The trembling began when Tara McKeown drew a free kick on the edge of the box, with the Spirit trailing Gotham FC by a goal in second-half stoppage time and a trip to the NWSL championship game at stake. The noise crescendoed as Makenna Morris stood over ...

The 2024 NWSL regular season has concluded and the playoffs are officially underway. League leaders Orlando Pride hosted Chicago Red Stars to kick off the quarterfinal round. The 2024 NWSL Shield winners defeated Chicago 4-1 and will face Kansas City Current in the semifinal after the Current eliminated North Carolina Courage.

Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury saved all three penalties she faced as the Spirit defeated reigning champion NJ/NY Gotham FC in a 3-0 penalty shootout on Saturday at Audi Field to advance to next week's NWSL championship.

The Spirit converted its first three attempts in alternating order to end the shootout sequence with the fewest rounds necessary.

Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury had three massive saves in the shootout to secure the semifinal win and send Washington to the championship.

The Washington Spirit are heading to the National Women's Soccer League Championship Game! The Spirit took down defending champion, New York's Gotham FC, in a shootout in front of a sold-out crowd at Audi Field on Saturday.

So after all that, after six combined yellow cards and the two from Bruninha that forced Gotham FC to operate down a player, after the two frames of extra time and the one final Washington Spirit corner in the 121st minute that Ann-Katrin Berger barely — feet on one side of the goal line,