As of 2023[update], the NWSL regular season runs from March to October and the team with the most
points during the regular season is awarded the
NWSL Shield. The top six teams qualify for the
NWSL Playoffs, a postseason tournament that culminates in the
NWSL Championship, a single match that has been played at a predetermined host venue since 2015.[7][8] A concurrent cup tournament, the
NWSL Challenge Cup, was also contested by teams from 2020 to 2023.[9] The playoffs champion and top two teams in the NWSL Shield standings qualify for the
CONCACAF W Champions Cup, a continental championship for women's teams in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean organized by
CONCACAF since 2024. The winner of that competition will qualify for the
FIFA Women's Club World Cup.[10] An international in-season tournament, named the
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, is scheduled to debut in 2024 and feature teams from
Liga MX Femenil, the top women's league in Mexico.[11]
The Reign are among the most successful NWSL teams, with three NWSL Shields and seven playoff appearances in their first eleven seasons.[6] They have not won an NWSL Championship but finished as runners-up on three occasions: in 2014, 2015, and 2023.[9][12] In addition to league honors, the team won the
2022 edition of
The Women's Cup, an invitational tournament with international teams.[13] As of the end of the
2023 season, the Reign have played 11 seasons in NWSL that totaled 226 total regular season games with 105 wins, 64 losses, and 57 draws—a
winning percentage of 0.591.[14] The team has the fourth-highest
average attendance among NWSL franchises with 13,609 spectators per match.[15] The Reign set the standalone match attendance record for the NWSL on October 6, 2023, at Lumen Field with 34,130 spectators watching a scoreless draw with the
Washington Spirit during the last home regular season match for
Megan Rapinoe.[16]
NWSL Challenge Cup (CC) – A domestic cup competition organized by NWSL from 2020 to 2023;[20] since 2024, it has been a single-match
super cup between the NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship winners.[21]
Key to colors and symbols
1st or W
Winners
2nd or RU
Runners-up
3rd
Third place
Last
Last place
♦
League top scorer
Italics
Ongoing competition
Key to cup record
DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
NH = Competition not held or canceled
QR = Qualifying round
PR = Preliminary round
GS = Group stage
Ro16 = Round of 16
Ro32 = Round of 32
QF = Quarterfinals
SF = Semifinals
F = Final
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners
Seasons
Results of Seattle Reign FC league and cup competitions by season[14]