\tSAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 22: Trinity Rodman #2 of Washington Spirit looks on before the NWSL Championship match between Washington Spirit and Gotham FC at PayPal Park on November 22, 2025 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Erin Chang\/ISI Photos\/ISI Photos via Getty Images) | ISI Photos via Getty Images\t<\/p>\n
ESPN announced a documentary series \u201cNWSL: The Final Third,\u201d that will feature players from three different teams. The series will premiere on the ESPN app on February 25, and will also feature on linear television on ESPN 2 and Disney+ on March 2.<\/p>\n
The show is an ESPN Original directed by Marie Margolius and produced by Words + Pictures, Omaha Productions and ESPN.<\/p>\n
The show will focus on Washington Spirit, KC Current and Angel City FC through the course of the 2025 NWSL season. The series will last three episodes and follow specific players from each team. For Angel City FC, which is regarded as the most valuable NWSL team the show will follow 2025 NWSL rookie of the year Riley Tiernan in her first season as a professional.<\/p>\n
For the KC Current the show focuses on KC Current\u2019s captain Lo\u2019eau LaBonta who helped lead the Current to a dominant NWSL Shield winning season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the Washington Spirit, it will feature the Trinity Rodman, Hal Hershfelt and Esme Morgan. Rodman will be featured prominently whose journey dealing with injury through 2025, \u201cbecomes one of the series\u2019 emotional throughlines.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three teams we embedded with were navigating very different realities as the 2025 regular season concluded, and the drama that unfolded was incredible to witness,\u201d said director Marie Margolious in a statement. \u201cI hope viewers come away feeling inspired by the intensity of the competition on the pitch \u2014 but most of all, connected to the players who shoulder the pressure and live with the consequences of every result off of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The names of the three episodes were released and titled:\u00a0<\/strong>Hungry Dogs Run Faster, No Free Picnics and No Underdogs Allowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n The NWSL regular season begins on March 13 with a match between the Washington Spirit and the Portland Thorns.\u00a0<\/p>\n