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NWSL playoffs preview: How can each team win it all?

The 2025 NWSL playoffs are here and just like in the regular season, everyone is chasing the Kansas City Current after the Shield-winners' historic season. Kansas City is the undeniable favorite to win the NWSL Championship on Nov. 22, but historically, the NWSL has been anything but predictable.

Could one of the other seven teams go on a run for a few weeks and lift the trophy? Of course? Will they? Well... here's why each team will -- and won't -- win the NWSL Championship.

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No. 8 seed Gotham FC

Next game: at KC Current, Nov.