ShePlays NWSL: Week 5 Team

First of all, a thank you to UCLA Bruins dot com for the perfect featured image for today's post.

It's game week slash round 5. This is the one we've been building for. It's DOUBLE GAME WEEK TIME!

Portland and Gotham will play each other in this round, in addition to Seattle and Angel City, respectively. This is because they will miss round 10 to, "contest the final of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup in Nuevo Leon", per Nick Manser. As both games will count towards this round's scoring, it's time to bring in Thorns and Bats to your fantasy team. If you haven't been doing this all season. Or even if you have, things change and plans have to adjust.

Here's who I think warrants a place in your team:

NWSL Weekend Roundup

Lots of good information out there looking at the week that was in NWSL. Here's a roundup.

Recaps

• NWSL Week 4 Recap- Portland and Chicago show signs of life, Angel City stay hot, and Kansas City continue to roll
• NWSL Outliers: Matchday 4
• NWSL Team of the Week: Gotha's Lilly Reale scores first pro goal, teen Trinity Armstrong debuts on San Diego
• 2025 nwsl week 4: xG race charts & g+ pass networks

Teams/Matches

• Three things we learned: Houston Dash vs Angel City FC
• Houston Dash 1, Angel City FC 3: Los Angeles tippin’ in Texas with road win/
• Orlando PrideThe Orlando Pride Are Dominant With Any Back Line
• Bay FC defense struggles early in loss to previously winless Chicago
• What we learned as Bay FC comeback falls short against Chicago Stars
• Gotham FC 3-1 North Carolina Courage: 4 Thoughts
• Gotham FC find their shooting boots as they beat the North Carolina Courage 3-1

Power Rankings

• NWSL Power Rankings Week 4: Backflips, Lynn Biyendolo and Midge Purce are back, Ashley Hatch on top of the Golden Boot race
• 2025 Week 4 NWSL Power Rankings (note posted today: Power Rankings Model Adjustments)
• NWSL Power Rankings: Gotham Are Back, Angel City Rise on Matchday 4
• Week 4 Vibes Rankings
• NWSL Power Rankings: Kansas City Current remain at the top; Angel City FC making strides

ShePlays NWSL: Week 4 Team

I'm at a loss this week.

That's great for blogging, right? Just what you want to read: I don't know what I'm doing. But bear with me. Maybe if we put the options down "on paper" it will help us all make sense of it.

So, what are the parameters? 

NWSL Round Three Wrap-Up

With the International Break in the rear-view, it's time to focus on the upcoming weekend of NWSL matches. To do that, let's remind ourselves of what happened all those days ago. Back when the world was young, and no one was trying to crater the global economy with a new tariff regime.

• NWSL Review | Matchweek 3
  
  
• 2025 Fantasy NWSL: Answers from Round 3
  
  
• NWSL Power Rankings: Kansas City Current Chase the Summit on Matchday 3
  
  
• NWSL Weekend Take-Off: Angel City take needed step, Washington Spirit adapt
  
  
• 2025 nwsl week 3: xG race charts & g+ pass networks
  
  
• Thompson Shines, Wave Disrupts, a Stats Oddity - NWSL Week 3 Analysis