3 - Third-tier One Knoxville SC (USL League 1) is the second team outside the top 2 divisions to score three goals in a road US Open Cup match against an MLS team (Seattle Sounders Select (PDL) at Dallas in 2001). Knockout.
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3 - Los Angeles FC is the third MLS team to reach the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup/League at least three times, joining D.C. United (7) and LA Galaxy (3). Progressing.
10 - CF Montréal is the first team in MLS history to sack a coach within the first 10 matches of two consecutive seasons. Prompt.
9 - Rose Lavelle has been directly involved in nine goals (4 goals, 5 assists) in her last nine #USWNT appearances, contributing to at least one goal in seven of those nine games. Constant.
10 - @utahroyalsfc.com's Cloé Lacasse created 10 chances for teammates Friday, equaling the most in an #NWSL match since 2016 (Megan Rapinoe - 10 in September 2019). Creator.
5/5 - @washingtonspirit.com's Gift Monday is one of two #NWSL players (Manaka Matsukubo) to score at least five left-footed goals and five right-footed goals in all competitions since the start of last season. Options.
19:32 - Son Heung-Min recorded four assists in a span of 19 minutes, 32 seconds for Los Angeles FC on Saturday, the second-fastest any player has accumulated four assists in #MLS history (Lionel Messi - 18:57 vs RBNY in May 2024). Quartet.
3 - @denversummitfc.bsky.social is the first team in #NWSL history to keep three straight clean sheets within its first five all-time regular-season #NWSL matches. Organized.
21-250 - At 21 years, 250 days old, @nccourage.com's Manaka Matsukubo is the second-youngest player in #NWSL history to score in four straight regular-season matches after Diana Ordóñez (20-321), also for the Courage, in 2022. Unstoppable.
5 - Michelle Cooper is the fifth player to score at least 10 regular-season goals for Kansas City Current since the start of the 2024 season. No other #NWSL team has more than two double-digit scorers in that time. Riches.
4 - @sandiegowavefc.com is the second team in #NWSL history to record four straight wins immediately after losing its season-opening match, joining Washington Spirit in 2024. Blip.
24 - @utahroyalsfc.com attempted a club-record 27 shots in its win on Friday while facing just three, with the plus-24 shot difference equaling the fourth-largest in a regular-season match in #NWSL history. One-way.
7/10 - Sarah Puntigam's penalty for @houstondash.com at 98:05 and Haley McCutcheon's winner for @orlpride.com at 97:52 were the seventh and tenth latest winning goals respectively in regular-season #NWSL history. Cinema.
2 - The #USMNT has lost two straight matches within 100 days of their opening match of a FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1994 (April losses to Iceland and Chile). Parallel.
1-2 - Dudinha (31) and Kenza Dali (28) have been involved in more open-play sequences leading to shot attempts than any other players in the #NWSL this season while two other @sandiegowavefc.com players also rank in the top 10. Teamwork.
9 - Dating back to last October, @sandiegowavefc.com's Dudinha has been directly involved in nine goals (6 goals, 3 assists) in regular-season play, more than anybody else in the #NWSL in that time. Playmaker.
2 - A player 18-years-old or younger has recorded multiple goal contributions in a regular-season match three times in #NWSL history.
@bayfc.com's Alex Pfeiffer is responsible for two of those (March 14 vs. Denver, Saturday vs. North Carolina). Skills.
9 - @reignfc.com have at least nine points through four matches of a season for the third time in club history.
They went on to reach the #NWSL Championship Match both previous times (2014, 2023). Destiny?
5 - @thornsfc.com have won five consecutive home matches in all competitions for the first time since a nine-match home winning streak from June 2017 to April 2018. Defended.
1959 - The 5-2 loss to Belgium is the largest margin of defeat in home a match in which the #USMNT scored the opening goal since an 8-1 loss to England in May 1959. Unravel.
13 - @denversummitfc.bsky.social's win at Gotham FC followed by draw vs. Washington marks the 13th time in #NWSL history a team has played both of the previous season's finalists in consecutive matches and avoided defeat in both, and just the second by a new team (Utah in 2018). Fearless.
1 - @utahroyalsfc.com's FC's 2-1 win at Boston was its first victory east of the Mississippi River since returning to the #NWSL in 2024. Daybreak.
1:55 - It took @weareangelcity.bsky.social just 1 minute, 55 seconds to go from trailing 1-0 to 2-1 ahead on Friday, the second-fastest a team has gone from behind to ahead in a regular-season match in #NWSL history. Turnaround.
3 - For the first time in #NWSL history, two players (@orlpride.com's Barbra Banda, @denversummitfc.bsky.social's Melissa Kössler) have scored in their first three matches of a season in the same year. Forces.
46.7 - Despite losing their first 5 games of the #MLS season, the Philadelphia Union still have a 46.7 percent chance of finishing in the top 9 in the Eastern Conference, according to the Opta Predictor. Marathon.
81.5 - Emma Sears' 43rd-minute goal for @racingloufc.com on Friday came at the end of an 81.5-yard run, the longest on a goal since that data has been collected for the #NWSL (2016). Journey.
7 - @sandiegowavefc.com's victory Sunday was their seventh regular-season road win since the start of the 2025 season, second-most behind only #NWSL Shield winning Kansas City (10) in that time. Warriors.
2 - Reigning #NWSL Shield holders have managed to win just two of 14 all-time away matches against @chicagostars.com (Thorns in 2017, Reign in 2023). Windswept.
4 - Nashville SC's Sam Surridge scored his fourth regular-season hat-trick in his 75th #MLS appearance on Saturday. Only five players needed fewer games to score their first four career #MLS hat-tricks. Quartet.
23-142 - @angelcity.com's starting XI on Saturday had an average age of 23 years, 142 days, the youngest ever to record a win in #NWSL history. Exuberance.