The NWSL is back! After 147 days away, the league’s 11th season will start with 12 teams vying for a chance at a title. With kick-off just around the corner, it’s time to examine the six games of Matchweek 1 and highlight what to watch out for before the first whistle blows.
North Carolina Courage vs. Kansas City Current (March 5 at 2:00 PM ET)
For the Love of the Draft
The season kicks off in Cary, North Carolina, where the game on the pitch will resemble a 2022 collegiate All-Star game.
Six total first-rounders from January’s draft look to debut, including a new forward tandem for the North Carolina Courage in Haley Hopkins and Olivia Wingate. It just so happens that they won’t be the most anticipated arrival coming from the ACC, as that honor belongs to…
The Michelle Cooper Show
It’s unheard of for a sports team to make a championship game and immediately land the best player in the nation, but the Kansas City Current did just that.
At just 20 years old, Michelle Cooper has an expanding trophy case that features a mountain of individual awards from her time at Duke and the United States U-20 side. The 5-foot-3 forward has tantalizing speed that jumps off the screen when you watch her play and could make an immediate impact from the jump.
