In a collaboration with luxury brand Tiffany & Co., the National Women’s Soccer League has unveiled a newly-designed NWSL Championship trophy and MVP trophy. It is the first redesign since the league began play in 2013.
The NWSL Championship trophy will make its official debut at the upcoming NWSL Championship on Saturday, November 11, at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California.
The redesign is a welcomed change from the original trophy, which has long been criticized by many for its basic, uninspired, and exclusionary design.
The design was clearly a relic of a bygone era, a reminder of the burgeoning league with budgetary constraints that has grown tremendously over the last decade. An update was certainly a long time coming, and this time, the league made sure to pay attention to the detail.
According to the NWSL, the Championship trophy was “inspired by aerodynamic forces and the beauty of the game.” The the sleek base with a stylized air current-shaped…