Saturday's NWSL Championship pits Trinity Rodman and the Washington Spirit vs. Marta and the Orlando Pride. Who will win?
in the NWSL amid on-field struggles. After the Pride set a record for the best regular season in NWSL history this year, Brazilian legendIn the Spirit, we have a team that has been reaching new heights since businesswoman Michele Kang won a boardroom power struggle, Kang's added investment with the goal of creating a women's soccer powerhouse has only made the Spirit that much more formidable.
Credit to Orlando for following up the Shield victory with a trip to the final, which we haven't seen in this league since 2019. The Spirit also endured a slew of late-season injuries and got production out of their rookies in the playoffs. They've gotten that all season, to be fair. I guess there's an ironic surprise, in that we finally got"chalk" playoffs in a league that almost never does anything predictably.Not this year.
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