Chicago Red Stars

Angel City FC is the latest NWSL team available to new investors.

Plus, a check of the attendance numbers around the league.

The NWSL will spend its break during the 2024 Olympics playing a tournament with teams from Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil, the leagues announced today. The NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup will feature all 14 NWSL clubs and six Liga MX Femenil teams with the highest points earned in the 2023 Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It will feature a group stage commencing on July 19 with a semifinal round ending the week of Aug. 4. The championship match will take place on the weekend of Oct. 25. The tournament will feature five groups, with the top four teams in terms of points advancing to the...

Another NWSL team is changing ownership hands. The Seattle Reign and its owners OL Groupe announced on Monday that the team was finalizing a sale to a group headlined by the Seattle Sounders, the city’s MLS team. In its press release, OL Groupe said the sale was for $58 million. The transaction is pending final votes from the NWSL and MLS boards of governors. The sale follows news over the weekend that Ron Burkle is selling the San Diego Wave at a $120 million valuation in a deal scheduled to be completed in full after the 2024 season. Along with the Sounders, the Reign announced that...

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The San Diego Wave will soon be under new ownership, and at a record-breaking price. Principal owner Ron Burkle has agreed to sell the club to the Levine Leichtman family at a total valuation of $120 million but a cash outlay of $113 million. Whether going by valuation or the amount spent, the sale is easily a record outlay for an NWSL club. The $120M valuation is nearly double the previous outlay of $63 million paid by the Bhathal family for the Portland Thorns in a deal finalized earlier in 2024. Burkle will remain as the principal owner through the end of the 2024 season as part of the...

Meg Linehan details what to expect from the 2024 NWSL season.

Plus, who helped their case for a USWNT Olympic roster spot

Every team has star performers, but these are the players who will truly make their teams go as they seek an NWSL Championship

Last summer, a missed penalty and a near-save were part of the USWNT's undoing in Australia. In San Diego, there was some redemption.

Plus, Catarina Macario's Chelsea debut.

Plus, exorbitant parking fees

NWSL general managers see a full-time future for data analysts in the league.