2024 National Women's Soccer League season

National Women's Soccer League
Season2024
DatesMarch 16 – November 23
ChampionsTBD
NWSL ShieldTBD
Challenge CupSan Diego Wave FC
(1st cup)
Summer CupTBD
CONCACAF W Champions CupTBD
Matches played112
Goals scored296 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerBarbra Banda
Temwa Chawinga
(12 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
ORL 6–0 UTA
(Jun 21)
Biggest away win3 goals
POR 1–4 KC
(Jun 23)
SD 0–3 CHI
(Jun 28)
LA 0–3 ORL
(Jun 30)
Highest scoring9 goals
KC 5–4 POR
(Mar 16)
Longest winning run8 wins
Orlando Pride
(April 12 – June 7)
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Orlando Pride
(Mar 16 – present)
Longest winless run10 matches
Utah Royals
(Mar 31 – Jun 16)
Longest losing run6 losses
Utah Royals
(May 3 – Jun 16)
Highest attendance35,038
CHI 1–2 BAY
(June 8)
Lowest attendance2,999
CHI 2–4 WAS
(May 1)
Total attendance1,256,106
Average attendance11,215
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of July 10, 2024.

The 2024 National Women's Soccer League season is the twelfth season of the National Women's Soccer League, 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 is the 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league has 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020.

The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and will run until November 3;[1] it will pause for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each team will play 26 matches, an increase of four from the 2023 season. The playoffs will comprise the top eight teams and run from November 9 to November 23.[2][3] The 2024 season is the first under a new broadcast agreement with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports; a total of 118 matches will be televised or streamed.[2]

In addition to league play, 2024 marks the debut of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. It is scheduled to be played from July to October.[4]

  1. ^ "NWSL Announces 2024 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. January 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Hernandez, Victoria (December 7, 2023). "2024 NWSL schedule includes expanded playoffs, break for Paris Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Competition Calendar" (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

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