NWSL Weekend Roundup: Week 10

Here's a roundup of analyses and rankings from Week 10 of the 2025 NWSL season, featuring standout performances, tactical breakdowns, and more:

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🕵️ Match Reviews

• NWSL Review: Matchweek 10 – Women's Football Talk
  Victories for all the top four teams but defeats for Angel City and Seattle Reign, plus the winless runs go on for Utah Royals and Chicago Stars. This is our review of Matchweek 10 in the NWSL.
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• NWSL Weekend Take-Off: Racing Louisville on the move, Wave and Spirit impress
  The NWSL was all gas, no brakes over the weekend, with 27 goals across six games. We break down how Racing, the Wave, and the Spirit notched wins.
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📊 Power Rankings

• 2025 Week 10 NWSL Power Rankings – It's me, Brian!
  Another week, another shake of the table. While Portland and Gotham got a breather from NWSL action, the rest of the league delivered fireworks. Barbra Banda recorded a first-half hat trick. San Diego dropped five on North Carolina. Racing and Bay fought through chaos for valuable points. The model kept humming underneath it all, picking up trends and recalibrating expectations.
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  (Revised) 2025 Week 10 NWSL Power Rankings – It's me, Brian!
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• NWSL Power Rankings: San Diego Wave starting to look ominous – ESPN
  It's Monday, and another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it's time for ESPN's Power Rankings. Who's climbing the table? Who's in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 10 to come up with this week's order of all 14 teams in the league. Let's dive in.
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• NWSL Power Rankings Week 10: Barbra Banda is back and the San Diego Wave hits hard – All for XI
  10 weeks have been completed in the National Women’s Soccer League. Who are the contenders? Who are the pretenders? Find out on this week’s NWSL power rankings.
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📈 Statistical Deep Dives & Tactical Analyses

• Outliers: Matchday 10 – Stateside Stats
  An analytical look at standout statistical performances and anomalies from the week's matches.
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• 2025 NWSL Week 10 xG Race Charts & Pass Networks – BTVC
  Detailed visualizations of expected goals and passing patterns, offering insights into team strategies.
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🎭 Vibe Check

• Week 10 Vibe Ranking – Blonde Ponies
  A unique take on team energies and morale, offering a fresh perspective beyond traditional stats.
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NWSL Weekend Roundup: Round 9

🚑 Injury Watch: KC Current

Debinha and Cook are out for at least the medium term. I'm not sure what "Temwa is getting evaluated as we speak to determine the significance of it." means, but I don't like the sound of it.

• 🔗 KC Current Injury Updates – All For XI
  KC Current head coach, Vlatko Andonovski, shares crucial injury updates with the media.

🔝 Power Rankings: KC Current Still on Top

Man, these hit different considering the above news.

• 📰 NWSL Power Rankings – ESPN
  If you make a single mistake against Temwa Chawinga and the Current, you're likely to get punished. That and more in ESPN's NWSL Power Rankings.

• 🏅 KC Current Strides Ahead on Matchday 9 – Sports Illustrated
  Temwa Chawinga broke more records as the NWSL’s top team solidified its frontrunner status.

📊 Numbers & Tactics: The Analytical Deep Dives

• 📈 NWSL Outliers: Matchday 9 – Substack (Stateside Stats)
  Who's overperforming? Who's underdelivering? This post highlights the statistical outliers of the week.

• 🔍 2025 NWSL Week 9: xG Race Charts & g+ Pass Networks – BTVC
  Visualize team structure, ball movement, and attacking efficiency.

• 🚀 NWSL Weekend Take-Off: KC Current post statement win, Spirit get 'wake-up call' vs. Utah
  The NWSL saw the KC Current and Seattle Reign underline why tactics matter, while Spirit-Utah was yet another bonkers game for Washington.

✨ Weekly Vibes Check

• 🌈 Week 9 Vibe Ranking – Blonde Ponies

ShePlays NWSL Week 9 Team

Week 9 is fast approaching, with four (!) matches tonight. After a week where I over-thought and mostly got it wrong (benching Chawinga, mostly) we're looking to bounce back quickly.

My first thought was to get Sav Demelo in for Olivia Moultrie. I'm still needing to rid myself of Bats and Thorns after their week five double and before their week 10 blank. Demelo has come back from her injury earlier in the season to average just over 10 points per game over the last three weeks. With Seattle making the long trip east, this seems like a good spot for her. She should get lots of chances for crosses and chances created against a physical Reign side that will surely foul her a ton. As everyone does.

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Get well soon, Savy!

🔝 Kansas City Current Reclaim the Throne
All For XI breaks down the Week 8 Power Rankings, highlighting Kansas City's return to the top and a Brazilian-led goal fest featuring Debinha and company.
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🎯 Perry’s Tactical Brilliance
Thorntown’s Perry Precision dives into the meticulous play and impact of one of the league's sharpest minds on and off the pitch.
Check it out

📝 Full Week 8 Recap: Dominance and Development
The East Stand details how Louisville outclassed Gotham, Chicago showed flashes of brilliance, and North Carolina continues its tactical evolution.
Full recap here

⚽ ESPN Power Rankings Update
Kansas City leapfrogs Orlando and Gotham in ESPN’s updated rankings, emphasizing momentum and consistency.
See the rankings

📊 Fan-Powered Rankings
Brian’s WordPress blog offers a fan-centric take on Week 8’s rankings, giving fresh perspective and narrative flavor.
Read Brian's take

📈 NWSL Outliers & Statistical Trends
Stateside Stats analyzes the numbers behind the matches, spotlighting teams and players defying the norms.
Explore the stats

ShePlays NWSL Week 8 Team

Let's do this. Bullet point style!

• At this point, I've assembled a roster of the top players in the game. The problem is, I'm a match-up manager.
• To that point, I've promoted Kennedy Fuller (home against Utah tonight) over Temwa Chawinga. Chawinga's status is still unknown. I should have benched her last week for Avery Patterson. I got bailed out by Gabi Portilho's injury. 
• So am I making last week's correct decision this week when it won't apply? I think she'll do great if she starts at home against Bay FC. But if she just gets another sub appearance... ?? Argh.
• I'm realizing I had this "external monologue" last week. Sorry.
• Fuller should be a good bet against Utah. My transfer this week is along these same lines. Riley Tiernan for the aforementioned injured Gabi Portilho. That was always going to be my transfer this week, as I need to shed Gotham and/or Portland players. The injury and Tiernan's form are happy accidents.
• I think I'm going to captain Tiernan. Form, and matchup.
• Vice-captain is Debinha. Case could be made to swap them. Debinha higher floor. Tiernan maybe higher ceiling.
• Otherwise it feels like a chalk team. That's not a bad thing defending a lead. 

Good luck, all!

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