2020 Challenge Cup: The rules & regulations you need to know

Lucas Muller | RSL Soapbox When the NWSL announced the Challenge Cup to be held in Utah, we wondered about its format, rules, regulations. Finally, today, with five days away, the league has released the deets.

Here’s how the tournament will look:

The tournament will kick off with the preliminary rounds where each team will play four matches.

Two knockout stages and the final will follow, with the top-eight teams out of the preliminary rounds placed into a seeded bracket to contest the quarterfinals.

If two or more teams are tied on points after completion of the preliminary stage, the following criteria shall be applied to determine team rankings:

Head-to-Head (only if two teams are tied and…