by Nick Manser | Oct 15, 2024 | NWSL
The quest for the NWSL’s first undefeated season has ended! Congratulations to Portland for a hard fought victory on Friday evening, which handed Orlando its first loss of 2024. Like we predicted last week, we did see several starters get some rest for the...
by Nick Manser | Oct 9, 2024 | NWSL
Congratulations to the Orlando Pride for winning the 2024 NWSL Shield! This is the first trophy for the Pride, and they locked it up with three matches to go! (Speaking of Orlando, to everyone in Central Florida dealing with Hurricane Milton – please stay safe!...
by Nick Manser | Oct 3, 2024 | NWSL
Well, just when we had started processing Alex Morgan’s retirement(s), now we have to do the same for two other NWSL legends: Kelley O’Hara and Christine Sinclair. Thank you Kelley and Christine for amazing careers – we will miss you both! In other...
by Nick Manser | Sep 25, 2024 | NWSL
Well, since you can count the number of rounds remaining on one hand, I’m going to go ahead and declare it: we are officially in the home stretch of 2024 Fantasy NWSL! Each team has five remaining league games before the regular season concludes on Sunday,...
by Nick Manser | Sep 16, 2024 | NWSL
Since it’s the first Monday Night American/association Football crossover evening of the season, it’s time for a special Monday edition of Manser’s Answers! You may have noticed that fantasy point totals started to update before the end of the round...
by Nick Manser | Sep 12, 2024 | NWSL
Well, she finally has ridden off into the sunset. Congratulations on an incredible career, Alex Morgan! If there are any other elder millennials out there for whom Alex was the one that really crystallized your passion for women’s soccer, I feel your pain. On...
by Peyton Skeels | Sep 7, 2024 | NWSL
The NWSL playoffs are expanding to include eight teams for the first time in league history. First-round bye weeks, instituted from 2021-2023 to manage playoff expansion from four to six teams, have been eliminated, with all teams taking part in the quarterfinals. The...
by Nick Manser | Sep 5, 2024 | NWSL
When I was in high school, my freshman Economics class took a field trip to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. We got to look down on the trading floor, where hundreds of people wearing differently colored jackets yelled and gesticulated at each other to trade crop...
by Peyton Skeels | Aug 31, 2024 | Internationals, NWSL
Eleven NWSL players have been called up to represent four national teams at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. The tournament begins on August 31 and concludes on September 22. The 2024 edition of the tournament is the largest ever, with 24 countries...
by Nick Manser | Aug 28, 2024 | NWSL
Fantasy NWSL is officially off and running again! It was a pretty unusual week across the league, so don’t get too worried if your fantasy team scored fewer points than you expected. In addition to all of the transfers and transactions that have taken place over...