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The NWSL's 15th franchise was awarded in 2023 to Boston, which will begin play in 2026. Boston paid a $53 million expansion fee, matching the amount paid by Bay FC, which completed its inaugural ...
HerGame Nashville LLC, led by sports agent Lonnie Murray, had been assembled as an ownership group for a potential team in Nashville. The NWSL will expand to 16 teams in 2026 with the addition of ...
[10] [11] NWSL added pairs of expansion teams in 2021, 2022, and 2024, including re-entering markets where teams had folded. [9] The league announced plans to grow to 16 teams by 2026 with a set bidding process and fee similar to older North American sports leagues. [12] [13]
In November 2024, the NWSL announced that Denver was one of three finalists, alongside Cincinnati and Cleveland, to become the league's 16th team which would begin play in 2026. [5] Denver was officially awarded the expansion bid by NWSL on January 30, 2025, and will join as the league's 16th team in the 2026 season. [6]
NWSL will grow to 16 teams for the 2026 season with Boston and the yet-to-be-named new expansion city joining that year. The NWSL's ongoing round of expansion has largely played out in private.
In August 2019, Merritt Paulson, principal owner of Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL and the Portland Timbers in MLS and also a major player in the NWSL's expansion committee, held an open forum with supporters in which he stated there were two new teams committed to the NWSL for 2020, and a third aiming for a 2021 launch. He added that the teams ...
During the inaugural season, there were rumors of expansion interest from MLS teams Toronto FC, [44] Vancouver Whitecaps FC, [45] and the New York Red Bulls, [46] as well as confirmed interest from WPSL side the Houston Aces. [47] NWSL team owners hinted that expansion for 2014 was not a question of "if" but "how many".
NWSL will grow to 16 teams for the 2026 season with Boston and the yet-to-be-named new expansion city joining that year. The NWSL's ongoing round of expansion has largely played out in private.