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“After the Spirit plays its NWSL semifinal match Saturday at noon in Audi Field, the stadium will switch the playing surface from pro soccer to college football, load in new vendors, swap out team signage around the building and prepare for the service academy rivalry known as the Secretaries’ Cup — all in just a few hours.

“The Spirit earned the right to play a playoff match in front of their home crowd, and the cadets earned the right to play the Secretaries’ Cup on the stage that was promised to them,” Danita Johnson, president of business operations for D.C. United and Audi Field, told The Washington Sun. “We weren’t willing to choose between them, so we found a way to do both.”

Some last-minute dealmaking over the weekend allowed the Spirit to keep its semifinal game at Audi. That had been in doubt as the NWSL semifinal bracket solidified: Audi was booked months ago for the NCAA Division III Secretaries’ Cup, played annually between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, at 1 p.m. That would have made it impossible for the Spirit to host that day at 12 p.m.”