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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 ...
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. [3] Sportico reported the next month that the league had narrowed down its options to Denver and was negotiating an expansion fee of US$105–120 million.
The race for a National Women's Soccer League expansion team is down to the final three potential cities and Cincinnati is one of them, the league's commissioner announced Friday. After nearly a ...
Nashville has been linked to NWSL and WNBA expansion in recent years, and HerGame's bid had the support of Nashville mayor Freddie O'Connell and Nashville SC owner John Ingram. The team would have ...
On April 4, 2023, the NWSL formally awarded one of its two planned 2024 expansion teams to a Bay Area group led by former US Women's National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton, and Aly Wagner, backed by majority owners and San Francisco-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners. The expansion fee was reported to be ...
Cleveland Soccer Group plans to build a stadium for a proposed $150 million if the NWSL approves the bid. The stadium itself is planned for 12,500 fans, with the possibility of expanding to 20,000.
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]
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.