It's Monday, the 2025 NWSL regular season is now in the rearview mirror, which means it's time for ESPN's playoff Power Rankings.
Who's best positioned for a deep postseason run? Our writers studied the action from the weekend to come up with the order of all eight playoff teams. Let's dive in.
1. Kansas City Current
Next match: Sunday vs. Gotham FC, 12:30 p.m. ET, ABC ( stream live with ABC on ESPN )
Kansas City was the first team to book its playoff spot and the first to seal home-field advantage through the semifinal, if it makes it that far. The Current also set new NWSL records for: most points (65), most wins (21), most road wins (10) and most clean sheets (16) in a single NWSL season. Playing San Diego in their final game, they conceded a goal to Dudinha and trailed at

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