Most of the international competitions are over, all teams had a minimum twelve day break, many Spirit players went on an assortment of vacations, and now the NWSL is back! For the Spirit it’s right into the fire as well. Shockingly, frustratingly and annoyingly, Washington are second bottom on the table, eight points from a playoff spot, with just nine games left to play.
Last season’s champions are in very serious danger of not being able to defend their crown in the playoffs and need to string together a run of bagging three points. In their way this week will be the North Carolina Courage, who currently sit bottom of the table.