The NWSL is a league of haves and have-nots, but some teams just don't try hard enough. Our ambition rankings decide which teams are setting new standards vs. falling behind.
This first class, in 2025, will be uncharted waters. Which could be a benefit or a disadvantage. The league minimum contract a player can sign is $48,500 per season. Only a handful of rookies have been getting deals beyond $100,000 per season. Croix Bethune has graduated from her rookie...
Two of the league's founding teams, meanwhile, completed sales to new owners going into this season, removing the last high-profile decision-makers to be found culpable in the abuse scandal that rocked the league in 2021 and 2022. The Portland Thorns were sold to the lead investor...
NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2023) –The National Women’s Soccer League announced today landmark agreements for its domestic media distribution with 118 national windows on CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime Video and Scripps Sports. The four-year contract with each partner will generate record-b...
By the end of the deal in 2030 the salary cap is projected to increase to $5.1 million and the minimum salary to $82,500. These new changes were an effort to adapt the league to the global realities of soccer, the world’s most popular sport, according to Berman. “Soccer is one ...
Separately, the league increased its salary cap by nearly 20% for 2020, to $650,000 a team, and increased its minimum salary to $20,000. It also introduced “allocation money,” which allows teams to pay more than the league maximum of $50,000 as a way of competing with European...
-Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) "These partnerships fundamentally change the game for our league and the players who take the pitch each week. On behalf of the NWSL, our owners and players, I want to commend CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime Video and Scripps for investing i...
Former Cal star Morgan talks on ABC News about the players' ability to choose their team and more benefits for mothers
The National Women's Soccer League and the NWSL Players Association have agreed upon the first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement that run through the 2026 season with an investment of almost $100 million over the course of the CBA. The two sides had been negotiating with each other since ...
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