r/NWSL • u/SomeCruzDude • 1d ago
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r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Courage/Wave match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Summit/Angel City FC match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/itsmemrmeseeksssssss • 7h ago
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getting a lil messy on main 👀👀👀
r/NWSL • u/Hameltion • 16h ago
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Summit/Angel City FC match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/Doctor_YOOOU • 15h ago
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Summit/Angel City FC match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 17h ago
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From the Spirit/Gotham FC match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 12h ago
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From the Courage/Wave match on 10/17/2026.
This is Barcenas' 7th goal in the season. The most ever by a teenager in the NWSL.
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Summit/Angel CIty FC match on 10/16/2026.
\Reuploaded as the previous clip somehow didn't have sound?!)
r/NWSL • u/watchthebreaks • 7h ago
Godfrey /49 RC, Means /50 Rated Rookie, and Heaps /399 in my NWSL Blaster Box!
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 11h ago
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Fromt he Courage/Wave match on 10/17/2026. 11th goal of the season for Byars.
r/NWSL • u/NWSL-Match-Bot • 11h ago
⚽ Denver: M. Kössler 2', L. Heaps 18' ⚽ Angel City: S. Jónsdóttir 32', T. Suarez 39', A. Sentnor 43' 🏁 Angel City win
| Kickoff | Sat, Oct 17, 8:45 PM EDT |
| Venue | Centennial Stadium — Centennial, Colorado |
| Watch | ION, NWSL+ |
| Referee | E. Koroleva (AR1: T. Turpin, AR2: C. Siler, 4th: P. McCracken, VAR: A. Voigt) |
| Analysis | Match analysis |
| Live comments | reddit-stream |
Denver (4-2-3-1) — Angel City (4-2-3-1)
Starting XI
| Denver | Angel City |
|---|---|
| 1 Abby Smith · GK | 19 Angelina Anderson · GK |
| 3 Kaleigh Kurtz · DF | 11 Sarah Gorden (C) · DF |
| 23 Eva Gaetino · DF | 6 Emily Sams · DF |
| 7 Ayo Oke · DF | 3 Savy King · DF |
| 24 Delanie Sheehan · MF | 20 Gisele Thompson · DF |
| 8 Emma Regan · MF | 15 Evelyn Shores · MF |
| 10 Lindsey Heaps (C) · MF | 16 Carina Lageyre · MF |
| 6 Janine Sonis · FW | 8 Ariadina Alves Borges · MF |
| 25 Melissa Kössler · FW | 99 Taylor Suarez · MF |
| 9 Yazmeen Ryan · FW | 17 Ally Sentnor · FW |
| 26 Natasha Flint · FW | 32 Sveindís Jónsdóttir · FW |
Subs
| Denver | Angel City |
|---|---|
| 36 Kat Asman · GK | 13 Hannah Seabert · GK |
| 2 Megan Reid · DF | 4 Karsyn Cherry · DF |
| 4 Natalie Means · DF | 10 Claire Emslie · FW |
| 5 Devin Lynch · MF | 12 Maiara Carolina Niehues · MF |
| 11 Ally Brazier · FW | 14 Nealy Martin · MF |
| 14 Yuna McCormack · MF | 25 Sophia Mattice · DF |
| 20 Naomi Eto · FW | 33 Riley Tiernan · FW |
| 33 Olivia Thomas · FW | 40 Jennie Immethun · MF |
Changes from last match
| Stat | Denver | Angel City |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 58% | 42% |
| Expected Goals (xG) | 1.10 | 1.89 |
| Shots | 6 | 18 |
| Shots on Target | 3 | 5 |
| Big Chances | 1 | 2 |
| Shots Inside Box | 4 | 12 |
| Touches in Opp. Box | 11 | 20 |
| Corners | 10 | 6 |
| Crosses | 23 | 16 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Fouls | 8 | 4 |
| Tackles | 10 | 11 |
| Interceptions | 6 | 9 |
