2017 NWSL Standings W L D GF GA PTS North Carolina Courage 4 1 0 7 4 12 Seattle Reign FC 2 1 2 14 9 8 Portland Thorns FC 2 1 2 5 3 8 Sky Blue FC 2 2 1 8 7 7 Boston Breakers 2 2 1 5 4 5 Chicago Red Stars 2 2 1 4 4 7 Houston Dash 2 3 0 5 10 6 FC Kansas City 1 2 2 3 3 5 Orlando Pride 1 2 2 6 8 5 Washington Spirit 1 3 1 7 12 4

The winless Pride knocked off the undefeated North Carolina Courage on Sunday in a result that pretty much typifies the 2017 NWSL season. Meanwhile, Nahomi Kawasumi became the first player in league history to notch 4 assists in a game. That was part of a six-goal barrage by the Reign, more goals than half of the teams have scored all season. Oh, and Mallory Pugh is coming. Here’s where we stand in NWSL through Week 5.

Results and Schedule

Saturday Houston Dash 1-3 Sky Blue FC Poliana (76) recap Killion (33, pk) att: 5,369 Galton (53) Kerr (87)

FC Kansas City 0-0 Portland Thorns

FC recap att: 1,796 Scoby

Seattle Reign FC 6-2 Washington Spirit Nairn (20) recap Solaun (60, pk) Yanez (35) att: 3,007 Mewis (88) Kawasumi (69) Rapinoe (71) Rapinoe (76) Elston (79)

Sunday Orlando Pride 3-1 North Carolina Courage Ubogagu (49) recap Debinha (51) Camila (50) att: 5,260 Spencer (82)

Chicago Red

Stars 1-1 Boston Breakers Press (89) recap Lavelle (69) att: 1,827

Week 6 Friday

Portland Thorns FC at Boston Breakers, 7:00 p.m. EDT

Week 6 Saturday

Houston Dash at Sky Blue FC, 4:00 p.m. EDT

FC Kansas City at Washington Spirit, 7:00 p.m. EDT

Week 6 Sunday

Chicago Red Stars at North Carolina Courage, 4:00 p.m. EDT

Orlando Pride at Seattle Reign FC, 9:30 p.m. EDT

What they said





Story lines to follow

Here are some storylines we’ll be following this week:

-Mallory Pugh’s first week as a professional

-How will the Dash respond to their coach’s criticism ahead of rematch against Sky Blue FC

-Will Week 6 finally be smooth streaming for NWSL’s go90 customers