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NWSL to play balanced schedule in 2022, Challenge Cup returns in preseason
National Women’s Soccer League teams will play 22 regular-season matches apiece in 2022, down from the 24-match schedule that has been in place since 2017. The reduction to 22 matches means every team will face every opponent twice — once at home and once on the road....
Lauletta: NWSL offseason grades… so far
Every National Women’s Soccer League offseason has some element of shock and awe, but this one has moved faster and more frantically than any other. On Thursday night, expansion sides Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC selected seven players total off rival teams in...
Angel City, San Diego add to rosters with picks in barebones NWSL Expansion Draft
An anticlimactic National Women’s Soccer League Expansion Draft saw the league’s two newest teams select a total of seven players on Thursday. Los Angeles-based Angel City FC selected four players, while San Diego Wave FC selected three players from...
Reign move to Lumen Field for home games to settle in Seattle, once and for all
It took over eight years for the Reign franchise to play its first game in Seattle’s crown-jewel stadium, the downtown venue currently known as Lumen Field. Now, OL Reign will play all National Women’s Soccer League home matches at the 68,000-plus seat stadium going...
Kassouf: Circumventing the NWSL expansion draft underscores the need for free agency
It is hard to imagine a more anticlimactic buildup to Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League Expansion Draft. What originally was going to be an event featuring 20 picks to populate the rosters of Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC — the two expansion teams...
Sources: Thorns plan trade to protect core of roster from San Diego
Portland Thorns FC have an agreement in place to protect the core of their National Women’s Soccer League Shield-winning roster from San Diego Wave FC in next week’s expansion draft, sources tell The Equalizer. The most recent trade window closed last...
Interim tag removed: Sean Nahas officially named NC Courage head coach
North Carolina Courage players publicly advocated for Sean Nahas to have the interim tag removed from his title, and they got their wish. The Courage announced Nahas as the team’s new head coach on Wednesday. Nahas took over as interim coach on Sept. 30, the day...
Sam Mewis traded to Kansas City Current
Sam Mewis is now a midfielder for the Kansas City Current, arriving via a trade with the North Carolina Courage which was announced on Tuesday. Mewis’ arrival is a huge boost for a Kansas City team which finished last in the National Women’s Soccer League...
Portland Thorns announce Rhian Wilkinson as new head coach
Rhian Wilkinson was officially named the new head coach of Portland Thorns FC on Monday. The former Canada international takes over as the club’s fourth head coach following the departure of Mark Parsons for the Netherlands women’s national team job. Wilkinson most...
