Let us statistically determine what happened to your favorite NWSL team this year. Did they win the championship, come in last place, or somewhere in the middle? Did they deserve their overall place in the standings, or was “luck” a cause? I looked at the NWSL official statistics and came up with a few calculations. I will review the teams in alphabetical order:
Boston Breakers- Unlucky?
Boston finished at the bottom of the table with 11 points. To put into perspective, the league average was 27.9 points, and Western New York Flash had 32 points and was the lowest ranked team in the playoffs.