NWSL 2024 Playoffs

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  1. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Member+

    SSC Napoli
    Feb 16, 1999
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1 Jeremy Goodwin, Nov 7, 2024
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2024
    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)

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    *Lousville had an extra home game due to unsuitable field conditions in San Diego.
     
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  2. SiberianThunderT

    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.
     
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  3. Smallchief

    Smallchief Member+

    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.
     
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  4. SiberianThunderT

    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.
     
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  5. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    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.
     
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  6. kolabear

    kolabear Member+

    Nov 10, 2006
    los angeles
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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!)

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    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. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    If you think it's been "swept under the rug",
    you
    are
    wrong

    Simple 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.
     
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  8. SiberianThunderT

    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. SiberianThunderT

    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. :-/
     
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  10. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Looks like an upset brewing 1-0 Bay 76th minute
     
  11. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    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
     
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  12. SiberianThunderT

    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
     
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  13. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Trinity needs to get closer, she’s been too far wide
     
  14. SiberianThunderT

    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. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    The ESPN website is so far behind it has the game as being in the 68th minute right now.
     
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  16. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
  17. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Owen Goal strikes again.
     
  18. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    It’s like on ABC, the upcoming Thorns/Gotham as well
     
  19. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Yellow to Pickett as she pulls Rodman down
     
  20. SiberianThunderT

    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
     
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  21. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    BAY starting off the second half of extra time strong
     
  22. SiberianThunderT

    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
     
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  23. SiberianThunderT

    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 :ROFLMAO:

    F/ET, WAS 2-1 BAY
     
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  24. TheJoeGreene

    TheJoeGreene Member+

    Aug 19, 2012
    The Lubbock Texas
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    That's two bad, boring first halves today.
     
  25. hotjam2

    hotjam2 Member+

    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
     

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