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The National Women’s Soccer League announced the competition framework and schedule footprint for the 2025 season on Monday. The schedule features 190 total matches, including an eight-team playoff structure and a revised format for the summer. Other rule updates were also announced as part of the implementation of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The regular season will kick off on Friday, March 14 and feature no matches during FIFA windows. Each team will play a balanced 26-match schedule, allowing them to face each of the other 13 teams in the league twice.
A CBA-mandated break for all players will take place from June 23-29 and there will be no league matches played in July so that the league’s top players can compete in their confederation competitions — UEFA Women’s EURO, Copa America Femenina, etc. Teams will have flexibility during this month-long period to compete in matches against other professional women’s teams, domestic or international, with those…
