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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 team with the best record during the regular season, as determined by the number of points or another tiebreaker, is awarded the NWSL Shield. [2]
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 .
Last year, the NWSL's top eight were separated by seven points. This year, the fourth-place Current finished with 55 points — 16 more than the fifth-place North Carolina Courage.
Despite facing a 10-on-11 disadvantage for most of the match, the Orlando Pride defeated the KC Current 2-1 on Saturday, leaving them as the only undefeated team left in the NWSL at 11-5-0.
With a record of 10-3-5, the Current’s in danger of losing home-field advantage throughout the NWSL postseason: A top-two finish would clinch that. But much remained unsettled Sunday afternoon.
The league also plays the NWSL Challenge Cup, which since 2024 is a single-game super cup between the current NWSL Shield holder and current NWSL Champion. The Challenge Cup originated in 2020 as a way for all teams to return to play after the halt from the COVID-19 pandemic (though one team had to drop out because of COVID).
The KC Current forward broke a remarkable NWSL record during Kansas City’s late-evening win on the West Coast. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...