SportsSaturday, November 14
The Washington Spirit and a college football game will share Audi Field today
The Daily Rockville team
If you're heading to Audi Field, here's the plan. The Washington Spirit host the Utah Royals in the NWSL semifinal at noon today, live on CBS. The match nearly moved to Northwest Stadium in Landover because of a conflict with the Secretaries' Cup, a Division III game between the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard academies. After days of negotiations, both games will share the stadium, the first same-day changeover of its kind there. Lafayette Federal Credit Union is covering the added costs.
The Spirit drew once and won once against Utah this season
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Source: The MoCo Show
- Soccer lines are yellow; football lines are white
- Football tickets distributed: about 7,000
- Spirit tickets: WashingtonSpirit.com/tickets
- Championship, if the Spirit win: Nov. 21 at Audi Field
A win would make the Spirit the first club since 2019 to play an NWSL Championship at its home stadium. They're chasing a third straight final after a 4-1 win over Portland, when Trinity Rodman scored twice.
Saturday at Audi Field starts with soccer and ends with football
| Event | Time |
|---|---|
| Spirit vs. Royals kickoff | Noon |
| Secretaries' Cup gates open | 3:30 p.m. |
| Secretaries' Cup kickoff | 4:30 p.m. (later if soccer runs long) |
Source: WTOP News
Sources: WTOP News, The MoCo Show, WJLA