Portland Thorns/Fire training facility update: Everything appears to be leveled, looks like they’re prepping for drainage now, more things cleared for the expansion

Utah Royals FC announces the retirement of defender Olivia Griffitts who has chosen to step away from soccer to focus on her family. The club thanks her for her contributions to the club.

Racing Louisville FC has mutually agreed to terminate the contract of Colombian international defender Ángela Barón, allowing her to pursue opportunities elsewhere.

The Portland Thorns announced today that defender Reyna Reyes has signed a contract extension through the 2030 season.

The faces of those who have already finished their dinners and have a very vested interest in what I’m trying to eat

This feels more on brand than the fact that they were 3-0 going into the match

Portland Thorns HC Rob Gale on whether there was an update on Julie Dufour who went down in the 13th minute with an apparent knee injury "No, I do not...we hope for the best for Julie, it reminded me of the Caiya [Hanks] incident, the way she planted and then just got shoved."

Bonus Gif :)

THORNS TIE THE MATCH UP!!!

That's the second time the Providence Park wheelchair got pulled out tonight, McCaskill declines and heads straight into the locker room with a trainer on each arm

San Diego ends it's goalless drought and takes the lead in Providence Park They have scored 7 goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half, more than any other team in the NWSL this season. The Wave have avoided defeat in their last 14 matches when scoring first in the NWSL, since May 2024.

Fun fact: you can see exactly 1 star if you look up at the evening sky from Providence Park with all the lights on

30 minutes into #PORvSD and the Thorns have yet to get a shot off (compared to SD's 6)

heartbreaking for Dufour who was really meshing with this Thorns attack

Teenagers have made 59 appearances for San Diego Wave this regular season, one away from the most in a single season in league history (60 for Angel City in 2024). The Wave are the second team to play teenagers over 3000 minutes (3047) after last year’s Angel City team (4011).

Olivia Moultrie, who turned 20 on September 17, set regular-season NWSL records for teenagers: Games Played (86, 37 more than any other player) Games Started (58, 21 more) Minutes Played (5253, 1948 more) Goal Contributions (24, 6 more), Goals (14, 1 more) Assists (10, 1 more)

San Diego is unbeaten in a club-record 7 straight regular-season away matches (W5 D2), allowing just 4 total goals in those games Only three teams have recorded a longer road unbeaten run within a single regular season in NWSL history (NC – 12 in 2018, ORL – 11 in 2024, SEA – 8 in 2014)

The Thorns have lost their last two home matches but were unbeaten in their first eight matches at Providence Park this year (W5 D3 – 18 points). Entering 2025, Portland has recorded at least 20 points and six wins at home in each of the last eight regular seasons dating back to 2016.

This will be the 14th meeting between Portland and San Diego across all competitions since the Wave joined the NWSL in 2022, equaling Gotham FC versus Washington as the most played match between two NWSL teams in that time. Each side has won five of the first 13 games (3 draws).

Jordyn Huitema has scored 3 goals against KC in her NWSL career, incl a brace in the Reign’s visit to KC in 2024 Huitema is the only visiting player to score multiple goals in a match at CPKC Stadium since Sophia Wilson & Janine Sonis did so for Portland in the stadium’s inaugural game in Mar 2024

Kansas City extended its NWSL-record shutout streak to 8 straight games last weekend The Current have faced 9.1 shots per match and an expected goals value of 4.56 (0.57 per match) over the eight games, not allowing any team to record an xG of 1.0 or better in any match.

Seattle has lost only two of its last 10 matches (W4 D4 L2) dating back to the beginning of June. The Reign’s 16 points in that time are the fourth most in the NWSL behind only the league’s current top three (Kansas City – 26, Gotham FC – 18, Washington Spirit – 17).

Kansas City is unbeaten in 13 straight regular-season games, equaling the 4th-longest single-season streak in NWSL history It’s the Current’s 3rd unbeaten run of 13+ games in a single season (2022, 2024), something all other teams in NWSL history have combined to do 2x (ORL-2024, SEA-2014)

Seattle was the last team to defeat Kansas City, recording a 1-0 home win in May The Current trailed for 60:10 of real time vs the Reign after conceding a first-half goal to Lynn Biyendolo, while they’ve been behind for a total of 5 minutes, 4 seconds combined in their other 19 games this season

#BAYvGFC NWSL Availability Report Bay FC OUT: Joelle Anderson (lower leg), Abby Dahlkemper (ML), Onyeka Gamero (SEI – knee), Melissa Lowder (SEI – knee), Emily Menges (ML) ???: Penelope Hocking (lower leg) Gotham FC OUT: Tierna Davidson (SEI – knee), Taryn Torres (SEI – knee), Ella Stevens (knee)

feels like the holidays start earlier every year

Playing the really fun game of: Will I be done with work in time to go to the Thorns' match tonight

