The National Women’s Soccer League is currently in its 11th year and has its sights on more teams in the near future. Earlier this spring, the league announced two additional teams for the upcoming 2024 season, and now NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman set a deadline on the 15th and 16th clubs during an interview with The Washington Post.
“We are a 12-team league for this season, the 2023 season, and for 2024, we’ll be a 14-team league,” Berman said during the interview. “We are inviting the Utah Royals back into the league, and our team [No.] 14 is going to be in the Bay Area.”
Utah Royals FC will return to the Salt Lake City area for a much lower fee of “roughly $2 million” that was set in place during 2020. A roster relocation process to Kansas City for their expansion bid in 2021, branding retention and a set market bid valuation of $2-$5 million dollars was in place while MLS side Real Salt Lake and other Utah Soccer Holdings were sold to new ownership.
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