2018 standings

The 2018 table as the league published it, 9 clubs, the top 4 to the playoffs.

Checked against two sources · 2026-09-16

NWSL Regular Season9 clubs

NWSL Regular Season, 2018
#	Club	Pld	W-L-D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North CarolinaNorth Carolina Courage	24	17-1-6	53	17	+36	57
2	PortlandPortland Thorns FC	24	12-6-6	40	28	+12	42
3	SeattleSeattle Reign FC	24	11-5-8	27	19	+8	41
4	ChicagoChicago Red Stars	24	9-5-10	38	28	+10	37
5	UtahUtah Royals FC	24	9-7-8	22	23	−1	35
6	HoustonHouston Dash	24	9-10-5	35	39	−4	32
7	OrlandoOrlando Pride	24	8-10-6	30	37	−7	30
8	WashingtonWashington Spirit	24	2-17-5	12	35	−23	11
9	Sky BlueSky Blue FC	24	1-17-6	21	52	−31	9

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.

Sep 15, 2018SemifinalsPortlandvSeattle2–1Providence Park · 14,179
Sep 18, 2018SemifinalsNorth CarolinavChicago2–0Providence Park · 4,646
Sep 22, 2018ChampionshipNorth CarolinavPortland3–0Providence Park · 21,144

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).