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Atlanta City FC, a new NWSL expansion side beginning play in 2028, hopes to build its identity with U.S. women’s national team players. Chief Soccer Officer Richard Gunney told reporters Monday that the national team has always been part of the league’s identity and that successful NWSL teams know how to tap into that mentality. “The successful teams in this league have always had a core U.S. women’s national team presence on those rosters,” Gunney said. “We aspire to have that same core, that s

Multiple players had standout performances on Decision Day, and here is who stood out most

The final day of the regular season gave fans Gotham’s Shield win, a farewell to a Seattle hero and a new part-whiparound, part-watchalong show to take it all in As a player, Ali Krieger went into NWSL Decision Day focused on one result. She was Gotham FC’s captain in 2023, the first time the league played all of the final games of the regular season simultaneously. The job, she remembers, was to not worry about the other games going on. Three years later, Krieger spent Decision Day with eyes on not one game but eight. For the first time, all of the final games of the NWSL season were aired by the same network. Krieger, now a lead analyst for ESPN, and host Kelsey Riggs Cuff anchored the coverage from headquarters in Bristol with a show that was part whiparound, part watchalong, and ultimately wholly new for the 14-year-old league. Continue reading...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Owner Jerry Jones and quarterback Dak Prescott tried to shield coach Brian Schottenheimer from mounting criticism after the Dallas Cowboys again failed to put together consecutive victories.The latest loss was the most crushing of Schottenheimer's season-plus in charge, since the Cowboys matched the biggest blown fourth-quarter lead in franchise history at 14 points in Arizona's 33-30 overtime victory, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Gotham FC claimed the NWSL Shield for best regular-season record with a 2-0 victory over the Utah Royals on Decision Day, when all of the league’s games are played simultaneously

Coach Brian Schottenheimer’s Dallas Cowboys fell to 3-5 with a 33-30 overtime, home loss to the caused the Cowboys coach to speak about personal responsibility . Quarterback Dak Prescott attempted to shield his head coach from criticism afterward, but Mike Tomlin entered the fray with criticisms of his own as he spoke on Sunday Night Football later […] The post Mike Tomlin hits Cowboys with brutally honest reality check after Cardinals game appeared first on ClutchPoints.

San Diego Wave FC finished second in the 2026 NWSL Shield race after defeating Bay FC 1-0 on the road at PayPal Park on Decision Day.

Facing adversity all season long, Gotham FC completed their first-ever regular season title, winning the 2026 NWSL Shield with a team-first mentality throughout their battle-tested squad.

NWSL Decision Day settled the NWSL Shield and playoff bracket

The Dash, who made a coaching change last month, will miss the NWSL playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Gotham FC claimed the NWSL Shield for the best regular-season record with a 2-0 victory Sunday over the Utah Royals on Decision Day, when all 16 of the league's teams play simultaneously. With the top seed, Gotham (18-5-7) claimed home field advantage throughout the playoffs and will host the No.

After winning two NWSL Championships as the last place seed, Gotham FC will finally go into the postseason as the top team, securing their first NWSL Shield on the final day with a 2-0 win over the Utah Royals. The San Diego Wave, Washington Spirit and KC Current also secured home field advantage in the quarterfinals. The Seattle Reign held on to the eight seed to round out the NWSL playoff teams. The postseason is officially here, here’s how we ended up here. The Athletic watched every game, an

The final seeding for the playoffs came down the final minutes of the 2026 NWSL season.

Seattle Reign midfielder Jess Fishlock will wrap her 14th and final regular season in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) on Sunday as one of the defining players in American professional soccer. Yet she nearly cut her losses during the inaugural season to go back to the UK — closer to home in Wales, and where she had departed as the 2012 FA Women’s Super League (WSL) players’ player of the year with Bristol City. “It was so intense, it was so fast. The tempo of the game was just on anothe

On Sunday, 1 November, Jess Fishlock takes to the pitch for Seattle Reign against Orlando Pride, not knowing if it will be her final match.

On Sunday, 1 November, Jess Fishlock takes to the pitch for Seattle Reign against Orlando Pride, not knowing if it will be her final match.

The Seattle Reign, North Carolina Courage and Denver Summit are all in the running to finish in the eighth and final playoff berth

NWSL Decision Day is upon us with everything still to play for.

The NWSL regular season comes to an end on Sunday. For its finale, every team will play at the same time in eight simultaneous 5 p.m. ET kickoffs for the third year of Decision Day. And there is plenty left on the line. Will defending NWSL champions Gotham FC win their first Shield? Or will San Diego Wave spoil their No. 1 streak? Will the Denver Summit or North Carolina Courage claw their way above the playoff line to bump the Seattle Reign from the postseason? And will Ashley Sanchez finally b