NWSL Power Rankings: Chawinga eyes Golden Boot with record-setting Current

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Megan SwanickOct 13, 2025, 12:46 AM ET

It's Monday, and different circular of NWSL enactment is successful the books, which means it's clip for ESPN's Power Rankings.

Who's climbing the table? Who's successful escaped fall? Our writers studied the enactment from crossed Matchday 24 to travel up with this week's bid of each 14 teams successful the league. Let's dive in.

1. Kansas City Current

Previous ranking: 1
Next match: Saturday Oct. 18 vs. Houston Dash, 7.30 p.m. ET

Kansas City is soaring into the postseason aft beating different top-of-the-table squad this weekend. Temwa Chawinga and Bia Zaneratto provided the goals arsenic the league-leaders enactment abstraction betwixt them and 2023 champs Gotham FC successful a 2-0 triumph astatine CPKC Stadium. With the goal, Chawinga besides added abstraction betwixt herself and Gotham's Esther González astatine the apical of the Golden Boot race, which she present leads by 2 goals. The triumph besides saw the Current acceptable a caller NWSL grounds for points successful a season.

2. Washington Spirit

Previous ranking: 2
Next match: Saturday Oct. 18 vs. Orlando Pride, 12.30 p.m. ET

Trinity Rodman's left-footed onslaught from wrong the container (her 5th extremity of the season) acceptable the Spirit up successful the 2nd fractional successful Cary, but they settled for a 1-1 necktie against ninth-place North Carolina. With the gully (plus Gotham's nonaccomplishment to Kansas City), the Spirit person officially clinched home-field vantage done to the playoff semifinals. After a record-breaking twelvemonth for full attendance astatine Audi Field, that's monolithic for past year's runner-up, who look poised to marque a compelling playoff run.

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