It all comes down to this.
On Sunday, the Houston Dash will take on the Chicago Red Stars in the final of the NWSL Challenge Cup at Rio Tinto Stadium. The match will be nationally televised on CBS, with kickoff slated for 12:30 p.m. ET.
When predicting the tournament early on, it’s doubtful that many would have picked these two teams to be fighting for the Challenge Cup title. No matter the result, the winner of the contest will lift their first trophy in the NWSL since the league’s inception in 2013.
The Dash came into the tournament with a lot of question marks surrounding them after multiple key departures this offseason.