Overview

• Kansas City sealed the regular-season title at home with a 17-2-2 record (53 points), the fastest Shield clinch in league history by percentage of games played.
• The Current extended their league-record run to nine consecutive shutouts and 812 minutes without conceding, remaining unbeaten since May 2.
• Debinha converted a 34th-minute penalty and Temwa Chawinga headed in the 74th for her 13th goal, putting her atop the Golden Boot race on tiebreaker.
• The Shield locks in the No. 1 seed with a home quarterfinal and confirms entries to the 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup and 2026-27 Concacaf W Champions Cup.
• It is the club’s first major NWSL trophy and the first Shield for head coach Vlatko Andonovski, who previously won two league championships with FC Kansas City.