Cincinnati is a ready-made bid ... as an expansion franchise if White Stadium is not “constructed and operational … at the start of 2026.” The Equalizer asked the NWSL to confirm there ...

If all proposed leagues launch as planned, the number of women's professional teams in the U.S. could jump from 12 in 2023 to roughly 50 by the end of 2026. Both WPSL Pro and an NWSL second ...

pre-professional soccer club based in Eagan – has dropped their bid to opt into the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) as an expansion team in 2026. In a letter sent to its community owners ...

Denver’s team will join the NWSL in the 2026 season as one of two expansion cities alongside a Boston-based team. Denver was competing against Cincinnati and Cleveland for the winning bid for ...

Denver was officially announced as the NWSL's 16th team on Thursday and will begin play in 2026. The ownership group ... the NWSL push after a grassroots bid named "For Denver FC" was launched ...

The NWSL has asked U.S. Soccer to sanction a second-division league that would include at least six teams and possibly launch in 2026 ... which had bid in the latest round of NWSL expansion ...

The pre-professional side, which was founded in 2021, had withdrawn its 2024 bid to become an NWSL 2026 expansion side, citing the need to build a “healthy and sustainable organization.” ...

(For context, Denver’s NWSL bid came in at a record-setting $110 ... the Cleveland Soccer Group endeavored to join the NWSL as a 2026 expansion side but lost out to Denver and was forced to ...

The first stadium ever constructed primarily for a women’s club has turbocharged the Current’s business—and set a new ...

Seattle will now be home to three women’s pro sports leagues, with the PWHL team joining the WNBA’s Storm and NWSL’s Reign ... Seattle’s expansion bid was led by the Kraken and the ...