| Clearances | 17 | 25 |
| Duels Won | 47.8% | 51.1% |
| PPDA | 12.80 | 33.70 |
| Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Total Passes | 441 | 318 |
| Pass Accuracy | 83% | 80% |
| Key Passes | 1 | 17 |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Min | Event | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶️ | Kickoff | ||
| 2' | ⚽ | Goal | M. Kössler (Denver) scores! |
| 18' | ⚽ | Goal | L. Heaps (Denver) scores! |
| 22' | 🟨 | Yellow Card | Ary Borges (Angel City) is shown a yellow card. |
| 32' | ⚽ | Goal | S. Jónsdóttir (Angel City) scores! |
| 39' | ⚽ | Goal | T. Suarez (Angel City) scores! |
| 43' | ⚽ | Goal | A. Sentnor (Angel City) scores! |
| ⏸️ | Half Time | ||
| 67' | 🔄 | Substitution | D. Lynch (in) - E. Regan (out) (Denver) |
| 74' | 🟨 | Yellow Card | D. Lynch (Denver) is shown a yellow card. |
| 75' | 🔄 | Substitution | Maiara Niehues (in) - T. Suarez (out) (Angel City) |
| 75' | 🔄 | Substitution | N. Means (in) - A. Oke (out) (Denver) |
| 75' | 🔄 | Substitution | Y. McCormack (in) - M. Kössler (out) (Denver) |
| 79' | 🔄 | Substitution | N. Martin (in) - C. Lageyre (out) (Angel City) |
| 85' | 🔄 | Substitution | C. Emslie (in) - S. Jónsdóttir (out) (Angel City) |
| 85' | 🔄 | Substitution | O. Thomas (in) - D. Sheehan (out) (Denver) |
| 88' | 🟨 | Yellow Card | A. Sentnor (Angel City) is shown a yellow card. |
Updated: Sat, Oct 17, 10:42 PM EDT
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r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 22h ago
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Courage/Wave match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 11h ago
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From the Royals/Current match on 10/17/2026
r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 10h ago
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From the Summit/Angel City match on 10/17/2026.
r/NWSL • u/NWSL-Match-Bot • 13h ago
⚽ Courage: V. Bøe Risa 83' ⚽ San Diego Wave: M. Barcenas 4', T. Byars 52' 🏁 San Diego Wave win
| Kickoff | Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM EDT |
| Venue | First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park — Cary, North Carolina |
| Watch | NWSL+, NWSL+ |
| Referee | B. Jensen (AR1: B. Marshall, AR2: M. Smith, 4th: N. Karnovsky, VAR: J. Padilla) |
| Attendance | 10,353 |
| Analysis | Match analysis |
| Live comments | reddit-stream |
Courage (4-3-3) — San Diego Wave (4-3-3)
Starting XI
| Courage | San Diego Wave |
|---|---|
| 1 Kailen Sheridan · GK | 12 Sandra Paños · GK |
| 11 Feli Rauch · DF | 75 Perle Morroni · DF |
| 18 Uno Shiragaki · DF | 14 Kristen McNabb · DF |
| 4 Natalie Jacobs (C) · DF | 2 Kennedy Wesley (C) · DF |
| 13 Ryan Williams · DF | 16 Amelia Donna Van Zanten · DF |
| 19 Erica Parkinson · MF | 11 Gia Corley · MF |
| 20 Shinomi Koyama · MF | 8 Kimmi Ascanio · MF |
| 16 Riley Jackson · MF | 10 Kenza Dali · MF |
| 2 Ashley Sanchez · MF | 22 Lia Godfrey · MF |
| 10 Evelyn Ijeh · FW | 15 Trinity Byars · FW |
| 23 Gianna Paul · FW | 7 Melanie Barcenas · FW |
Subs
| Courage | San Diego Wave |
|---|---|
| 99 Madison White · GK | 31 DiDi Haracic · GK |
| 6 Ivy Younce · DF | 4 Laila Harbert · MF |
| 12 Natalia Staude · DF | 6 Brooklyn Courtnall · DF |
| 14 Carly Wickenheiser · MF | 17 Ludmila da Silva · FW |
| 17 Dani Weatherholt · MF | 18 Laurina Fazer · MF |
| 21 Ana Beatriz Gomes · MF | 19 Tatum Wynalda · MF |
| 26 Vilde Bøe Risa · MF | 21 Barbara Bonansea · MF |
