Every 2018 NWSL playoff game, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
North Carolina Courage won the 2018 title from a regular season record of 17-6-1. 4 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 2 rounds. Every game below is taken from the NWSL data feed; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals | North Carolina Courage | 2-0 | Chicago Red Stars | September 18, 2018 |
| Semifinals | Portland Thorns FC | 2-1 | Seattle Reign FC | September 15, 2018 |
| NWSL Championship | North Carolina Courage | 3-0 | Portland Thorns FC | September 22, 2018 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: NWSL