Who is top of the NWSL?

It is tight at the summit: Gotham FC have 55 points after 28 games, with San Diego Wave FC a single point back.

When is the next NWSL matchday?

It starts today with Denver Summit FC v Racing Louisville FC at 6:30 PM (ET).

Who is the NWSL top scorer?

Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage), with 20 goals.

How many goals per game are scored in the NWSL?

639 goals in 227 games: 2.81 per game.

NWSL 2026: schedule, scores and standings

Matches of the day · Wed, Oct 28

ET

Sat, Oct 17 Sun, Oct 18 Mon, Oct 19 Tue, Oct 20 Wed, Oct 21 Thu, Oct 22 Yesterday Today Tomorrow Mon, Oct 26 Tue, Oct 27 Wed, Oct 28 Thu, Oct 29 Fri, Oct 30 Sat, Oct 31

No matches from these competitions on this day.

Next day with matches: Sun, Nov 1 →

Upcoming games

ET

Sat, Oct 24

6:30 PMDenverLouisville

8:45 PMAngel CityBay

Sun, Oct 25

3:00 PMOrlandoGotham

5:00 PMKansas CityWashington

7:00 PMSan DiegoBoston

Sun, Nov 1

5:00 PMAngel CityBoston

5:00 PMBaySan Diego

5:00 PMGothamUtah

5:00 PMHoustonPortland

5:00 PMNorth CarolinaDenver

Latest results

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Fri, Oct 23

FinalPortland1North Carolina0

FinalUtah0Seattle0

FinalChicago1Houston3

Sun, Oct 18

FinalChicago1Seattle3

FinalBay2Portland2

FinalHouston1Orlando2

Sat, Oct 17

FinalDenver2Angel City3

FinalNorth Carolina1San Diego2

FinalUtah0Kansas City2

FinalWashington1Gotham0

Standings 2026

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Form
1	Gotham	28	16	7	5	35	22	+13	55	WWWDL
2	San Diego	28	17	3	8	42	29	+13	54	WWWWW
3	Washington	28	16	4	8	40	26	+14	52	LWLWW
4	Kansas City	28	14	5	9	50	38	+12	47	DLWWW
5	Utah	29	14	5	10	44	37	+7	47	LWDLD
6	Portland	29	13	8	8	48	41	+7	47	WDLDW
7	Angel City	28	13	7	8	48	31	+17	46	WWWDW
8	Seattle	29	13	5	11	36	33	+3	44	LWLWD
9	North Carolina	29	13	3	13	51	42	+9	42	LLWLL
10	Denver	28	10	8	10	47	40	+7	38	DWLWL

Full standings →

Top scorers

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1Ashley SanchezNorth Carolina Courage20
2Barbra BandaOrlando Pride17
3Sophia WilsonPortland Thorns FC13
4Janine SonisDenver Summit FC12
5Temwa ChawingaKansas City Current12
6Trinity RodmanWashington Spirit11
7Haley HopkinsKansas City Current11
8Evelyn IjehNorth Carolina Courage11

