The rumors aren’t true, the NWSL is definitely not dead. Although many familiar faces have decided to take their talents overseas, the NWSL Fall Series is heading into its third weekend of games and the highlight reel is growing.
Top 5 Plays of the NWSL Fall Series
#1. The North Carolina Courage defeated the Houston Dash in their match up, and Courage midfielder Debinha had herself a shooting frenzy. Her second goal of the game put the Courage ahead, and it was such perfection that it landed at No. 7 in SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays of the day. I mean obviously.
We've been watching this @Debinha7 goal on a loop since it happened
— NWSL (@NWSL) September 15, 2020
#2. Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe definitely makes her way onto this list with this stop. This save helped the Spirit defeat the Chicago Red Stars 2-1.
The crossbar and then @AubreyBledsoe deny @chiredstarsPR from regaining the lead
1-1 | #WASvCHITune in now on @Twitch.#NWSLFallSeries | #VerizonCommunityShield pic.twitter.com/ZGDVQktYiR
— NWSL (@NWSL) September 12, 2020
#3. The Pugh, Purce connection for Sky Blue helped them defeat the Washington Spirit in the first match of the Fall Series. Talk about starting things off with a bang.
THIS GAME RIGHT NOW @100Purcent puts @SkyBlueFC back in front!
1-2 | #WASvNJTune in now on @CBS and @Twitch.#NWSLFallSeries pic.twitter.com/yzyDwltVbU
— NWSL (@NWSL) September 5, 2020
#4. Houston Dash’s Sophie Schmidt rockets one into the back of the net against the Courage.
.@sophieschmidt13 is not playing around
2-3 | #NCvHOUTune in now on @CBS and @Twitch.#NWSLFallSeries | #VerizonCommunityShield pic.twitter.com/oUovtnBPpe
— NWSL (@NWSL) September 12, 2020
#5. The Houston Dash and North Carolina Courage game had seven goals scored, so here's another quality finish from the Dash. Shea Groom high pressures to win the ball off a defensive mistake and shows pure class by unselfishly passing the ball to Veronica Latsko for the easy finish. Teamwork makes the dream work!
We've got ourselves a game @V_Latsko12 has an easy finish after @sheabayy2's unselfish play.
1-1 | #NCvHOUTune in now on @CBS and @Twitch. #NWSLFallSeries | #VerizonCommunityShield pic.twitter.com/Eb2CdUMnc3
— NWSL (@NWSL) September 12, 2020
As much as we miss our NWSL stars, the quality of play and goals are still keeping us entertained. As the spotlight moves to different players, we are excited for the next round of games. The Fall Series continues on September 19 at 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS as the North Carolina Courage face the Orlando Pride. Things continue Sunday, September 20 at 1:00 p.m. ET when the Chicago Red Stars match up against Sky Blue on CBS All Access.
