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NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 9, with Referee Assignments

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.

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 8, with Referee Assignments

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.

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 7, with Referee Assignments

(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).

screenshot of PROreferees.com as it was on 30-Apr-2025 and 1-May-2025

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+).

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 6, with Referee Assignments

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.

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 5, with Referee Assignments

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.

Northern Super League: Canada’s new league kicks off on Wednesday

Update (16-Apr-2025): All matches will be available in the USA, either via ESPN+ or the NSL’s website (nsl.ca). Also, for those outside the USA and Canada, all matches can be streamed for free via the NSL’s website.

Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league, the Northern Super League, begins play on Wednesday, April 16. Fans in the United States will be able to watch about half of the league’s regular season matches via the ESPN+ streaming service.

For its inaugural season, the league consists of six teams: The Calgary Wild, the Halifax Tides, the Montréal Roses, the Ottawa Rapid, AFC Toronto, and the Vancouver Rise. All six teams have received a “National 1 License” under the Canada Soccer Club Licensing Program (Canada Soccer press release).

During the 2025 regular season, each team will play each other team five times, for a total of 25 matches. As the total number of matches each team will play is odd, three of the teams (Ottawa, Calgary, and Halifax) will have an extra home match. The regular season runs from mid-April to mid-October. Playoffs will also be held: The top four teams will be paired off for two-legged semifinals, followed by a single-match championship. (NSL press release).

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 4, with Referee Assignments

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.

Mexico U-23 WNT: Mexico holds its first-ever Under-23 camp — One NWSL pro and five NCAA players called up

After hiring a permanent head coach in February, the Mexico Under-23 Women’s National Team is holding its first-ever camp, which got underway on Monday, March 31, at its federation’s High Performance Center.

In charge of the Mexico U-23s is Vanessa Martínez Lagunas (LinkedIn profile), who played collegiate soccer at the University of Texas and was capped by the senior Mexico Women’s National Team. Prior to being hired by the Mexico Football Federation, she served as the head coach of the women’s soccer program at Canada’s University of Manitoba (coach bio). Martínez has a doctorate degree in sports science from Leipzig University in Germany.

The 26-player roster for this camp, which runs through Tuesday, April 8, includes six players currently based in the United States. The remaining 20 athletes all play professionally in Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil.

The only NWSL professional is Angel City FC goalkeeper Breanna Norris, who was signed by ACFC on a roster relief contract that runs through the end of June (ACFC press release). The 5’10” Norris played four seasons of NCAA soccer at the University of Portland (player profile) where she was the West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year in her final two seasons.

Five players called up are currently on collegiate teams: Maribel Flores, USC Trojans; Isabella Gutiérrez, East Carolina Pirates; Xcaret Pineda, Oklahoma State Cowgirls; Giana Riley, Florida State Seminoles; and Val Vargas, UCLA Bruins.

NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 3, with Referee Assignments

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.

U-17 USWYNT: Roster for 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers announced — includes two NWSL pros

Update (28-Mar-2025): Defender Izzy Dalke and forward Elayna Kocher suffered injuries (back and knee, respectively) during the preparatory camp in Florida and have been replaced by defender Gracie Milam and forward Audrey McKeen. (U.S. Soccer press release)

For its qualifiers to the 2025 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, the Under-17 United States Women’s Youth National Team will have all five age-eligible players from its squad for the previous U-17 WWC, including two professionals and goalkeeper Evan O’Steen who won the Golden Glove at that tournament.

The two professionals, who both now play in the National Women’s Soccer League, are midfielder Kimmi Ascanio of the San Diego Wave and forward Micayla Johnson of the Chicago Stars. The other two returning players are both midfielders: Jaiden Rodriguez, who is set to play collegiate soccer for Southern California later this year, and Scottie Antonucci, whose post-secondary plans remain officially enigmatic.

In addition to O’Steen, who will be playing for Florida State, and Rodriguez, four other players have reclassified and will begin their NCAA careers in 2025: Forward Ashlyn Anderson at Florida State, midfielder Riley Kennedy at the University of North Carolina, defender Cecil Pearl at Virginia, and forward Nyanya Touray at Florida State.

The USA’s qualifying path for this year’s FIFA U-17 WWC involves just three round-robin group matches, which will be played over six days from Monday, March 31, to Saturday, April 5. The USA’s opponents are Trinidad & Tobago, Honduras, and El Salvador.