A brand new worldwide competitors formally joined the ladies’s soccer calendar on Aug. 15, when the very first version of the Concacaf W Champions Cup started.
The event is modeled after the boys’s equal and designed to capitalize on the growing consideration and funding within the girls’s sport around the globe. The Concacaf W Champions Cup permits NWSL groups to check themselves in opposition to different prime groups in North America, whereas the latter could have a heightened stage to play on as they measure themselves in opposition to the USA-based groups. The competitors may also function a qualification event for the inaugural FIFA Girls’s Membership World Cup, which can characteristic 16 groups and is at the moment scheduled to happen in January and February 2026.
Three NWSL groups are participating within the first version of the competitors — reigning champions NJ/NY Gotham FC, 2023 Protect winners San Diego Wave and NWSL Protect runners-up Portland Thorns. Eleven complete groups throughout North America are collaborating, together with three from Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil. Two groups will duke it out for a spot within the group stage, the place a complete of 10 groups might be divided into two teams.
The group stage will play out this fall, with the highest two groups in every group advancing to the semifinals. The semifinals and the ultimate might be single-elimination matches that can happen subsequent spring at a yet-to-be-determined location, as will the third-place match.
You’ll be able to watch the entire motion throughout the platforms of CBS Sports activities, together with CBS Sports activities Community, Paramount+ and CBS Sports activities Golazo Community.
Here is a take a look at the schedule for the primary version of the Concacaf W Champions Cup.
All instances U.S./Japanese
Standings
|
GROUP A |
W |
L |
D |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
|
Alajuelense (CRC) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Frazsiers Whip (JAM) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Monterrey (MEX) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NJ/NY Gotham FC (USA) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tigres (MEX) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
GROUP B |
W |
L |
D |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
|
San Diego Wave (USA) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
3 |
|
Portland Thorns (USA) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Membership America (MEX) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Santa Fe (PAN) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
0 |
Preliminary spherical
Thursday, Aug. 15
Alianza 0, Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Group stage
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Alajuelense 0, Frazsiers Whip 0
Santa Fe 0, San Diego Wave 2
Wednesday, Aug. 21
Membership America vs. Vancouver Whitecaps, 9 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Community, Paramount+)
Thursday, Aug. 22
Tigres vs. Monterrey, 9 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Wednesday, Sept. 4
Santa Fe vs. Vancouver Whitecaps, 8 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Portland Thorns vs. Membership America, 10 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Thursday, Sept. 5
Alajuelense vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC, 8 p.m. (Paramount+)
Monterrey vs. Frazsiers Whip, 10 p.m. (Paramount+)
Wednesday, Sept. 18
Frazsiers Whip vs. Tigres, 8 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
San Diego Wave vs. Portland Thorns, 10 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Thursday, Sept. 19
NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Monterrey, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Membership America vs. Santa Fe, 9 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. San Diego Wave, 8:30 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Portland Thorns vs. Santa Fe, 10:30 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Frazsiers Whip vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC, 8 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Thursday, Oct. 3
Tigres vs. Alajuelense, 9 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Tuesday, Oct. 15
Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Thorns, 10 p.m. (Paramount+)
Wednesday, Oct. 16
NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Tigres, 8 p.m. (Paramount+)
San Diego Wave vs. Membership America, 10 p.m. (Paramount+)
Thursday, Oct. 17
Monterrey vs. Alajuelense, 7 p.m. (CBS Sports activities Golazo Community)
Semifinals
Thursday, Might 22, 2025
TBD vs. TBD, time TBD
TBD vs. TBD, time TBD
Third place match
Sunday, Might 25, 2025
TBD vs. TBD, time TBD
Ultimate
Sunday, Might 25, 2025
TBD vs. TBD, time TBD