#PORvSD NWSL Availability Report Portland Thorns SEI/ML: Caiya Hanks, Marie Müller, Nicole Payne, Olivia Wade-Katoa, Morgan Weaver, Sophia Wilson San Diego Wave OUT: Melanie Barcenas (foot), Trinity Byars (SEI), Delphine Cascarino (lower leg), Chiamaka Okwuchukwu (SEl), Kailen Sheridan (excused)

#KCvSEA NWSL Availability Report KC Current SEI/ML: Cook, Gagne, DiBernardo OUT: Kristen Hamilton (hip) ???: Temwa Chawinga (knee), Michelle Cooper (thigh) Seattle Reign OUT: Lynn Biyendolo (knee), Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (ankle), Veronica Latsko (SEI), Cassie Miller (D45 – leg)

This isn’t an overly rare occurrence, but the fact that it’s happening on back-to-back days is frustrating If teams are getting fined for not submitting availability reports on time, the fine clearly isn’t enough to make them change their behavior

NWSL After Dark never fails to deliver

magic

goal of the year?

Taylor Flint won 10/14 duels she contested against Seattle in Racing Louisville’s last match, taking her total to a league-high 210 duels won this season. Flint has won 10 or more duels in a match 12 times this season with only Gotham FC’s Jaelin Howell (7) doing so even half as many times in 2025.

Paige Monaghan has scored in 3 straight matches for the first time in her NWSL career. She is the 2nd Royals player to score in 3 straight games this year (Brecken Mozingo in May-June) while only Christen Press and Amy Rodriguez (both in 2019) have scored in 4 straight league games in club history.

Racing Louisville has suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time since April. Racing has conceded a lead-changing goal in the 90th minute or later in five of its last seven matches (3 equalizers, 2 winners), including Jess Fishlock’s 90th-minute winner for Seattle in Louisville’s last match.

Utah is unbeaten in 5 straight matches (W2 D3) after a win over Houston, equaling the longest single-season run in team history (2018 and 2019). The Royals have not allowed more than 1 goal in any of their last 7 matches, the longest such run in team history (including previous iteration)

The home team has won all three meetings between Utah and Racing Louisville, with Racing scoring a 3-2 win when the sides met in Louisville on June 6. Racing scored eight goals in its two home matches against the Royals but was shut out in its lone visit to Utah, a 1-0 loss in September 2024.

Chicago came from behind to earn a draw last week; the 7th time the Stars have avoided defeat after trailing The Stars are the 1st team to come from behind to avoid defeat 7x in a single regular season since SEA and KC in 2022 while the Reign in 2014 (10x) are the only team to do so 7+ times

Houston acquired Malia Berkely from North Carolina last week in a trade. Since joining the NWSL in 2022, Berkely’s 57.2 completed passes per 90 ranks second in the league while her 87.4 percent pass accuracy ranks sixth among players that have played 3000 or more minutes in that time.

Chicago is unbeaten in seven straight matches (W1 D6) despite not keeping a clean sheet in any of the seven games. The Stars are the second team in NWSL history to go unbeaten in seven or more straight games while allowing a goal in each (Kansas City – 9 straight in 2023-24).

The Dash are unbeaten in their last two home matches, earning a 2-1 win over North Carolina and a 1-1 draw with Seattle. Houston has scored in 8 consecutive regular-season home matches, equaling the second-longest streak in club history behind only a 15-match run from May 2018 to June 2019.

Houston snapped a 3-match regular-season losing streak against Chicago with a 2-1 road victory in March It was just the Dash’s seventh win in 27 all-time regular season meetings with the Stars (D7 L13) as they look to defeat Chicago twice in a single regular season for the second time (W2 in 2022).

Manaka Matsukubo (6 goals, 4 assists) is the 8th player to record 10 goal contributions in a single season for North Carolina and the first since Kerolin (13) in 2023 No other team has more than six different players with 10 goal contributions in a season since the Courage joined the NWSL in 2017

Jacqueline Ovalle attempted 5 shots and created 5 chances for teammates, including assisting Orlando’s one goal, in her first NWSL start Ovalle is the first player since Opta began detailed data collection of the NWSL in 2016 to be involved in 10 shots in her first career regular-season start

North Carolina has avoided defeat in seven of its last nine matches (W3 D4) following a 2-1 win over Angel City on Saturday. Both defeats in that time have come on the road, however, as the Courage have managed just one win in their last six away from home (D1 L4).

After winning its first four matches of the regular season, Orlando has managed just four wins in its last 16 league matches (D5 L7), including going eight straight without a win (D4 L4). Since matchday five, the Pride’s 17 points are the 10th most in the NWSL.

Orlando has won each of its last two home matches against North Carolina, recording league wins in 2023 and 2024. The Courage had lost only one of their first nine all-time visits to Orlando in all competitions (W6 D2) before losing at Inter&Co Stadium in each of the last two seasons.

Seattle Reign FC today announced that defender Ryanne Brown has signed a one-year contract extension and has been elevated from the season-ending injury (SEI) list after recovering from an ACL injury suffered in July 2024. Brown will begin training as a full participant immediately.