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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]
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play in spring 2013 with eight teams; four of them were former members of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), which had been the top women's league in the United States soccer pyramid before its folding in 2012.
At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams. Two professional women's soccer leagues are sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, both at the top level— the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which has operated since 2013, and the USL Super League (USLS), which started play in the 2024–25 season.
2026: NWSL Boston plans to play at White Stadium, a 10,519-seat stadium that will expand to 11,000 seats prior to the team's inaugural season in 2026. [ 4 ] Secondary and former stadiums
Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, [28] [29] [30] providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international ...
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 (16 in 2026). [2] It is owned by the teams and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. [3] The NWSL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. [4]
In 1982, the year the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) started sponsoring women’s sports, across all three NCAA divisions 1,855 participated in women’s soccer on 80 teams ...
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 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league had 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah ...