National Women's Soccer League

National Women’s Soccer League (2013-Present)

Milestones

Formed: November 21, 20121NWSL website, Events & Milestones
Status: Active

First Game: April 13, 2013

Seasons: 13 and counting (as of 10/1/2026)
States: 12 plus District of Columbia
(DC, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OR, TX, UT, WA)

Leadership

Commissioner

  • March 2020 – October 2021: Lisa Baird

Interim CEO

  • October 2021 – April 2022: Marla Messing

Commissioner

  • April 2022 – Present: Jessica Berman

Attendance

Trophy Case

 

Background

Coming soon…

 

National Women’s Soccer League Franchise List

FranchiseYears ActiveLeague Champions & Challenge Cup Winners
Angel City FC2022-PresentNone
Bay FC2024-PresentNone
Boston Breakers2013-2017None
Boston Legacy2026-PresentNone
Chicago Red Stars/Chiacgo Stars FC2013-PresentNone
Denver Summit2026-PresentNone
FC Kansas City2013-20172014, 2015 League Champions
Gotham FC2021-Present2023, 2025 League Champions, 2025 Challenge Cup
Houston Dash2014-Present2020 Challenge Cup Winners
Kansas City Current2022-PresentNone
FC Kansas City2021None
North Carolina Courage2017-Present2018 League Champions, 2022, 2023 Challenge Cup
OL Reign2020-PresentNone
Orlando Pride2016-Present2024 League Champions
Portland Thorns FC2013-Present2013, 2017, 2022 League Champions; 2021 Challenge Cup
Racing Louisville FC2021-PresentNone
San Diego Wave FC2022-Present2024 Challenge Cup
Seattle Reign FC2013-PresentNone
Sky Blue FC2013-2020None
Utah Royals FC2018-2020None
Washington Spirit2013-Present2021 League Champions, 2025 Challenge Cup
Western New York Flash2013-20162016 League Champions

*The Houston Dash’s 2020 championship came in the NWSL Challenge Cup, a newly created tournament format created to deal with the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than through a conventional regular season/playoffs route.

 

###

More teams and franchises

These additional team histories are filed under this league.

Comments

Share