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Racing Louisville clinches NWSL playoffs after 4 near misses – ESPNSkip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Louisville clinches NWSL playoffs after 4 misses14hJeff KassoufWhy so serious? Man City’s Haaland spooks locals as The Joker for Halloween2dChris WrightTottenham have big problems; Haaland lifts Man City again; Griezmann scores 200; more2hGabriele MarcottiIf Man City are going to win the Premier League, all roads lead to Haaland19hMark OgdenRaucous Anfield crowd backs Slot as Liverpool returns to form2dBeth LindopTransfer rumors, news: Kane considering shock Barcelona move1hESPNBronze makes history in FIFPRO Women’s World 111hEmily KeoghplayRacing Louisville FC vs. Bay FC – Game Highlights (1:16)Watch the Game Highlights from Racing Louisville FC vs. Bay FC, 11/03/2025 (1:16)Jeff KassoufNov 2, 2025, 07:34 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsRacing Louisville FCclinched its firstNWSLplayoff spot on Sunday with a 1-0 victory overBay FC, ending a run of four straight ninth-place finishes.Ella Hasescored three minutes into the second half for Louisville, which needed a victory due to other results on Sunday.Louisville and North Carolina entered Sunday’s NWSL Decision Day as the two teams fighting for the eighth and final playoff spot, and Racing Louisville had to defeat Bay FC if North Carolina also won due to the Courage’s superior goal difference, which is the first tiebreaker. TheNorth Carolina CouragedefeatedGotham FC3-2 on Sunday in a simultaneous match.Racing Louisville head coach Bev Yanez she was “a little bit” aware of the Courage-Gotham score. She told her staff heading into Sunday not to update her, “and then I was a bit eager at halftime” to know the score. Louisville was in ninth at halftime.”It was the biggest factor. I said it to the group multiple times: They put themselves in this position. We are in a situation that we can say let’s control our controllables,” said Yanez, who is now the first person to both play in and coach in the NWSL playoffs. “We’re not hoping and waiting for other people to give us certain points or certain results to see if we can climb our way in. We’re in, let’s stay in. I’m just so proud of this group.”Racing Louisville finished in ninth place and missed the playoffs in each of its four previous seasons since first playing in the NWSL as an expansion team in 2021.With the results, Louisville jumped to seventh place and will visit theWashington Spiritin the quarterfinals next week. Gotham, the 2023 NWSL champion, had a chance to host a quarterfinal heading into Sunday but fell to the No. 8 seed and will play the top-seededKansas City Currentin next week’s quarterfinals.North Carolina led 3-0 until the 87th minute, when Gotham scored the first of two late goals. Gotham would have moved to sixth p…
Published: 2025-11-03T14:26:31
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