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The National Women’s Soccer League season kicks off Saturday, and for the first time in four years, the start of the season coincides with the start of the ‘season.’ In other words, after the COVID-abridged 2020 season and two years of deferring the regular season for the Challenge Cup, this time we’re getting things started with the real thing right off the bat.
The streamlining of the schedule is one of the wins for commissioner Jessica Berman during her first year on the job. On Monday, Berman held a one-hour news conference ahead of the season. Although Berman offered a positive outlook about the future of NWSL, there was not much to be said in terms of news. Among the positive nuggets is that, with a week to go until opening day, season ticket sales are already up about 20% from the end of last season. The commissioner declined to go into team-by-team specifics on ticket sales.
On April 13, the NWSL will be a decade-old in terms of playing games. For those of us who remember those…
