Portland Thorns, who snagged the six seed after a shaky season.
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Orlando Pride and Chicago Red Stars kick off at 8 PM ET on Friday, live on Prime, with KC battling NC on Saturday at 12 PM ET on CBS.
On Sunday, Washington hosts Bay FC at 12:30 PM ET before Portland visits Gotham at 3 PM ET, with live coverage on ABC.
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