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So, you heard about our reporting regarding the National Women’s Soccer League considering a fall-to-spring schedule in the future and you’re wondering: How could that work and have they lost their minds?
I can’t answer the latter for certain, but the former is a topic clearly worth analyzing.
For the full report from earlier this February, click here. The idea of a drastic schedule change might catch your attention, but what you need to know is this: regardless of what happens with the NWSL’s start and end dates, the league has a calendar crisis looming as FIFA pushes more programming centered around international play and the European season.
Is this fall-to-spring idea legit?
The idea is absolutely being taken seriously, according to several sources involved in and with knowledge of NWSL decision-making processes. Whereas in the past, the idea of playing through the U.S. winter might have been a nonstarter, it is among the various solutions the NWSL will explore further in the…
