Week Nine of the National Women’s Super League’s 2025 season was to have four matches on Friday night and three on Saturday, but due to severe weather concerns in the Louisville, Kentucky, area, the match between #9 Racing Louisville and the #8 Seattle Reign has been rescheduled for sometime on Saturday.
Still scheduled to kick-off shortly after high noon, Auckland time, is one of the most anticipated matches of the opening half of the 2025 season: At 8:00 p.m. EDT, the defending NWSL champions, Orlando Pride, hosts the current #1 team, the Kansas City Current.
Also kicking off on Friday are two matches featuring the NWSL’s representatives in next week’s Concacaf W Champions Cup semifinals. At 7:30 p.m. EDT, #7 Gotham FC takes on the #4 San Diego Wave. Then, at 8:00 p.m. EDT, the #6 Portland Thorns are the guests of the #10 Houston Dash. Both of those matches can be streamed for free on NWSL+. (The semifinals of the Concacaf W Champions Cup will be played on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. EDT and 10:00 p.m. EDT. Both matches can be streamed live via Paramount+.)
On Saturday, the #11 North Carolina Courage welcome the last-place Chicago Stars at 5:00 p.m. EDT (NWSL+).
Saturday night’s ION doubleheader begins with the #3 Washington Spirit hosting the #13 Utah Royals (7:30 p.m. EDT) and closes with #12 Bay FC facing #5 Angel City.
There are no matches (currently) scheduled for Sunday.
All seven matches this weekend can be streamed live, with only one match, Friday night’s showdown between the Orlando Pride and the Kansas City Current, behind a paywall, courtesy of Prime Video. The remaining six matches can all be streamed for free, either via NWSL+ or a free service that simul-streams the ION channel: E.g. Tubi (tubitv.com) and PlutoTV (pluto.tv).
NWSL 2025 Regular Season, Week 9 Schedule
Direct streaming links are provided if available.
Friday, May 16
NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. San Diego Wave
- Start Time: 7:30 PM EDT / 4:30 PM PDT
- TV: n/a
- Streaming: NWSL+
- Referee: Thomas Snyder
- VAR: Mark Verso
Orlando Pride vs. Kansas City Current
- Start Time: 8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT
- TV: n/a
- Streaming: Prime Video
- Referee: Natalie Simon
- VAR: Kevin Broadley
Houston Dash vs. Portland Thorns
- Start Time: 8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT
- TV: n/a
- Streaming: NWSL+
- Referee: Shawn Tehini
- VAR: Abdou Ndiaye
Saturday, May 17
Racing Louisville vs. Seattle Reign (rescheduled due to weather)
- Start Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT (source)
- TV: n/a
- Streaming: NWSL+
- Referee: Iryna Petrunok (subject to change)**
- VAR: Alexandra Billeter (subject to change)**
*All referee assignments are subject to change for a variety of reasons, however with the match day being changed, there is a much higher probability that some of the officiating crew could be different.
North Carolina Courage vs. Chicago Stars
- Start Time: 5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT
- TV: n/a
- Streaming: NWSL+ / Golazo / Paramount+ / Prime Video
- Referee: Jaclyn Metz
- VAR: Shawn Tehini
Washington Spirit vs. Utah Royals
- Start Time: 7:30 PM EDT / 4:30 PM PDT
- TV: ion
- Streaming: ion
- Referee: Danielle Chesky
- VAR: Jamie Padilla
Bay FC vs. Angel City FC
- Start Time: 10:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM PDT
- TV: ion
- Streaming: ion
- Referee: Brandon Stevis
- VAR: Anya Voigt
2025 NWSL Table (as of Week 8)
1. Kansas City Current — 18 points, +12 goal difference (6-0-2)
2. Orlando Pride — 16 pts, +9 gd (5-1-2)
3. Washington Spirit — 15 pts, +1 gd (5-0-3)
4. San Diego Wave — 14 pts, +5 gd (4-2-2)
5. Angel City FC — 14 pts, +1 gd (4-2-2)
6. Portland Thorns* — 13 pts, +2 gd (3-4-2)
7. NJ/NY Gotham FC* — 12 pts, +3 gd (3-3-3)
8. Seattle Reign — 11 pts, 0 gd (3-2-3)
9. Racing Louisville — 11 pts, -4 gd (3-2-3)
10. Houston Dash — 10 pts, -3 gd (3-1-4)
11. North Carolina Courage — 9 pts, -1 gd (2-3-3)
12. Bay FC — 8 pts, -4 gd (2-2-4)
13. Utah Royals — 4 pts, -9 gd (1-1-6)
14. Chicago Stars — 4 pts, -12 gd (1-1-6)
*Gotham and the Thorns have played an extra match compared to the other 12 teams. After Week 10, all teams will be back on equal number of matches played.
Notes
- Rank calculation only includes the top three tie-breakers: (1) Goal Difference, (2) Number of Wins, and (3) Goals Scored. (source: 2025 Competition Rules)
- The next two tie-breakers are (4) Head-to-Head Points and (5) Head-to-Head Goals Scored. If the teams are still tied, then (6) a Disciplinary Points Coefficient is used. If teams cannot be separated based on the above criteria, the final method is (7) a Coin Flip or Drawing of Lots.
- The top eight teams qualify for the post-season tournament.
Notes
The ION channel is available on most standard cable and satellite packages. It can also be streamed free via a number of different streaming platforms (ION TV help page).
Matches aired on CBS may not be available in all local markets, as the local affiliate may sometimes show another sporting event.
For those in the USA, matches shown on CBS Sports Network may not have a standalone streaming alternative. Thus to view matches that will be shown on CBS Sports Network, one will need to have a TV service provider package that includes the CBS Sports Network channel.
The full schedule is available as a Google Sheets document (last updated on 16-May-2025).
The NWSL’s official schedule is at https://www.nwslsoccer.com/schedule/regular-season.
NWSL referee assignments are published each Wednesday during the season on the Professional Referee Organization (“PRO”) website: https://proreferees.com/category/assignments/nwsl-assignments/. At the present time, the PRO website is not optimized. Individual articles can be slow to load.
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