Fri, Oct 23

FinalPortland1North Carolina0

FinalUtah0Seattle0

FinalChicago1Houston3

Sun, Oct 18

FinalChicago1Seattle3

FinalBay2Portland2

FinalHouston1Orlando2

Sat, Oct 17

FinalDenver2Angel City3

FinalNorth Carolina1San Diego2

FinalUtah0Kansas City2

FinalWashington1Gotham0

Fri, Oct 16

FinalBoston2Louisville1

Sun, Oct 4

FinalHouston2Washington3

FinalChicago0Denver3

FinalGotham1Angel City1

Sat, Oct 3

FinalPortland2Boston4

FinalKansas City5Bay1

FinalLouisville1Utah1

Fri, Oct 2

FinalSeattle0North Carolina1

FinalOrlando1San Diego2

Sun, Sep 27

FinalUtah2North Carolina1

FinalBay1Orlando3

Sat, Sep 26

FinalPortland1Houston1

FinalWashington0Angel City1

FinalKansas City4Denver1

Fri, Sep 25

FinalSeattle2Boston0

FinalGotham3Chicago1

FinalLouisville0San Diego2

Sun, Sep 20

FinalUtah0Angel City3

FinalBay2Louisville0

FinalChicago0Washington3

FinalBoston1Houston2

Sat, Sep 19

FinalDenver2Seattle1

FinalNorth Carolina1Gotham2

FinalOrlando1Portland4

Fri, Sep 18

FinalSan Diego2Kansas City0

Wed, Sep 16

FinalAngel City3Seattle1

FinalDenver2Bay2

Sun, Sep 13

FinalPortland1Chicago1

FinalWashington0Boston3

Sat, Sep 12

FinalHouston0Utah1

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Sat, Oct 24

6:30 PMDenverLouisville

8:45 PMAngel CityBay

Sun, Oct 25

3:00 PMOrlandoGotham

5:00 PMKansas CityWashington

7:00 PMSan DiegoBoston

Sun, Nov 1

5:00 PMAngel CityBoston

5:00 PMBaySan Diego

5:00 PMGothamUtah

5:00 PMHoustonPortland

5:00 PMNorth CarolinaDenver

5:00 PMLouisvilleKansas City

5:00 PMSeattleOrlando

5:00 PMWashingtonChicago

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Form
1	Gotham	28	16	7	5	35	22	+13	55	WWWDL
2	San Diego	28	17	3	8	42	29	+13	54	WWWWW
3	Washington	28	16	4	8	40	26	+14	52	LWLWW
4	Kansas City	28	14	5	9	50	38	+12	47	DLWWW
5	Utah	29	14	5	10	44	37	+7	47	LWDLD
6	Portland	29	13	8	8	48	41	+7	47	WDLDW
7	Angel City	28	13	7	8	48	31	+17	46	WWWDW
8	Seattle	29	13	5	11	36	33	+3	44	LWLWD
9	North Carolina	29	13	3	13	51	42	+9	42	LLWLL
10	Denver	28	10	8	10	47	40	+7	38	DWLWL
11	Orlando	28	11	3	14	38	44	-6	36	DLWLW
12	Houston	29	9	6	14	38	42	-4	33	WDLLW
13	Boston	28	9	5	14	38	47	-9	32	WLLWW
14	Bay	28	7	6	15	30	44	-14	27	DWLLD
15	Louisville	28	7	3	18	37	54	-17	24	LLLDL
16	Chicago	29	5	2	22	17	69	-52	17	LLLLL

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	F:A	GD	Pts
1	Kansas City Current	14	10	4	0	37:14	+23	34
2	Portland Thorns FC	15	8	5	2	25:13	+12	29
3	Gotham FC	14	8	5	1	18:9	+9	29
4	Seattle Reign FC	14	8	2	4	16:10	+6	26
5	San Diego Wave FC	14	8	1	5	21:15	+6	25
6	Utah Royals	15	8	1	6	21:19	+2	25
7	Denver Summit FC	14	6	4	4	27:21	+6	22
8	Washington Spirit	14	7	1	6	16:14	+2	22
9	North Carolina Courage	14	6	1	7	27:23	+4	19
10	Orlando Pride	14	6	1	7	21:22	-1	19
11	Angel City FC	13	5	3	5	21:16	+5	18
12	Houston Dash	14	5	3	6	22:19	+3	18
13	Racing Louisville FC	14	5	3	6	20:21	-1	18
14	Boston Legacy FC	15	5	2	8	23:27	-4	17
15	Bay FC	14	4	3	7	16:19	-3	15
16	Chicago Stars FC	15	4	1	10	12:34	-22	13

Calculated by Scorely from the official results of the season (ESPN).

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F:A	GD	Pts
1	Washington Spirit	14	9	3	2	24:12	+12	30
2	San Diego Wave FC	14	9	2	3	21:14	+7	29
3	Angel City FC	15	8	4	3	27:15	+12	28
4	Gotham FC	14	8	2	4	17:13	+4	26
5	North Carolina Courage	15	7	2	6	24:19	+5	23
6	Utah Royals	14	6	4	4	23:18	+5	22
7	Seattle Reign FC	15	5	3	7	20:23	-3	18
8	Portland Thorns FC	14	5	3	6	23:28	-5	18
9	Orlando Pride	14	5	2	7	17:22	-5	17
10	Denver Summit FC	14	4	4	6	20:19	+1	16
11	Boston Legacy FC	13	4	3	6	15:20	-5	15
12	Houston Dash	15	4	3	8	16:23	-7	15
13	Kansas City Current	14	4	1	9	13:24	-11	13
14	Bay FC	14	3	3	8	14:25	-11	12
15	Racing Louisville FC	14	2	0	12	17:33	-16	6
16	Chicago Stars FC	14	1	1	12	5:35	-30	4

Calculated by Scorely from the official results of the season (ESPN).

