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USL Super League Final - Tampa Bay Sun vs Fort Lauderdale xG (Post-Shot xG) 1.63 (1.64) - Tampa Bay Sun 1.09 (0.00) - Fort Lauderdale xG Leader - 0.94 - Cecilie Floe Nielsen (TB) xA Leader - 0.84 - Sydny Nasello (TB)

NWSL - Chicago Stars vs Seattle Reign xG (Post-Shot xG) 0.87 (1.19) - Chicago Stars 0.84 (0.90) - Seattle Reign xG Leader - 0.47 - Ludmila (CHI) xA Leader - 0.10 - Grosso & Ludmila (CHI) + Menti & Dahlien (SEA)

NWSL - Kansas City Current vs Racing Louisville xG (Post-Shot xG) 1.13 (1.43) - Kansas City Current 1.08 (1.65) - Racing Louisville xG Leader - 0.48 - Michelle Cooper (KC) xA Leader - 0.43 - Janine Sonis (LOU)

NWSL - Angel City vs North Carolina Courage xG (Post-Shot xG) 1.28 (0.76) - Angel City 3.60 (2.66) - North Carolina Courage xG Leader - 1.35 - Brianna Pinto (NC) xA Leader - 0.67 - Manaka Matsukubo (NC)

SofaScore attack momentum for POR-WSH, first half Spirit defense getting pieced up through a half but still only down a single goal. xG - 1.41-0.29 to Portland.

SofaScore attack momentum for POR-WSH, full-time The Thorns' young forwards get it done as they halt Washington's unbeaten run. POTM - Jessie Fleming (SofaScore & FotMob) xG - 1.71-1.12 to Portland Attendance - Not Reported

NWSL Form Table Through Round 12 (Points In Last 5 Matches) 15 - KC 10 - ORL, SD, WSH, POR 9 - LOU 7 - SEA, BAY, NC 4 - GFC, AC, HOU 2 - CHI 1 - URFC

Latest NCAA realignment scuttlebutt, rumors, and speculation from Pete Thamel and co.: *Texas State to the Zombie Pac-12 *A potential Memphis split with football to the Pac-12, other sports to the Big East *Louisiana Tech to the Sun Belt *Tarleton to Conference USA

Attendance in Portland today: 21,268

NWSL - Portland Thorns vs Washington Spirit xG (Post-Shot xG) 1.96 (2.08) - Portland Thorns 0.37 (0.27) - Washington Spirit xG Leader - 1.13 - Reilyn Turner (POR) xA Leader - 0.49 - Jessie Fleming (POR)

NWSL xG diff, PSxG diff, and xG vs PSxG charts after Round 12

NWSL xG + xA per 90' Leaders (after Round 12) 0.99 - Cooper (KC) 0.86 - Chawinga (KC) 0.73 - Banda (ORL) 0.67 - Monday (WSH) 0.66 - Kouassi (WSH) 0.61 - Debinha (KC) 0.61 - Leon (SD) 0.60 - Turner (POR) 0.56 - A. Thompson (AC) 0.53 - Sanchez (SD) 0.52 - Betfort (NC)

NWSL total xG & total xA leaders after Round 12 Cascarino padding her xA lead. Banda with a slight lead in xG.

NWSL GK Goals Prevented Per 90' & Total Goals Prevented Moorhouse takes the lead in total goals prevented and is breaking away from the pack in per 90'

Just hit 150 NCAA WoSo schedules in the database last night, so it's time for a strength of schedule ranking update...

2025 NCAA WoSo Non-Conf Hardest SOS (6.17 update) BYU Arkansas Iowa Georgetown Ohio St TCU Virginia Clemson Kansas Michigan St & Pepperdine USC Stanford Baylor Creighton & Wake Forest Liberty Duke Santa Clara & Utah Valley UConn James Madison, Texas Tech & Western Michigan

2025 NCAA WoSo Overall Hardest SOS (6.17 update) Clemson NC State Arkansas Virginia & Pittsburgh Alabama Michigan St & Notre Dame Texas A&M Duke & Missouri BYU & Wake Forest Stanford Iowa & Florida Michigan USC & Wisconsin Kansas Louisville & Oklahoma Miami (FL) Ohio St

Next update will be at 200 teams in the database, which should be either next week or early the week after.

On one hand, Sofia Cantore's a good player! An exciting player! On the other hand, the Spirit is conceding almost 2 xG a game and hasn't had an under 1.00 xG against performance since opening day! Some defensive reinforcements coming? Surely?

Matt Brown is reporting Sacramento State is headed to the Big West in all non-football sports as of 2026-27. Had tried to get into an FBS conference with no success so far.