2017 standings

The 2017 table as the league published it, 10 clubs, the top 4 to the playoffs.

Checked against two sources · 2026-09-16

NWSL Regular Season10 clubs

NWSL Regular Season, 2017
#	Club	Pld	W-L-D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North CarolinaNorth Carolina Courage	24	16-7-1	38	22	+16	49
2	PortlandPortland Thorns FC	24	14-5-5	37	20	+17	47
3	OrlandoOrlando Pride	24	11-6-7	45	31	+14	40
4	ChicagoChicago Red Stars	24	11-7-6	33	30	+3	39
5	SeattleSeattle Reign FC	24	9-8-7	43	37	+6	34
6	Sky BlueSky Blue FC	24	10-11-3	42	51	−9	33
7	Kansas CityFC Kansas City	24	8-9-7	29	31	−2	31
8	HoustonHouston Dash	24	7-14-3	23	39	−16	24
9	BostonBoston Breakers	24	4-13-7	24	35	−11	19
10	WashingtonWashington Spirit	24	5-15-4	30	48	−18	19

The rule marks the 4 playoff places.

The playoffs, match by match.

3 matches. Higher seed listed as the home side where the league staged it so.

Oct 7, 2017SemifinalsPortlandvOrlando4–1Providence Park · 18,193
Oct 8, 2017SemifinalsNorth CarolinavChicago1–0WakeMed Soccer Park · 10,017
Oct 14, 2017ChampionshipNorth CarolinavPortland0–1Inter&Co Stadium · 8,124

What the year decided.

Every season, one table each.

The league's first season was 2013.

Club names are as they were that season; each links to the franchise's page today (North Carolina Courage for the Western New York Flash, for example).