The Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League is about to embark on its thirteenth postseason since starting play in 2013. Although the league began with simply eight groups, it has since blossomed into the outstanding product we all know in the present day.
As has been the case all season lengthy, everyone seems to be chasing the Kansas Metropolis Present. The Defend-winners’ outstanding common season undoubtedly has marked them as favorites for KC’s third NWSL title, however first because the Present.
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That stated, every of the final 4 Defend winners have been unable to safe the NWSL championship as soon as push got here to shove. Can Kansas Metropolis break the streak or will they be dethroned like lots of the regular-season champs earlier than them?
Here is every part to know forward of the 2025 NWSL playoffs:
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2025: Washington Spirit (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2025: Washington Spirit (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2024: Orlando Delight (defeated Washington Spirit within the 2024 NWSL Championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2023: NJ/NY Gotham FC (defeated OL Reign within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2023: North Carolina Braveness (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2022: Portland Thorns FC (defeated Kansas Metropolis Present within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2022: North Carolina Braveness (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2021: Washington Spirit (defeated Chicago Purple Stars within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2021; Portland Thorns FC (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2020: Houston Sprint (Problem Cup winner)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2019: North Carolina Braveness (defeated Chicago Purple Stars within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2018: North Carolina Braveness (defeated Portland Thorns FC within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2016: Western New York Flash (defeated Washington Spirit within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2015: FC Kansas Metropolis (defeated Seattle Reign FC within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2014: FC Kansas Metropolis (defeated Seattle Reign FC within the championship recreation)
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NWSL champions by way of the years
2013: Portland Thorns FC (defeated Western New York Flash within the championship recreation)
2025 NWSL playoffs bracketQuarterfinals
Sport 1: No. 1 Kansas Metropolis Present vs. No. 8 Gotham FC – Nov. 9, 12:30 p.m. ET
Sport 2: No. 4 Orlando Delight vs. No. 5 Seattle Reign FC – Nov. 7, 8 p.m. ET
Sport 3: No. 2 Washington Spirit vs. No. 7 Racing Louisville FC – Nov. 8, 12 p.m. ET
Sport 4: No. 3 Portland Thorns FC vs. No. 6 San Diego Wave FC – Nov. 9, 3 p.m. ET
Semifinals
Sport 5: Winner of Sport 1 vs. Winner of Sport 2 (at increased seed)
Sport 6: Winner of Sport 3 vs. Winner of Sport 4 (at increased seed)
Finals
Winner of Sport 5 vs. Winner of Sport 6 (PayPal Park in San Jose, CA)
All of those video games will probably be out there for viewing with NWSL+.