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Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, [a] [b] is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries , and 187 national teams participate internationally . [ 4 ]
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]
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 NWSL kicked off with eight teams in 2013, following the collapse of the Women's United Soccer Association (2001-03) and Women's Professional Soccer (2009-11).
The first women's professional soccer league in the U.S. formed after the success of the 1999 Women's World Cup. The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ran from 2001 to 2003 and featured many of the World Cup stars, including Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Brandi Chastain. Its successor Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) ran from 2009 to ...
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion.
The Lexington Sporting Club women’s professional soccer team walks in the Fourth of July parade in downtown Lexington. LSC will kick off its inaugural USL Super League season on Aug. 25 on the ...
Lexington’s first professional women’s soccer goal came in the 48th minute when Sydney Shepherd’s header from a Maddy Perez corner kick deflected off a Carolina defender and in.