Top NWSL Teams Maintain Dominance Ahead of Weekend Games

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Throughout the 2024 NWSL season, four teams have consistently risen above the pack, and two of them are set to close out this weekend’s lineup. No. 1 Orlando will take on No. 4 Gotham FC on Sunday at 6 PM ET, when the Bats’ upward surge meets the Pride’s record-breaking unbeaten streak.

Rose Lavelle helped Gotham FC defeat Becky Sauerbrunn’s Portland Thorns 2-0 on Saturday. (Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports)

Top four clubs maintain healthy NWSL table advantage

After Gotham beat Portland last weekend, seven points separate fourth and fifth place in the standings — the largest gap league-wide.

Orlando, Gotham, No. 2 Washington, and No. 3 Kansas City have been the season’s top performers, with Portland taking a distant fifth. Those four teams currently sit on 34+ points, the first time in NWSL history that more than one club has reached that mark in a single season.

Those top spots provide more than just bragging rights. While eight teams will make the postseason, the regular season’s top four finishers earning quarterfinal home field advantage.

Washington's Paige Metayer dribbles away from Kansas City's Claire Hutton.
Claire Hutton and Kansas City are chasing their early season dominance after Paige Metayer’s Spirit beat KC on Sunday. (Tony Quinn/Icon…

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