2022 NWSL Playoffs: Schedule, how to watch, playoff format

The 2022 NWSL Playoffs get underway tonight with two quarterfinal round games: the Houston Dash vs. Kansas City Current and the San Diego Wave vs. the Chicago Red Stars.

See below for info on how to watch the NWSL playoffs, the full playoff schedule, and more. This guide will continue to be updated.

At the end of the NWSL regular season, the top six of twelve teams qualified for the playoffs:

The top two teams — the OL Reign and Portland Thorns — received a bye to the semifinal round, while the other four teams will meet in the quarterfinal round.

If an NWSL playoff game is tied after 90 minutes, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played in their entirety. If the game is still tied, penalties will determine the winner.

The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) begins its 2022-23 Secret Dream Gap Tour this weekend in Montreal, Quebec. While this year’s competition will look more like a traditional hockey season, the Dream Gap Tour is not the PWHPA’s end goal.

With that in mind, here are a few answers to frequently asked questions about the PWHPA, including an explainer on how rosters were determined, info on how to livestream games, and an update on the organization’s long-term goal of launching a new women’s pro hockey league.

The following three Secret Dream Gap Tour stops have been announced as of October 14, 2022:

CBC announced on Thursday announced that fans worldwide will be able to watch every PWHPA game this season via CBCsports.ca, the CBC Sports app, CBC Gem and the CBC Sports YouTube channel.

In a change from previous years, the four competing PWHPA teams — Team adidas, Team Harvey’s, Team Scotiabank and Team Sonnet — are no longer regionally determined.

“The goal from the beginning was