National Women's Soccer League: Difference between revisions

 

In September and October 2020, the league played the [[2020 NWSL season#Fall Series|Fall Series]], in which the nine teams were divided into three geographic "pods" to minimize travel during the COVID-19 pandemic; each team played a home-and-away round-robin within its pod.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 25, 2020|title=NWSL to continue breakout 2020 season with fall series|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/nwsl-to-continue-breakout-2020-season-with-fall-series|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=NWSL Soccer|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Portland Thorns FC|Portland Thorns]] earned 12 points, the maximum possible, and won the Fall Series and the associated trophy, the [[2020 NWSL season#Fall Series|Community Shield]] (named [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] Community Shield for sponsorship reasons).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levine|first=Matthew|date=October 10, 2020|title=Portland Thorns FC clinch first place in Verizon Community Shield with victory over OL Reign|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/game/ol-reign-vs-portland-thorns-2020-10-10|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=NWSL Soccer}}</ref>

 

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