2025 National Women's Soccer League season

National Women's Soccer League

Season	2025
Dates	TBA
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 season is the upcoming 13th season for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it will be the 19th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States.

The league has 14 teams, unchanged from the 2024 season, which set a record for average attendance and television ratings.^[1] It is the second under a set of national broadcasting agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports that run through the 2027 season.^[2] The 2025 season is not expected to see the return of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico.^[3] It will be the first season without a college draft; the 2025 rookie class will enter the league as free agents.^[4]

The defending NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield winner is Orlando Pride.^[5] The Chicago Red Stars renamed themselves to Chicago Stars FC prior to the season.^[6]

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

See also: List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Angel City FC	BMO Stadium	22,000
Bay FC	PayPal Park	18,000
Chicago Stars FC	SeatGeek Stadium	20,000
Houston Dash	Shell Energy Stadium	22,039
Kansas City Current	CPKC Stadium	11,500
NJ/NY Gotham FC	Sports Illustrated Stadium	25,000
North Carolina Courage	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000
Orlando Pride	Inter&Co Stadium	25,500
Portland Thorns FC	Providence Park	25,218
Racing Louisville FC	Lynn Family Stadium	11,700[a]
San Diego Wave FC	Snapdragon Stadium	35,000
Seattle Reign FC	Lumen Field	10,000[b]
Utah Royals	America First Field	20,213
Washington Spirit	Audi Field	20,000

1. Seated capacity; full capacity with standing room is 15,304.^[7]
2. Lumen Field has a capacity of 68,740; standard configuration for Reign games seats 10,000 but can expand based on demand for individual games.^[8]

Angel City

Bay

Stars

Dash

Current

Gotham

Courage

Pride

Thorns

Racing

Wave

Reign

Royals

Spirit

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Locations of the National Women's Soccer League teams in 2024.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Angel City FC	Becki Tweed	Mutual consent	December 9, 2024	Preseason	Eleri Earnshaw (interim)	December 9, 2024

References

1. Goff, Steven (November 24, 2024). "In a breakout year for women's sports, the NWSL shows how far it has come". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
2. Henderson, Cydney (November 9, 2023). "Historic: NWSL signs largest broadcast deal in women's sports, adds additional TV partners". USA Today. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
3. Kassouf, Jeff (October 29, 2024). "Does the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup have a future?". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
4. "10 College Prospects to Watch This Offseason". National Women's Soccer League. 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
5. Osen, Avery (November 24, 2024). "Orlando Pride wins NWSL championship over Washington Spirit, giving Marta a long-awaited title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Press. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
6. Montemurro, Meghan (October 23, 2024). "Chicago Red Stars unveil a new team name and crest for the 2025 season: 'We're re-upping our commitment to the city'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
7. Gardner, Hayes (October 14, 2021). "'A world-class city': Next month's NWSL Championship game moves to Louisville". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
8. Evans, Jayda (December 15, 2021). "OL Reign to play 2022 home games in Seattle at Lumen Field". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 5, 2024.

External links

• Official website