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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 champion is determined by the NWSL Championship and the playoffs , a postseason knockout tournament for top teams in the regular season similar to those for other North American sports leagues .
In May 2022, it was reported that Real Salt Lake's ownership group was among those expressing strong interest in bringing an NWSL expansion team to Utah. On June 30, 2022, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman confirmed that new teams would be joining the league in 2024 at the earliest, and discussions were ongoing to renegotiate the reactivation ...
The NWSL and the NWSLPA, the union representing all players in the NWSL, jointly announced on January 31, 2022, that they had entered into the league's first official collective bargaining agreement, which will run through the 2026 season. Under this agreement, the minimum player salary increased to $35,000 in the 2022 season.
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.
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 National Women's Soccer League announced its schedule for the upcoming season, including broadcast plans under the league's new $60 million per year media rights deal. The Challenge Cup game ...
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
The NWSL grew to 14 teams this season with the addition of Bay FC and the return of the Utah Royals. The next expansion team, which will be based in Boston , will begin play in 2026.