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Ahead of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League Championship Commissioner Jessica Berman spoke with media to provide updates on the state of the league. Here are the key takeaways.
Expansion process open
After the conclusion of Saturday’s NWSL Championship, the league will officially open the expansion process to find NWSL team No. 16. Berman shared that their “preliminary analysis of the landscape is that we have more than a dozen qualified investor groups from different markets around the U.S.”
Team 16 will begin league play in 2026 alongside a Boston team that has already been awarded its expansion rights as the league’s 15th team. There are multiple groups that have publicly declared their intention to bring an NWSL team to their market, Denver among them. Bay FC and Utah Royals FC will begin play in 2024 as teams 13 and 14.
2024 Olympic break
The commissioner confirmed Friday that the NWSL will not play any regular season matches during the Paris Olympics,…
