The Washington Spirit will play their NWSL semi-final at Audi Field after the club reached a deal to avoid playing a playoff game at Northwest Stadium, home of the NFL's Washington Commanders, according to a report in The Guardian. The paper's headline described the outcome as the Spirit averting a scheduling crisis.
According to The Guardian, the club made its announcement late Sunday night. The excerpt available for this story cuts off before it says what the club stated, so the full terms of the deal are not described here.
The Guardian also said the game will be played in the Saturday noon broadcast window. The excerpt does not give the calendar date of that Saturday, and it does not say which broadcaster holds the window.
Before the deal, a move of the match to Northwest Stadium was reportedly in play, The Guardian said. The excerpt does not say who reported that possibility.
The Guardian also said the Gotham venue is still to be determined. The summary places that open question alongside what the report called "atrocious" conditions on Saturday, but it does not explain the connection or say where those conditions occurred.
The report was written by Pablo Iglesias Maurer and Ella Brockway, according to The Guardian's byline. Because only an excerpt was available, the account of the club's announcement, the conditions cited, and any further venue decisions is limited to what that excerpt contains.