The 2025 NWSL season kick-off is here, with all of the league’s 14 teams opening their regular-season campaigns this weekend.
The Orlando Pride enters as the reigning NWSL Shield and Championship winners, while Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga will defends her league MVP title this season — but rising contenders are bound to challenge 2024’s titans.
“Everybody’s gonna hunt after us, and we need to deal with this and find a way to keep doing our best to keep making history for this club,” Orlando captain Marta told reporters last week.
“It’s exciting to know that everybody is gonna look to us and then try to make it difficult for us.”
Revamped rosters headline 2025 NWSL kick-off
After an offseason packed with coaching hires and player movement, many clubs will be debuting rosters that look decidedly different from last year — significantly raising the stakes of the 2025 season openers.
While Marta’s Pride will begin their title defense against the rebranded Chicago Stars FC on Friday and Chawinga’s Current will host the…
