| W | L | D | GF | GA | PTS | |
| NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE | 17 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 17 | 57 |
| PORTLAND THORNS FC | 12 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 42 |
| SEATTLE REIGN FC | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 41 |
| CHICAGO RED STARS | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 37 |
| Utah Royals FC | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 35 |
| Houston Dash | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 39 | 32 |
| Orlando Pride | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 37 | 30 |
| Washington Spirit | 2 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 11 |
| Sky Blue FC | 1 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 52 | 9 |
PODCAST: With the NWSL regular season over, Dan recaps a fascinating Saturday at Sky Blue and Dan, Chelsey, and Claire offer their picks for NWSL postseason awards!
Last week’s results and NWSL attendances
Tuesday
Chicago Red Stars 5, Sky Blue FC 0 (recap)
International friendly: United States 4, Chile 0 (recap | Kassouf)
UEFA Group 1: Kazakhstan 0, England 5
UEFA Group 1: Russia 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
UEFA Group 2: Albania 1, Scotland 2
UEFA Group 2: Poland 0, Switzerland 0
UEFA Group 3: Norway 2, Netherlands 1
UEFA Group 3: Northern Ireland 0, Slovakia 1
UEFA Group 4: Denmark 0, Sweden 1
UEFA Group 4: Ukraine 2, Hungary 0
UEFA Group 5: Faroe Islands 0, Germany 8
UEFA Group 5: Iceland 1, Czech Republic 1
UEFA Group 6: Belgium 2, Italy 1
UEFA Group 6: Portugal 5, Romania 1
UEFA Group 7: Spain 3, Serbia 0
UEFA Group 7: Austria 4, Finland 1
Friday (recap)
Portland Thorns FC 3, Seattle Reign FC 1
Saturday (recap)
Sky Blue FC 1, Orlando Pride 0
Utah Royals FC 2, Chicago Red Stars 1
North Carolina Courage 5, Houston Dash 0
NWSL attendances for the week
Chicago: 2,974
Portland: 21,144 (5th shutout in Thorns history)
Sky Blue: 4,086
Utah: 11,851
North Carolina: 9,505 (doubleheader with North Carolina FC)
What They Said
Here's more from Carli Lloyd on Sky Blue's off-the-field woes: pic.twitter.com/UlzKyrYQ7q
— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) September 9, 2018
Laura Harvey on women’s soccer in SLC: “I think we’ve shown that we can compete with anybody in this league … To looks at where we started from, it’s been a phenomenal journey.” #URFC #NWSL pic.twitter.com/1IUi2krhUT
— Salt City FC (@saltcityfc) September 8, 2018
Tom Sermanni ponders how it all went wrong for the Pride:
"There's a certain element that we have that's not conducive to getting results in this league, and it's been hard to pinpoint. … It's something that we need to sit down and think over, and obviously look at personnel." pic.twitter.com/VmXGvrVBwr
— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) September 9, 2018
World WoSo Tables
| W | L | D | GF | GA | PTS | |
| Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Birmingham City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Bristol City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Ham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion WFC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Everton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Liverpool | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| W | L | D | GF | GA | PTS | |
| Lyon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Fleury 91 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bordeaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Montpellier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Paris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Soyaux | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Lille | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Dijon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Guingamp | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Metz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rodez | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
This week’s schedule
Saturday
Semifinal: Seattle Reign FC at Portland Thorns FC, 3:00 p.m. EDT (Lifetime)
Sunday
Semifinal: Chicago Red Stars at North Carolina Courage, 3:00 p.m. EDT (ESPN2)
