Once-Unbeaten Orlando Falters as NWSL Playoffs Approach

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After an unprecedented 23-match unbeaten run, Orlando’s path to the NWSL Championship appears to hang in the balance after two straight losses.

While falling to once-struggling Portland could be blamed on resting starters, last weekend’s 3-1 loss to Gotham can’t be ignored. The reigning champs managed to find the holes in Orlando’s armor, becoming the only team this season to net three goals against the 2024 Shield-winners.

“Did they lose too late to overcome the emotions that come with the Shield win?,” Claire Watkins asked on The Late Sub this week. “How do you right the ship?”

Bay's Asisat Oshoala dribbles past Louisville's Ellie Jean during an NWSL match.
Bay FC and Racing Louisville are on the brink of clinching historic playoff berths. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

Bay, Louisville chase NWSL history in playoff pursuit

Clutch weekend wins kept eighth-place Bay FC and ninth-place Racing Louisville in the running for the final two playoff spots, with both teams also eyeing NWSL history.

Along with seventh-place Portland, Bay controls their fate, needing a win or a draw to clinch. That said, if Bay wins their last regular-season match on November 2nd, they’ll not only become the second expansion team to qualify for the playoffs in their debut season, they’ll also do so with 11 victories — the most by a first-year club in…

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