The Kansas City Current scored three first-half goals to set a record for most regular season goals by a team in NWSL history (57) in a 3-1 win over the host Chicago Red Stars on Sunday in Bridgeview, Illinois .

The Current (16-3-7, 55 points) finished the season with a 6-0-2 run, including four straight wins. They sat fourth in the NWSL standings before the start of the playoffs next weekend – five points behind the first-place Orlando Pride.

The loss for the Red Stars (10-14-2, 32 points), who have lost four of their last five games, means they will face the top-seeded Pride in the postseason.

Kansas City dominated the first half, finishing the game with an 11-2 advantage in shot attempts and 6-0 in shots on goal.

Michelle Cooper gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. Nichelle Prince sent a short pass into the penalty area. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher came off her line and tried to catch the ball, but Cooper got there first and fired a shot from above the goal crease into the right side of the net.

It was the Current’s 55th goal of the season, breaking the record of 54 previously set by the North Carolina Courage.

They followed up in the 26th minute. Debinha received a short shot from Vanessa DiBernardo at the top of the 6-yard box and sent it past Naeher’s outstretched arm to the other side.

Prince increased the score to 3-0 in the 33rd minute. Chicago’s Cari Roccaro blocked a Kansas City shot attempt near the penalty spot and Prince was there to grab the loose ball and beat Naeher, who couldn’t get past in time.

The Current’s Temwa Chawinga didn’t get on the scoresheet against the Red Stars, but she did her part throughout the season to help Kansas City set the new record by scoring 20 goals in the 2024 season – also a league record.

Ally Schlegel broke the shutout in the 52nd minute when she took a pass from Shea Groom and fought through two defenders to send it past goalkeeper Almuth Schult, who had strayed from her line, making it 3-1.

Kansas City entered the day as the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and will face No. 5 seed North Carolina Courage in the first round.

Information from Field Level Media was used in this story.