The 2025 National Women’s Soccer League regular season is in the books. For eight teams, now comes the playoffs. The big dance. Crunch time.
In a single-elimination quarterfinals, semifinals and final, there is plenty of room for upsets along the way. After all, only twice in the last five years has a No. 1 seed lifted the Shield trophy and then gone on to win the championship trophy as well (North Carolina Courage in 2019 and Orlando Pride in 2024).
