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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.

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Week Eight of the National Women’s Super League’s 2025 season begins Friday night on Prime Video with #11 Racing Louisville hosting #4 Gotham FC. Then, at 10:00 p.m. EDT, #8 Angel City will take on the #13 Utah Royals (NWSL+ and others).

On Saturday, the first match of the day will see #5 Washington Spirit playing the last-place Chicago Stars in a nationally televised match on ABC at 12:50 p.m. EDT.

Saturday night’s ION doubleheader should be must-see-TV. The earlier match features the North Carolina Courage, who are on a two-match win streak, taking on the Orlando Pride, who have lost two straight matches. The doubleheader closes with the marquee match of the week: The #3 San Diego Wave hosts the #5 Portland Thorns. A victory for the Wave could see them at the top of the table, if the Pride lose their match.

Sunday also begins with a nationally televised match: The Kansas City Current, who are still at the top of the table despite losing their last two matches, will attempt to right their proverbial ship against Bay FC on ESPN at high noon, local time (1:00 p.m. EDT).

The final match of the weekend will see the #7 Seattle Reign host the #12 Houston Dash.

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(Updated, 3-May-25) The website for the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) is now back online (direct link to Week 7 assignments). Previously, PRO’s website had been offline since at least Wednesday (April 30).

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Week Seven of the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2025 regular season is front-loaded with three matches on Friday night, with two of those matches starting at 8:00 p.m. EDT. This week’s Prime Video features the #3 Washington Spirit hosting #9 Angel City (8:00 p.m. EDT). Simultaneous with that match is a battle between the #10 Houston Dash and the #12 Racing Louisville (NWSL+). At 10:30 p.m. EDT, the Kansas City Current, fresh off their shock loss to the North Carolina Courage, face the Seattle Reign (NWSL+).

On Saturday, the only action of the day is the ION doubleheader. At 7:30 p.m. EDT is the weekend’s marquee match-up between the (essentially) tied-for-first Orlando Pride and the #6 Portland Thorns. Then, at 10:00 p.m., the #13 Utah Royals welcome the #11 North Carolina Courage

Sunday opens with #4 Gotham FC hosting the last-place Chicago Stars (1:00 p.m. EDT on CBS), who are now without a permanent head coach after the questionable firing of Lorne Donaldson on Wednesday (Stars press release).

The weekend wraps up on Sunday night with a resurgent San Diego Wave hosting Bay FC (8:00 p.m. EDT, NWSL+).

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Week Six of the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2025 regular season got underway early this week, with a match on Tuesday between the league’s two representatives in the the upcoming Concacaf W Champions Cup semifinals, the Portland Thorns and Gotham FC.

This weekend, there will be a full slate of seven matches.

Friday’s Prime Video match features the #2 Orlando Pride hosting #6 Angel City (8:00 p.m. EDT). Kicking off simultaneously on NWSL+ is a battle of the #10s: Houston Dash vs. Utah Royals.

Saturday’s lineup begins with the #3 Washington Spirit welcoming #4 Gotham FC to Audi Field at 1:00 p.m. EDT on CBS. (Compared to the Thorns, Gotham has the disadvantages of a travel day and one day between matches.)

Then, at 7:00 p.m. EDT, on NWSL+, the last-place North Carolina Courage host the first-place Kansas City Current, who are now the only team with a perfect record this season.

The ION doubleheader on Saturday night opens with the #7 San Diego Wave traveling to Illinois to face the #13 Chicago Stars (7:30 p.m. EDT). Then, in the second match, it’s a West Coast battle between the #8s: Bay FC and the Seattle Reign (10:30 p.m. EDT).

Sunday’s lone match is on NWSL+ and features the #5 Portland Thorns hosting #12 Racing Louisville at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

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This weekend, the National Women’s Soccer League will have a compressed schedule, with three matches on Friday night and four on Saturday. No matches will be played on Easter Sunday.

On Saturday, the Orlando Pride will host the Washington Spirit in the marquee match of the week (5:05 p.m. EDT, ION). Last year, the Spirit lost to the Pride in the NWSL Championship. However, in this year’s preseason Challenge Cup match, the Spirit bested the Pride via penalties.

Friday night has a pair of juicy matches:

• The Prime Video match features the Portland Thorns taking on the Seattle Reign in a renewal of the Cascadia rivalry (10:00 p.m. EDT).
• A half-hour later, it is a battle of West Coast versus East Coast when #4 Angel City (10:30 p.m. EDT, NWSL+) faces #5 Gotham FC.

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With the first international window of the season out of the way, the National Women’s Soccer League resumes on Friday for seven straight weekends of matches until the next international break, which starts in late May.

Week Four kicks off on Friday night with a Prime Video match featuring two teams that are both looking for their first win of the season: The Utah Royals and the Portland Thorns .

The only two teams with perfect records, the Orlando Pride and the Kansas City Current, will both be in action during Saturday night’s ION doubleheader. In the first match, the #1 Orlando Pride play at #6 Seattle Reign. Then, the #2 Kansas City Current face the #5 San Diego Wave.

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Week 3 of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League feature two matches between undefeated teams:

• On Saturday, at high noon (local time) on ESPN and ESPN+, the reigning NWSL Champion, the Orlando Pride, hosts the San Diego Wave. The Pride are in first place after winning its first two matches, while the Wave are currently fourth after a draw and a win.
• Then, on Sunday, the final match of the week is on CBS Sports Network at 8:00 p.m. EDT, Angel City, which has two points after two draws, faces the Seattle Reign, which has four points via a draw and a win.

The Prime Video match on Friday could see Bay FC forward Tess Boade playing against her younger sister, Washington Spirit midfielder Meg Boade, who was called into the upcoming United States U-23 camp.

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Week 2 of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League features a pair of matches between last season’s top four teams:

• On Saturday, last year’s #2, Washington Spirit, hosts Kansas City who finished fourth in 2024.
• Then, on Sunday, the 2024 NWSL Champions and Shield winner, Orlando Pride, visit the NJ/NY Gotham FC, which finished third in last season’s table.

In the USA, three of the weekend’s seven matches will be televised. In addition to the Saturday ION doubleheader, one match on Sunday will be shown on ESPN 2. All seven matches can be streamed live: Five via free services (NWSL+ and ION) and two via paid services (Prime Video and ESPN+).

Sunday’s match between the Chicago Stars and the Houston Dash was originally scheduled to kick-off at a later time, but was moved up to its currently scheduled start time of 3:00 p.m. EDT (noon PDT) back in February (Chicago Stars press release).

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The first weekend of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League season kicks off on Friday, March 14. All fourteen teams will be in action.

In the USA, four of the seven matches will be televised. In addition to the Saturday ION doubleheader, ABC and ESPN 2 will each show a match, on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. All seven matches can be streamed live: Four via a free service (NWSL+ and ION) and three via a paid service (Prime Video and ESPN+).

The top two teams from last season, the Orlando Pride and the Washington Spirit will both be in action on Friday, with the Pride being featured on the first Prime Video broadcast of the 2025 regular season. Sunday’s lone match will be a SoCal derby between Angel City FC and the San Diego Wave.

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