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F:A	GD	Pts
1	San Diego Wave FC	5	5	0	0	10:3	+7	15	WWWWW
2	Angel City FC	5	4	1	0	11:4	+7	13	WWWDW
3	Kansas City Current	5	3	1	1	13:6	+7	10	DLWWW
4	Gotham FC	5	3	1	1	8:5	+3	10	WWWDL
5	Boston Legacy FC	5	3	0	2	10:7	+3	9	WLLWW
6	Washington Spirit	5	3	0	2	7:6	+1	9	LWLWW
7	Portland Thorns FC	5	2	2	1	10:8	+2	8	WDLDW
8	Seattle Reign FC	5	2	1	2	6:4	+2	7	LWLWD
9	Houston Dash	5	2	1	2	9:8	+1	7	WDLLW
10	Denver Summit FC	5	2	1	2	10:10	0	7	DWLWL
11	Orlando Pride	5	2	1	2	9:10	-1	7	DLWLW
12	Bay FC	5	1	2	2	8:12	-4	5	DWLLD
13	Utah Royals	5	1	2	2	3:7	-4	5	LWDLD
14	North Carolina Courage	5	1	0	4	4:7	-3	3	LLWLL
15	Racing Louisville FC	5	0	1	4	3:9	-6	1	LLLDL
16	Chicago Stars FC	5	0	0	5	3:15	-12	0	LLLLL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F:A	GD	Pts
1	San Diego Wave FC	10	7	1	2	18:10	+8	22	LDWWLWWWWW
2	Angel City FC	10	6	3	1	21:11	+10	21	DLWWDWWWDW
3	Kansas City Current	10	5	3	2	21:13	+8	18	DLDWWDLWWW
4	Gotham FC	10	5	3	2	12:10	+2	18	WWDDLWWWDL
5	Seattle Reign FC	10	5	2	3	12:8	+4	17	DWWWLLWLWD
6	Portland Thorns FC	10	4	4	2	16:13	+3	16	WWDLDWDLDW
7	Washington Spirit	10	5	1	4	14:13	+1	16	LDLWWLWLWW
8	Denver Summit FC	10	4	3	3	23:16	+7	15	DLWWDDWLWL
9	Utah Royals	10	4	2	4	12:16	-4	14	WLWLWLWDLD
10	Orlando Pride	10	4	1	5	16:18	-2	13	LLWLWDLWLW
11	North Carolina Courage	10	4	0	6	17:13	+4	12	WWLWLLLWLL
12	Boston Legacy FC	10	4	0	6	19:23	-4	12	LLLLWWLLWW
13	Houston Dash	10	3	1	6	15:14	+1	10	WLLLLWDLLW
14	Bay FC	10	2	2	6	12:20	-8	8	LWLLLDWLLD
15	Racing Louisville FC	10	2	1	7	13:19	-6	7	WWLLLLLLDL
16	Chicago Stars FC	10	1	1	8	8:35	-27	4	LWLLDLLLLL

Team	P	+0.5	+1.5	+2.5	+3.5	+4.5	Goals/game
North Carolina Courage	29	97%	83%	72%	38%	21%	3.21
Kansas City Current	28	100%	93%	71%	29%	14%	3.14
Racing Louisville FC	28	100%	89%	68%	36%	21%	3.25
Orlando Pride	28	96%	75%	68%	36%	14%	2.93
Denver Summit FC	28	93%	82%	64%	36%	25%	3.11
Utah Royals	29	93%	76%	62%	24%	17%	2.79
Boston Legacy FC	28	100%	82%	61%	25%	18%	3.04
Angel City FC	28	93%	86%	57%	25%	11%	2.82
Portland Thorns FC	29	97%	86%	55%	41%	14%	3.07
Chicago Stars FC	29	97%	83%	55%	34%	17%	2.97
Houston Dash	29	97%	69%	55%	31%	17%	2.76
Bay FC	28	93%	71%	50%	36%	11%	2.64
Seattle Reign FC	29	90%	72%	48%	21%	7%	2.38
San Diego Wave FC	28	100%	75%	43%	21%	11%	2.54
Washington Spirit	28	96%	57%	43%	18%	11%	2.36
Gotham FC	28	89%	61%	36%	14%	4%	2.04

% of each team's matches with more goals than the line (both teams combined). Calculated by Scorely from the official results of the season (ESPN).

#	Team	P	W	D	L	F:A	GD	Pts
1	Gotham FC	28	12	14	2	21:9	+12	50
2	Seattle Reign FC	29	12	11	6	22:14	+8	47
3	Portland Thorns FC	29	10	15	4	27:19	+8	45
4	Angel City FC	28	10	14	4	20:10	+10	44
5	San Diego Wave FC	28	12	6	10	16:17	-1	42
6	Denver Summit FC	28	9	12	7	21:16	+5	39
7	Washington Spirit	28	8	15	5	17:13	+4	39
8	Utah Royals	29	8	12	9	21:19	+2	36
9	Kansas City Current	28	8	11	9	22:21	+1	35
10	Orlando Pride	28	8	10	10	18:19	-1	34
11	Bay FC	28	6	15	7	19:20	-1	33
12	North Carolina Courage	29	7	12	10	19:25	-6	33
13	Houston Dash	29	7	11	11	15:20	-5	32
14	Racing Louisville FC	28	7	11	10	16:22	-6	32
15	Boston Legacy FC	28	6	9	13	16:24	-8	27
16	Chicago Stars FC	29	3	10	16	4:26	-22	19

Table built from the half-time score of 227 of 227 matches (ESPN goal minutes).

