Venues are an evergreen problem that won’t soon go away for the National Women’s Soccer League.
The NWSL released its 2025 schedule this week, just over six weeks before the Challenge Cup match that will commence the new season. The schedule is complicated by the fact that only one of the league’s 14 teams outright owns its stadium and is the primary or sole tenant.
That same issue is front and center in this question: Where will the 2025 NWSL Championship be played? It will remain a predetermined site, like the NFL’s Super Bowl, but the potential answer is not any easier today than it was a year ago. An announcement of the host is likely several months away.
Let’s take a look at the realistic options – and usual challenges – as the league tries to figure out where everyone will convene for the big game on Nov. 22.
Go it again
That one stadium where the NWSL team is the owner and primary tenant? It’s in Kansas City, where the NWSL just held its championship a mere…