Kansas City Current closed out the NWSL regular season the way it spent most of the year playing: on offense. A 2-0 shutout of Racing Louisville on Decision Day locked in the league’s top scoring attack and a home playoff date next week.
How the game actually played out
KC Current beat Racing Louisville 2-0 on the road, according to Just Women’s Sports. Kayla Sharples opened the scoring in the 15th minute, assisted by Vanessa DiBernardo — Sharples’s first goal of the season. Haley Hopkins made it 2-0 in the 59th minute, with DiBernardo picking up a second assist on the night.
A milestone buried inside the box score
DiBernardo’s two assists brought her career total with KC to 13, tying Temwa Chawinga for second on the franchise’s all-time list. She now sits one assist short of Sofia Huerta’s league-wide regular-season record — a mark that could fall during the playoffs rather than wait for next season.
The number that matters most for KC’s season
The win pushed Kansas City to a league-leading 54 goals for the season, trailing only the club’s own 2024 squad in the NWSL record book. Goalkeeper Lorena did her part too, facing just one shot on target all game.
Where this leaves both teams
Kansas City finishes the regular season 16-9-5, locking in the fourth seed. Racing Louisville ends its year 7-20-3, 15th in the league — a far rougher Decision Day than the team hosting it.
What happens next
KC hosts fifth-seeded Angel City FC in the playoff quarterfinal on Saturday, November 7, at CPKC Stadium. Kickoff is noon Eastern, airing on CBS.
Why this is worth watching even if you don’t follow Louisville
A team quietly putting up the league’s best scoring numbers all season is easy to miss if you’re not tracking the standings week to week. Kansas City enters the playoffs as the hottest offense in the league, with a playmaker one assist from rewriting the record book. That’s the kind of storyline that tends to get louder, not quieter, once the games start mattering more.