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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional soccer league at the top of the United States league system (alongside the USL Super League). [1] The league comprises 14 teams (15 in 2026). [2] Headquartered in New York City, [3] it is owned by the teams and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. [4]
The 2025 season is the upcoming 13th season for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States.Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it will be the 19th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the ...
Arnim Whisler was a co-founding owner of the Chicago Red Stars in 2007 in the Women's Professional Soccer, the top American league at the time. [8] [9] He was owner of the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL from the inception of the league in 2012 [10] until September 1, 2023, when Whisler and all minority owners of the Red Stars sold their stakes to an investment group led by Laura Ricketts, which ...
Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 17th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. Twelve teams compete in the league.
The league had 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020. The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup , a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion ( NJ/NY Gotham FC ) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC ...
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 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league owned by the teams, and under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federation. At the top of the United States league system, it represents the sport's highest level in the United States.
The following is a compilation of notable records and statistics for teams and players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The NWSL's inaugural season was kicked off on April 13, 2013 with 8 participating clubs, four of the eight inaugural clubs still exist with their original names.