The verdict Kansas City's struggles: Real If last week's loss against Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan was a warning sign, the Current's double Cascadia roadtrip gameweek was a five alarm fire, with the defending Shield winners falling by a combined combined 5-0 to Seattle and Portland. Losing in Seattle fresh off a loss to a beleaguered Chicago team was rough, but this wasn't even your typical Laura Harvey sit and kick: Seattle were the better team throughout the first

Before we get into this week, apologies for a very late and abbreviated version of the recap, and to the teams (Utah, North Carolina, Louisville, and Gotham) who I have not yet covered. We will get to all four sides next week. Most of this was also written before the midweek games, so to Seattle: Good job on the rebound. To KC: You definitely have problems! Denver's shape The first game of Week 2 saw Denver take on Orlando at Exploria stadium with Yaz Ryan's debut coming with

We're back! To start 2026, I'm going to do a little experimenting with the format of these recaps to make sure I'm getting the detail in while avoiding the dilution of the product by writing all weekend......which, with an additional NWSL game to watch this year, is just not going to be doable. To achieve that balance we're going to do a 5+5 format test run: A more in-depth look five teams every week, which will be rotated throughout the season as much as possible. Five...

#12 Utah Royals Key additions: Narumi Miura (CM), Miyabi Moriya (LB), Madison Hammond (DM), Courtney Brown (MF), Dayana Pierre-Louis (AM/FW), Kiana Palacios (FW) Key departures: Claudia Zornoza (CM), Aisha Solorzano (ST) I really wanted to put Utah higher than 13th. Readers of my 2025 recaps will know that I spent much of 2025 in a love-hate relationship with the Royals. An emotionally damaging partnership, some would say. A lot of broken trust between us. Because of that br

As the last embers of a chaotic-even-by-NWSL-standards offseason fade, our 2026 season preview series rises from the ashes left behind by league commish Jessica Berman burning the last shreds of her dignity in the flames of open war with the NWSLPA. Who's to say whether Berman's approval rating or that lede is in worse shape. I'm rusty too! Anyhow, after an offseason that included NWSL agents appearing on Good Morning America, multiple devastated fanbases, far too many emoji