Ranking the 10 greatest NWSL teams of all time: Who's No. 1?

This year, the Kansas City Current person enactment unneurotic the champion play successful NWSL history, statistically speaking. From astir points to astir wins, astir shutouts to the longest shutout streak -- the database goes on.

We are apt witnessing the top play successful NWSL past by the astir talented, deepest squad successful league history. If that conscionable sparked a visceral absorption from you ... well, bully -- it's clip to debate! The operative connection is likely, truthful which different NWSL teams of the past could involvement assertion to being the champion ever?

For the intent of this exercise, we are looking astatine past seasons since the 2025 run is inactive ongoing. (The NWSL's "decision day" is acceptable for Nov. 2 -- erstwhile each squad successful the league volition look disconnected for a past accidental to clinch a playoff spot -- live connected ESPN and ESPN+.) If the Current tin adhd to this year's runaway NWSL Shield show with a title successful adjacent month's playoffs, determination won't beryllium immoderate uncertainty astir the champion squad ever.

The NWSL has evolved greatly since its motorboat successful 2013, which makes it hard to comparison eras, but person nary fear: That's wherefore we're here. Let's fertile the champion teams successful NWSL history.

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10. 2017 North Carolina Courage

Record (W-D-L): 16-1-7, 49 points
Trophies: NWSL Shield

The North Carolina Courage could person a fewer entries connected this database from their ascendant era, which truly began with a 2016 NWSL Championship arsenic the Western New York Flash. That was a scrappy, young squad coming into its ain arsenic an underdog. By 2017 -- the franchise's archetypal twelvemonth successful North Carolina -- it was 1 of the 2 favorites alongside a stacked Portland team.

Sam Mewis, Abby Dahlkemper, Lynn Biyendolo and Jaelene Daniels were the draught people that reshaped the trajectory of the organization. Then the Courage added Debinha and rookies Ashley Hatch and Darian Jenkins, and successful astir apt the biggest coup successful league history, they claimed midfielder Denise O'Sullivan disconnected waivers aft the Houston Dash conscionable dropped her. O'Sullivan is inactive determination contiguous arsenic the longtime captain.

9. 2017 Portland Thorns

Record (W-D-L): 14-5-5, 47 points
Trophies: NWSL Championship

Fresh disconnected a Shield successful 2016, this

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