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The Seattle Reign will visit the Orlando Pride on Friday night to kick off the National Women's Soccer League playoffs.
The Pride finished with the No. 4 seed after a 1-1 draw in their regular-season finale at home against the No. 5 Reign. Their playoff match is set for 8 p.m. ET.
The second-seeded Washington Spirit will host No. 7 Racing Louisville at Audi Field in the lone quarterfinal match on Saturday at 12 p.m.
The top-seeded Kansas City Current, who had a league-record 21 wins this season, will host No. 8 Gotham on Sunday at 12 p.m. at CPKC Stadium. In the second quarterfinal match that day, the third-seeded Portland Thorns will host the No. 6 San Diego Wave at 3 p.m. ET.
The teams that advance out of the quarterfinals will play semifinal matches the weekend of Nov. 15-16.
The championship game is set for Saturday, Nov. 22, at PayPal Park in San Jose, California, and will be broadcast nationally on CBS and Paramount+.
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