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As the National Women’s Soccer League prepares to welcome two expansion sides to league play in 2026, Boston Legacy FC and the to-be-named Denver team, the NWSL announced Thursday the roster-building assets that will be made available. The league also announced broader updates to player movement structures through the immediate introduction of intra-league loans.
After the introduction of full free agency and elimination of the NWSL Draft and Expansion Draft, the NWSL had to establish alternative methods to “support incoming teams while maintaining competitive balance across the league,” NWSL VP of Player Affairs Stephanie Lee said in a statement.
To begin with, each team will have access to $1,065,000 in allocation money, with 50% of the funds provided by the league and the rest funded by the teams at their discretion. Teams can begin spending those allocation funds on July 1, 2025, and have until December 31, 2027, to use all of their funded allocation money.
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