Team	P	W/W	D/W	L/W	W/D	D/D	L/D	W/L	D/L	L/L
San Diego Wave FC	28	9	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	8
Gotham FC	28	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	4	1
Washington Spirit	28	7	8	1	1	2	1	0	5	3
Kansas City Current	28	7	6	1	1	1	3	0	4	5
Utah Royals	29	7	6	1	0	3	2	1	3	6
Seattle Reign FC	29	10	3	0	1	3	1	1	5	5
Angel City FC	28	8	4	1	2	5	0	0	5	3
Portland Thorns FC	29	8	5	0	1	6	1	1	4	3
North Carolina Courage	29	7	6	0	0	2	1	0	4	9
Orlando Pride	28	5	6	0	1	1	1	2	3	9
Denver Summit FC	28	5	5	0	3	2	3	1	5	4
Houston Dash	29	5	4	0	1	1	4	1	6	7
Boston Legacy FC	28	4	4	1	2	2	1	0	3	11
Bay FC	28	5	2	0	1	4	1	0	9	6
Racing Louisville FC	28	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	7	10
Chicago Stars FC	29	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	7	15

First letter: half-time result; second: full-time result (W win, D draw, L loss). Table built from the half-time score of 227 of 227 matches (ESPN goal minutes).

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Top scorers

1Ashley Sanchez North Carolina Courage28 Apps20
2Barbra Banda Orlando Pride23 Apps17
3Sophia Wilson Portland Thorns FC27 Apps13
4Janine Sonis Denver Summit FC27 Apps12
5Temwa Chawinga Kansas City Current17 Apps12
6Trinity Rodman Washington Spirit28 Apps11
7Haley Hopkins Kansas City Current28 Apps11
8Evelyn Ijeh North Carolina Courage27 Apps11
9Trinity Byars San Diego Wave FC23 Apps11
10Kat Rader Houston Dash28 Apps10
11Maddie Mercado Seattle Reign FC28 Apps10
12Aïssata Traoré Boston Legacy FC27 Apps10
13Amanda Gutierres Boston Legacy FC27 Apps10
14Jaedyn Shaw Gotham FC24 Apps10
15Mina Tanaka Utah Royals24 Apps9
16Sveindís Jónsdóttir Angel City FC21 Apps9
17Maiara Niehues Angel City FC21 Apps9
18Cloé Lacasse Utah Royals28 Apps8
19Pietra Tordin Portland Thorns FC28 Apps8
20Kayla Fischer Racing Louisville FC28 Apps8

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1Cloé Lacasse Utah Royals28 Apps10
2Croix Bethune Kansas City Current24 Apps10
3Pietra Tordin Portland Thorns FC28 Apps9
4Trinity Rodman Washington Spirit28 Apps8
5Evelyn Shores Angel City FC26 Apps8
6Shinomi Koyama North Carolina Courage28 Apps6
7Lauren Milliet Racing Louisville FC28 Apps6
8Lia Godfrey San Diego Wave FC28 Apps6
9Janine Sonis Denver Summit FC27 Apps6
10Ashley Sanchez North Carolina Courage28 Apps5

Source: ESPN · NWSL 2026

Odds for upcoming games

	Match	1	X	2
Sat, Oct 246:30 PM	Denver – Louisville 3.5: -105 / -135	-294	+425	+550
Sat, Oct 248:45 PM	Angel City – Bay 2.5: -179 / +120	-145	+290	+285
Sun, Oct 253:00 PM	Orlando – Gotham 2.5: -175 / +115	+300	+280	-145
Sun, Oct 255:00 PM	Kansas City – Washington 2.5: -154 / +100	-125	+265	+265
Sun, Oct 257:00 PM	San Diego – Boston 3.5: +110 / -169	-175	+320	+340

DraftKings odds published by ESPN when this page was generated. They can change. Every market on the match page. Indicative odds: they can change. The best price in each column is highlighted. 18+

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Chiefs	5	0	1.000
2	Bills	5	1	.833
3	Jaguars	4	2	.667
4	Browns	4	2	.667
5	Broncos	4	2	.667
6	Steelers	4	2	.667
7	Ravens	4	2	.667
8	Bengals	3	2	.600

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