Mid-Table Battles Headline NWSL Weekend Games as Playoffs Loom

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The penultimate NWSL matchday has arrived, and there’s no game with higher stakes this weekend than Saturday’s clash between seventh-place Portland and ninth-place Louisville.

Both clubs sit three points from the postseason cutoff line, and while Louisville has everything to gain, the Thorns — who snapped Orlando’s unbeaten streak last weekend — have everything to lose.

Elsewhere in the NWSL, eighth-place Bay FC’s Saturday test against the fifth-place Courage could determine multiple postseason fates. Meanwhile, ACFC hosts the surging Royals in a must-win match on Sunday.

Bay FC's Asisat Oshoala celebrates a goal in an NWSL game.
A Bay FC win on Saturday would eliminate three NWSL clubs from playoff contention. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

NWSL playoff field comes down to two spots 

With just two regular-season games to go, six of the NWSL’s eight playoff berths are locked, while six other teams — Portland, Bay FC, Louisville, Utah, Angel City, and San Diego — are looking to punch the last two tickets

This weekend’s clinch and elimination scenarios:

  • Seventh-place Portland can secure a berth with a win over Louisville, or a draw with Louisville plus a Bay FC loss.
  • Eighth-place Bay FC can clinch with a win over North Carolina and a Louisville loss, or a draw with North Carolina plus a Louisville…

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