2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 5

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 5

This is a short week in FNWSL, so rather than me pontificating about recess or Boys Like Girls, let’s just dive right in! The double round is behind us, and Round 6 begins Friday evening with two matches at 8e/7c/6m/5p: Angel City visits Orlando for the latest edition...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 4

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 4

In their iconic 2009 collab, Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift argue that “two is better than one.” That’s probably true in most contexts, except maybe remote controls, but it’s especially true in FNWSL. Anytime you can get two matches in one round, it’s better than...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 3

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 3

Until I was in 3rd or 4th grade (so about 8 or 9 years old for those not familiar with the US school setup), we got to have recess three times every day: morning, lunch, and afternoon. It was great! I usually played four square or kickball (because we weren’t allowed...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 2

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 2

Someday, we are going to get an entire FNWSL round with exactly zero 1-1 final scores. That was not the case this week, though one is better than four, so we are making progress! Overall though, it was a tricky Round 2 for FNWSL. There was some unexpected last-minute...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 1

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 1

We are officially off and running for the 2025 season of FNWSL! Congrats to Name Pending, who took the early lead in the Manser’s Answers Mini-League with a huge score of 150 points. We’re only one round into the season, but let’s just jump in and overreact to Round...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-Season Part 4

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-Season Part 4

Since we got some big news this week, it’s an unscheduled Part 4 Off-season Answers: just in case you missed it, Sophia Wilson announced that she and husband Michael are expecting their first child. Congratulations to both of them! Now, for us FNWSL aficionados, the...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Building Your Team for Round 1

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Building Your Team for Round 1

Welcome (or welcome back) to another year of Fantasy NWSL with ShePlays! It’s Season 4 of FNWSL, and like the fourth season of all TV shows, this is when all your questions will finally be answered! With that in mind, we are going to go through a step-by-step process...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-season Part 3

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-season Part 3

If you’ve been keeping up with all the NWSL transactions their Fantasy NWSL impacts, you’ll know that two major moves recently caused a major shakeup in the landscape of FNWSL: Naomi Girma has moved from San Diego to Chelsea, and Jenna Nighswonger has left Gotham for...
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-season Part 2

2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from the Off-season Part 2

The 2025 NWSL schedule dropped today! I got so excited that I immediately stopped doing laundry (like I needed an excuse) and sat down to write about how the league schedule will impact the upcoming season of Fantasy NWSL. One note: Especially for those of you joining...