{"id":264651,"date":"2026-09-27T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/louisville-boston-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:34:12","slug":"louisville-boston-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/louisville-boston-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville, Boston eliminated from playoff contention \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-26T021755Z_1002175264_MT1USATODAY29914554_RTRMADP_3_NWSL-SAN-DIEGO-WAVE-FC-AT-RACING-LOUISVILLE-FC-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">Photo Credit: EM Dash-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Losses for both Racing Louisville and the Boston Legacy in Friday night National Women\u2019s Soccer League play officially ended both teams\u2019 playoff hopes for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville opened the weekend of games by hosting the in-form San Diego Wave and falling 2-0. The loss went down as Racing\u2019s sixth consecutive,\u00a0and officially ended the team\u2019s hopes of a return trip to the NWSL Playoffs after they seemed to turn things around post-World Cup break. Last season, they qualified for the playoffs for the first time in Racing\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>The home team produced an encouraging start when Kayla Fischer found the back of the net, but a narrow offside call denied Louisville the opener after VAR. Gia Corley netted the Wave\u2019s opener inside the first 30 minutes before Ludmila scored shortly after coming on as a halftime substitute. The win marked San Diego\u2019s fifth win in six games, pushing the Wave past the Washington Spirit into second place.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goals from Gia Corley and Ludmila give San Diego Wave the win in Louisville, eliminating the home team from playoff contention.<\/p>\n<p>Racing Louisville FC vs. San Diego Wave highlights presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nationwide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@nationwide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQPzIeAuc0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/TQPzIeAuc0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Women\u2019s Soccer League (@NWSL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSL\/status\/2103649805507657849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The third game of the night (Gotham bested Chicago 3-1 before this one) ended with the same scoreline as the Reign defeated the Legacy 2-0 in Seattle. Following the trend of most other NWSL expansion teams, the result officially eliminated Boston from playoff contention in their first season. Plus, Boston\u2019s record-setting 13-game scoring streak ended as Jess Fishlock and the Reign <a href=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/2026\/09\/26\/fishlock-brace-overtakes-rapinoes-reign-scoring-record-wins-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set scoring records of their own.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p>One more team, Bay FC, can still be officially eliminated this weekend with a loss or draw when they host the Orlando Pride on Sunday. 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Louisville opened the weekend of games by hosting the in-form San Diego Wave and falling 2-0. 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