| 33 Hannah Betfort · FW | 23 Nya Harrison · DF |
| 36 Ella Hase · DF | 81 Gabrielle Jordão Portilho · FW |
Changes from last match
| Stat | Courage | San Diego Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 48% | 52% |
| Expected Goals (xG) | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| Shots | 13 | 15 |
| Shots on Target | 4 | 5 |
| Big Chances | 3 | 3 |
| Shots Inside Box | 9 | 9 |
| Touches in Opp. Box | 24 | 25 |
| Corners | 5 | 1 |
| Crosses | 23 | 3 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Fouls | 10 | 10 |
| Tackles | 21 | 16 |
| Interceptions | 12 | 9 |
| Clearances | 9 | 19 |
| Duels Won | 51.4% | 48.6% |
| PPDA | 12.90 | 16.90 |
| Saves | 3 | 3 |
| Total Passes | 507 | 570 |
| Pass Accuracy | 85% | 87% |
| Key Passes | 12 | 13 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Min | Event | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶️ | Kickoff | ||
| 4' | ⚽ | Goal | M. Barcenas (San Diego Wave) scores! |
| 26' | 🟨 | Yellow Card | K. Wesley (San Diego Wave) is shown a yellow card. |
| ⏸️ | Half Time | ||
| 52' | ⚽ | Goal | T. Byars (San Diego Wave) scores! |
| 53' | 🔄 | Substitution | Bia (in) - G. Paul (out) (Courage) |
| 60' | 🟨 | Yellow Card | N. Jacobs (Courage) is shown a yellow card. |
| 63' | 🔄 | Substitution | L. Fazer (in) - L. Godfrey (out) (San Diego Wave) |
| 63' | 🔄 | Substitution | Ludmila (in) - T. Byars (out) (San Diego Wave) |
| 71' | 🔄 | Substitution | V. Bøe Risa (in) - E. Ijeh (out) (Courage) |
| 71' | 🔄 | Substitution | E. Hase (in) - F. Rauch (out) (Courage) |
| 79' | 🔄 | Substitution | B. Bonansea (in) - M. Barcenas (out) (San Diego Wave) |
| 80' | 🔄 | Substitution | L. Harbert (in) - K. Ascanio (out) (San Diego Wave) |
| 83' | ⚽ | Goal | V. Bøe Risa (Courage) scores! |
| 85' | 🔄 | Substitution | B. Courtnall (in) - G. Corley (out) (San Diego Wave) |
| 85' | 🔄 | Substitution | C. Wickenheiser (in) - N. Jacobs (out) (Courage) |
| 85' | 🔄 | Substitution | H. Betfort (in) - E. Parkinson (out) (Courage) |
Updated: Sat, Oct 17, 9:03 PM EDT
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r/NWSL • u/NWSL-Match-Bot • 8h ago
⚽ Denver: M. Kössler 2', L. Heaps 18' ⚽ Angel City: S. Jónsdóttir 32', T. Suarez 39', A. Sentnor 43' 🏁 Angel City win
| Stat | Denver | Angel City |
|---|---|---|
| xG | 1.10 | 1.89 |
| Goals | 2 | 3 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.90 | +1.11 |
| Shots (on target) | 6 (3) | 18 (5) |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| Big chances (scored) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) |
| Shots inside / outside box | 4 / 2 | 12 / 6 |
| Blocked shots | 2 | 6 |
| Touches in opp. box | 11 | 20 |
| Stat | Denver | Angel City |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 58% | 42% |
| Expected Goals (xG) | 1.10 | 1.89 |
| Shots | 6 | 18 |
| Shots on Target | 3 | 5 |
| Big Chances | 1 | 2 |
| Shots Inside Box | 4 | 12 |
| Touches in Opp. Box | 11 | 20 |
| Corners | 10 | 6 |
| Crosses | 23 | 16 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Fouls | 8 | 4 |
| Tackles | 11 | 12 |
| Interceptions | 6 | 9 |
| Clearances | 18 | 24 |
| Duels Won | 47.9% | 52.1% |
| PPDA | 12.30 | 33.70 |
| Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Total Passes | 441 | 323 |
| Pass Accuracy | 83% | 79% |
| Key Passes | 1 | 17 |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
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r/NWSL • u/alcatholik • 1d ago
Three quotes from the article.
