The second-to-last week of the regular season in the W-League was a perfect summation of how wild a league it is: 22 goals were scored across four games, every single home team lost, and Sam Kerr scored two goals, but her team lost anyway (though that particular stat might be familiar to NWSL fans). Three playoff spots have been secured, and five Thorns will be representing their teams there. Canberra have just one more week to make it six Thorns out of six.
Sydney sealed their place in the playoffs and went temporarily top on the back of a dominant first-half display from Sydney’s strikers, with Caitlin Foord in particular making her presence felt.