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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a top-flight professional women's soccer league in the United States. It shares first-division status with the USL Super League. As of 2024, the league has 14 teams and uses a schedule that runs from spring to fall within a single calendar year. [1]
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 also plays the NWSL Challenge Cup, which since 2024 is a single-game super cup between the current NWSL Shield holder and current NWSL Champion. The Challenge Cup originated in 2020 as a way for all teams to return to play after the halt from the COVID-19 pandemic (though one team had to drop out because of COVID).
NWSL games throughout 2025 will be shown on the league's four broadcast partners: Amazon Prime Video, the ION Network, CBS/CBS Sports Network (including Paramount+), and the ABC/ESPN family of ...
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 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 ...
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) July 7, 2024. ... The win cements the Pride at the top of the NWSL standings with 38 points and a three-point advantage over the Current, with the ...
Since the 2024 season, the top eight teams in the final standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the playoffs and are seeded in order of their record.The top-seed hosts the eighth seed and the fourth hosts the fifth in one arm of the quarterfinals bracket, and the runner-up hosts the seventh seed and the third hosts the sixth in the other arm.