I don’t have my own quotes directly from the podcast. Here’s the podcast linK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3nAuhFP580
Tobin Quote:
“I actually thought Spain didn’t have a good game at all,” Heath added. “Not just that, Spain playing the high aggressive line that they played with, to me, was the biggest slap in the face to the U.S. team.
“To a [USWNT] front line of Alyssa Thompson, Sophia [Wilson] and Trinity Rodman, to play a high line in international football against those types of attacking players was, to me, so disrespectful. The fact that they still held us to not scoring was their coach saying, ‘How aggressive can we be against this U.S. team in terms of a back line and not get punished for it?’”
Tobin Quote:
“When you hear Emma speak at the press conferences and you hear the players speak after the game, it’s funny. They’re really hung up on this idea of xG and all of the chances we created,” Heath said of the USWNT’s 3.0 xG compared to Spain’s 0.68, per Hayes.
She added: “Emma says, ‘It’s all about details and execution in the final third.’ I actually don’t even think the U.S. is close to being able to talk about details and execution because I think that fundamentally, the attack is so off in what they are trying to do.”
Christen Quote:
“The biggest difference is watching the Spanish attack progress the ball up into the final third, slow their bodies down, pick their heads up ... play the right pass, the right decision and the right amount of control,” Press said. “Whereas we got a lot more chances, but every single time, you see us run full speed ahead, heads down. We’re not actually picking out the right pass, we’re not picking out the right shot, we are swinging.”
r/NWSL • u/HerSportsSanDiego • 14h ago
Kristen McNabb is the only player left from the San Diego Wave’s first roster. She’s also a crochet-carrying, dog-loving defender whose most important work happens 30 seconds before anyone notices it.
r/NWSL • u/NWSL-Match-Bot • 10h ago
⚽ Courage: V. Bøe Risa 83' ⚽ San Diego Wave: M. Barcenas 4', T. Byars 52' 🏁 San Diego Wave win
| Stat | Courage | San Diego Wave |
|---|---|---|
| xG | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.35 | +0.99 |
| Shots (on target) | 13 (4) | 15 (5) |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Big chances (scored) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
| Shots inside / outside box | 9 / 4 | 9 / 6 |
| Blocked shots | 1 | 3 |
| Touches in opp. box | 24 | 25 |
| Stat | Courage | San Diego Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 48% | 52% |
| Expected Goals (xG) | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| Shots | 13 | 15 |
| Shots on Target | 4 | 5 |
| Big Chances | 3 | 3 |
| Shots Inside Box | 9 | 9 |
| Touches in Opp. Box | 24 | 25 |
| Corners | 6 | 1 |
| Crosses | 23 | 4 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Fouls | 10 | 10 |
| Tackles | 21 | 16 |
| Interceptions | 12 | 9 |
| Clearances | 9 | 19 |
| Duels Won | 51.4% | 48.6% |
| PPDA | 12.80 | 17.70 |
| Saves | 3 | 3 |
| Total Passes | 508 | 568 |
| Pass Accuracy | 85% | 87% |
| Key Passes | 13 | 13 |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
Courage
| Player | Rating | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Jackson | 7.6 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Williams | 7.3 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Bøe Risa | 7.3 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Sanchez | 6.8 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Parkinson | 6.6 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Koyama | 6.4 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Sheridan | 6.3 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Shiragaki | 6.3 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Bia | 6.3 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Jacobs | 6.2 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Ijeh | 6.2 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Paul | 6.1 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Hase | 6.1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Rauch | 5.2 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego Wave
| Player | Rating | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Van Zanten | 7.6 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Corley | 7.6 | 85 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Ascanio | 7.3 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Barcenas | 7.3 | 79 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Godfrey | 7.2 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Morroni | 7.1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandra Paños | 6.6 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Byars | 6.6 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| K. McNabb | 6.5 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Dali | 6.4 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Wesley | 6.3 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Fazer | 6.2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Ludmila | 5.7 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
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r/NWSL • u/spherocytes • 12h ago
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From the Royals/Current match on 10/17/2026.
