NWSL 2024 Playoffs (original) (raw)
SSC Napoli
Feb 16, 1999
Club:
Montreal Impact
Nat'l Team:
United States
Quarterfinal round begins Friday!
All times US East (we are now on standard time).
FRI 8 Nov
20:00 Orlando hosts Chicago (Prime)SAT 9 Nov
12:00 Kansas City hosts North Carolina (CBS/P+)SUN 10 Nov
12:30 Washington hosts Bay FC (ABC)
15:00 Gotham hosts Portland (ABC)
*Lousville had an extra home game due to unsuitable field conditions in San Diego. 2.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Wasn't able to watch tonight bc I don't have Prime (fcuk Amazon) but looks like it's a doozy... Second half is just starting and it was already 3-0 after the first - in ORL's favor, as expected. Don't look at the shot/SoG stats, it's brutal. Seems like ORL's two-game hiccup a few weeks ago was just that, a hiccup. They're unbeaten at home this year even with those two away losses, so gonna be tough seeing anyone else lift the trophy in KC unless maybe it's KC as an unofficial home game. 3.
Oct 27, 2012
Club:
--other--
Orlando vs Chicago was a mismatch, but entertaining. Orlando had Banda's speed and a rejuvenated Marta (age 38) and Chicago seemed slow -- but the Red Stars held their heads high and kept on trying. I am puzzled why the Orlando coach kept Banda and Marta in the match so long after Orlando got a 4-0 lead in minute 60. Why not take the superstars out and let them rest -- and avoid the possibilities of injury? To their credit, however, Banda and Marta were still playing as hard in minute 80 as they had in minute 1. 4.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Tough end to the season for Chicago - they faced teams 2-4 in the final three regular season games then came to face team #1 in the quarterfinals with absolutely no momentum at all. 5.
Chawinga is just ridiculous. KC with 3 shots and a post in about 30 seconds and Chawinga puts it away for a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute.
If KC keeps this up they're going to have to expand that stadium a bit. 6.
KC Current / NC Courage turned out to be a very good game. North Carolina made a game of it despite a rough first 10-15 minutes and going down a goal.
According to one journalist, Theo Lloyd-Hughes, the xG wound up only 1.57 to 1.36 in KC's favor (on 14 shots vs 12!)FT KC Current 1-0 NC Courage stats
Current--Courage
Shots: 14-12
onT: 5-4
xG: 1.57-1.36
poss: 35-65
fouls: 6-8Losing always stings, but North Carolina can be happy with that performance and coming back from a wobbly opening and applying pressure. #NWSL
— Theo Lloyd-Hughes (@theolloydhughes) November 9, 2024
VLATKO deserves credit, I guess, for not trying to cram as many fancy-schmancy dribblers in the starting lineup as he could (and has for several games late in season), playing Debinha in the front (and dropping N'chelle Prince to the bench) instead of messing with the midfield, where he played the solid three of LaBonta, Hutton, DiBernardo. It made a big difference in the game
Of course the single (by far) biggest difference in the game is Temwa Chawinga. There are two teams, each with one player who is simply faster, quicker, stronger than everyone else — and show it even on the defensive end late in each half — and it's only by a small miracle that they're going to be paired against each other in the semi-finals instead of the finals where one of them would be guaranteed of winning the championship.
And one of those players, Orlando's Barbra Banda, failed a gender-eligibility test and was barred from playing in a continental tournament a couple years ago. It shouldn't take away from the fact that there are other very good players on their teams and the NWSL is a wonderfully competitive league, but we have to start talking about maintaining fairness in the sport rather than sweeping it under the rug. 7.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
If you think it's been "swept under the rug",
you
are
wrongSimple facts are she is a women (and always has been) who happens to have naturally higher testosterone. Natural. Woman. The only reason she "failed" WAFCON's gender eligibility test is they have stricter limits on testosterone level, natural or otherwise, than FIFA's policy or NWSL's policy does. Regardless on where you stand on the issue of trans women in women's sports, if someone is naturally predisposed to excelling at sports, that should be celebrated, not penalized. That's what we do with cis men who are abnormally built for their sports (e.g. Michael Phelps in the pool) so that's what we should do for women too. 8.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Halftime in DC now, 0-0 so far and I'm not quite sure what to make of what I've been seeing so far. Stats are fairly even. Lots of fouls, though the ref is also calling some soft or questionable stuff too. 9.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Ten minutes left in regulation and it's still 0-0. Spirit generally having more of the play but it's not an onslaught by any means; it feels like a match between equals for the most part.
....and as I type that, Bay scores. :-/ 10.
Nov 23, 2012
Club:
Real Madrid
Looks like an upset brewing 1-0 Bay 76th minute 11.
DC hasn't felt like their typical attacking selves today and it's biting them right now.
Edit: Welp, I timed that one perfectly. 1-1 12.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Still holds, IMO, even as it ends 1-1 at 90+9'. Spirit have woken up a bit and they've been taking shots throughout stoppage time, but the finishing has been quite wanting 13.
Nov 23, 2012
Club:
Real Madrid
Trinity needs to get closer, she’s been too far wide 14.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
...well, the Spanish ESPN+ broadcast send to have just stopped.
Finally found the English broadcast 15.
The ESPN website is so far behind it has the game as being in the 68th minute right now. 16.
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Nov 23, 2012
Club:
Real Madrid
It’s like on ABC, the upcoming Thorns/Gotham as well 18.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Yellow to Pickett as she pulls Rodman down 19.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
NJY - POR starting on ESPNNews while WAS - BAY finishes up. THAT is how you handle schedule delays 20.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
BAY starting off the second half of extra time strong 21.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Clarification: they've delayed kickoff until 3:13 to try having as little overlap as possible 22.
Sep 21, 2008
DC
Club:
Saint Louis Athletica
Nat'l Team:
Spain
Rodman gets a chance to make it three, trips, then takes it to the corner the next chance she gets
F/ET, WAS 2-1 BAY 23.
That's two bad, boring first halves today. 24.
Nov 23, 2012
Club:
Real Madrid
looks like everybody’s fall n asleep but Tierna did score 1-0 67th minute & now finally Thorns defense opening up