Even by NWSL standards, this past weekend was truly outlandish.
It’s perhaps fitting that this weird, wonderful league’s 1,000th game came mere hours after a weather delay of over three hours resulted in a match being called with fewer than 90 minutes played for just the third time ever. It just feels right that the sequence of events here was a 52-minute game in which a lack of a clear process seemed to be a problem, then a major league milestone in terms of longevity, with both followed by the league’s second-ever goalkeeper goal. That’s just the NWSL for you.
In the midst of all that chaos, though, some of the league’s best young stars produced incredible moments, and the Orlando Pride authored the shock result of the season thus far. Settle in as we look back on what could stand as the league’s wildest weekend of 2023.