The National Women’s Soccer League Tuesday announced the seeding for the quarterfinals of 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.

The quarterfinal round will be played on Friday and Saturday at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. All four games will air on CBS All Access and be streamed on Twitch for fans outside the U.S. and Canada.

Top-seeded North Carolina Courage will open knockout-round play on Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET against No. 8 Portland Thorns FC, followed by No. 4 Houston Dash matching up against No. 5 Utah Royals FC, at 10 p.m. ET.

The rest of the seeding is as follows:

* No. 2 Washington Spirit to play No. 7 Sky Blue FC

* No. 3 OL Reign to play No. 6, Chicago Red Stars

The semifinals will be played Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, with kickoffs slated for 12:30 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ETT.

The final will be held at Rio Tinto Stadium and air on CBS and CBS All Access. It also will live stream on Twitch for international fans.

 

DATE TIME (MDT) VENUE HOME AWAY PLATFORM
7/17/20 10:30 a.m. Zions Bank Stadium North Carolina Portland CBS All Access/Twitch
7/17/20 8 p.m. Zions Bank Stadium Houston Utah CBS All Access/Twitch
7/18/20 10:30 a.m. Zions Bank Stadium Washington New Jersey CBS All Access/Twitch
7/18/20 8 p.m. Zions Bank Stadium OL Reign Chicago CBS All Access/Twitch
7/22/20 10:30 a.m. Rio Tinto Stadium Semifinal 1 CBS All Access/Twitch
7/22/20 8 p.m. Rio Tinto Stadium Semifinal 2 CBS All Access/Twitch
7/26/20 10:30 a.m. Rio Tinto Stadium Championship CBS/CBS All Access/Twitch

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.