The march towards the 2025 NWSL Championship begins on Friday, and if the regular season was any indication, buckle up for an unpredictable ride. The playoff bracket is set, with plenty of dynamic matchups, and settling for a comfortable pretense is a dangerous mindset with the opening round as volatile as ever.

Upset watch will be on Racing Louisville FC and their first-ever playoff visit to Washington Spirit (Saturday, 12 p.m. ET, CBS , Paramount+ ). Kansas City Current , the No. 1 seed and 2025 NWSL Shield winners, will host 2023 NWSL Champions Gotham FC . For a league defined by its parity, trying to predict a champion feels like an impossible task, but that doesn't mean we won't try anyway.

All throughout the regular season, Attacking Third analysts made their picks fo

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