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GOAL's World-Class Club: Football's most elite women's players

Every summer, GOAL publishes its exclusive list of the 25 players who have proven themselves truly elite by consistently producing top performances

NWSL Power Ranks: Tordin, Sanchez headline 28-goal weekend

Pietra Tordin’s hat trick lifted Portland past Boston, while Ashley Sanchez scored against her former team in North Carolina’s wild 4-3 win over Washington.

The most expensive transfers in women's football history - listed

Chelsea, Arsenal, the Orlando Pride and the London City Lionesses all broke the world record in 2025 alone, as spending in the women's game grows

Transfer grades for the biggest transfer of the women's window

The 2026 summer transfer window promised to be an extremely eventful one in the women's game, with several huge stars on the move, and so it proved. Alexia Putellas, Georgia Stanway and Sam Kerr were just some of those who completed transfers as some of the biggest names in the sport found themselves new clubs over the past three months or so.

NWSL Power Ranks: Spirit find a way and Utah score four goals

Sam Kerr scores her first Gotham FC goal as the Bats draw Portland Thorns FC 2-2, while Sofia Cantore lifts Washington Spirit past Lindsey Heaps and Denver Summit FC 1-0. GOAL ranks all 16 NWSL teams in this week’s Power Rankings.

NWSL Power Ranks: Seattle Reign, Angel City own Rivalry Week

Angel City shocked San Diego, Seattle claimed Cascadia bragging rights and Washington rose to the top of GOAL’s latest ranking of all 16 NWSL teams.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	PTS	Form
6	Angel City FC	27	12	7	8	45	29	16	43	D W W W D
7	Portland Thorns	27	12	7	8	45	39	6	43	L D W D L
8	North Carolina Courage	27	13	3	11	50	39	11	42	W L L L W
9	Seattle Reign FC	27	12	4	11	33	32	1	40	L W L L W
10	Denver Summit FC	27	10	8	9	45	37	8	38	W L W D D

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