NWSL Playoff Race: Teams to Watch in the Home Stretch

We're about to hit playoff territory. The league is one of the most interesting moments of the whole season, and I don't trust anyone but you to break down to us what should we be looking in the closing moments of the NWSL season. This is the home stretch. I think first we've got to get the table up. We've got to see the table because so far what we know that both Gotham and San Diego have clinched a playoff spot. Gotham have gotten that spot at home which is going to be a massive you know addition and sort of a safety net for Gotham being the reigning champs I think that it's going to be super important that they they're at home they have that support we know that New York with the work of Mandomi has been having a really good you know unity with the community and I think it's one of the teams that I'm super happy for and I'd love to see more people being able to actually go to the games for something like 11 I want to see but right under them we have Washington Spirit Utah Royals, Kansas City and finally I hope I'm not jinxing it but Angel City finally in that playoff position week after week Camila absolutely you know the story of ACFC has been in the past couple seasons if you haven't watched NWSL they started off really strong they're the most you know valuable team in the entire league but haven't made it to the playoffs so far in their history as a club so this year hopefully is the first where they're able to do so I think this year you know There was a lot of uncertainty with Alyssa Thompson leaving for Chelsea. But as we can see, the team being led by players like Josel Thompson, her younger sister, have been doing incredibly well. Right under them, we have Portland Thorns, not a surprise. North Carolina Courage with players like Ashley Sanchez, who just did incredibly well this weekend when they were with the U.S. national team But we'll get into that a little bit later. We're going from the bottom to the top. Chicago Stars, Racing Louisville, and Bay FC. teams that we didn't expect them to perform this season to be protagonists but also Bay FC being a new franchise we were expecting them to have a little bit of mojo right Boston Legacy the brand new team this season they're playing better a team that started with a lot of red cards but finally they can find their bearings and have been maintaining 11 players on the pitch for the 90 minutes which is an improvement for them but on the other side of an expansion team tale we have Denver Summit, Denver Summit is a team that started as well this season and is close to play to play of contention Orlando Pride that were abysmal at the beginning of the season again like we said yo les dije tengan cuidado because maybe these teams they just needed five six games at the end of the season to make themselves in this zone right here definitely Angel City also kind of in that mix right because especially with Seattle being just three points away every game matters in the closing phase of the tournament yeah but Angel City on the come up right we know that Gotham are the favorites but they dropped points late right in a 1-1 draw against Angel City a really good result for ACFC which are unbeaten in seven games with Suarez's 91st minute equalizer as the highlight of this past match Washington with Trinity Rodman obviously are on fire We'll be right back.