NWSL is back! (and I'm back from vacation) FRI 23 Aug 20:00 Houston hosts Orlando (Prime) 21:30 Utah hosts Bay FC (NWSL+) SAT 24 Aug 14:30 Gotham hosts Portland (CBS/Paramount+) 16:30 San DIego hosts Angel City (CBS/Paramount+) 19:30 Louisville hosts Chicago (ION) SUN 25 Aug 12:00 Washington hosts Kansas City (CBSSN) 22:00 Seattle hosts North Carolina (ESPN2/ESPN+/ESPN D) So much has happened: Let me explain!, No there is too much, let me sum up: -US WNT got gold at the Paris Summer Olympics -NWSL teams swept the Summer Cup with Liga MX F -A raft of players have joined NWSL in the summer window -The USL Super League kicked off -NWSL's news team has been SEOing their butts off with "How to watch" articles on the news page -A lot of NWSL players have been called up for the US in preparation for the U-20 WWC Colombia in just a week and a half
Gotham won the tournament in Cali (Colombia), KC won the one in KC, we did miss out on Louisville though. Two out of three ain't bad They should hold more of them in Europe, or some in Asia.
UTA-BAY was great to watch last night. Less during the first half, but I think everyone was still figuring out getting back into the swing of regular season games. Tuned into NJY-POR too late to see NJY's opening goal...
Regardless of the match result, Cascarino looks like a really good pick-up for San Diego. She looked much more dangerous on the left than Sanchez has, perhaps that will free her up to play in a more productive position. Another assist for Bethune, the surprise will now be when she doesn't get one...