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The Houston Dash became the first expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and played its first season in 2014.. The expansion of the National Women's Soccer League began with the league's sophomore season in 2014, when the league expanded to a ninth team in Houston, and is an ongoing process that currently has seen five expansions, three direct or indirect relocations, and ...
The NWSL will expand to 16 teams in 2026 with the addition of BOS Nation FC and the Cincinnati, Cleveland or Denver franchise. MORE: USWNT players like idea of NWSL team in Nashville: 'A really ...
The rookie class for the 2025 season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the first since the abolition of the NWSL Draft. Instead of being selected in a draft, first-year professionals are able to sign with teams as free agents. [1] [2]
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.
On September 19, 2023, an NWSL expansion team was announced, with a planned start date in 2026. [7] The ownership group of the winning bid, Boston Unity Soccer Partners (BUSP), is an all-female ownership group led by Jennifer Epstein, Stephanie Connaughton, Ami Danoff, and Anna Palmer. [7]
The winning bidders will join the NWSL for the start of the 2026 season alongside the most recent expansion team, BOS Nation FC from Boston, which was announced last year.
2016 NWSL Distribution Draft: Players who were no longer allocated and whose former teams did not offer a new contract were made available in the Distribution Draft, held on March 31. Of the nine players whose NWSL rights were available, only Verónica Pérez and Arianna Romero were selected, both by Seattle Reign FC .
The agreement will run through the 2030 NWSL season. ... NWSL college, expansion drafts eliminated. ... 2026: $3.5 million 2027: $4.4 million 2028: ...