The National Women's Soccer League is a professional women's soccer league in the United States. The United States Soccer Federation manages the league and the teams own it. It was managed under an agreement with the United States Soccer Federation through 2020. The NWSL is comprised of 12 teams with a stadium located in Seattle, Washington. There are also players' associations and the league's official website. It is played in the Seattle Sounders Soccer Park.
NWSL is a 12-team league of professional women's soccer.
The NWSL is a women's soccer league in the United States. The NWSL's season runs from February-October, and the Challenge Cup occurs between March-May. Each team plays 22 regular season matches, and the NWSL Shield is awarded to the top team. There are also playoffs, and the six teams with the highest total points make the championship final. In the first round, the lower-seeded team plays single knockout matches. The higher-seeded team hosts single knockout games. The champions play at a designated site.
Some rumors have circulated about expansion, but nothing has been officially confirmed. It is unlikely that the league will expand this season. Real Salt Lake and Indy Eleven both expressed interest in joining, along with three men's teams out of California. The league is also open and available to new teams, however no expansion was announced for 2016.
Its players' association
The Players Association were a New York based studio group. Chris Hills and Danny Weiss were previously part of the legendary fusion group The Grateful Dead. Their debut album, Vanguard Records' 1977 release, was an instant hit. The band's sound was both raw yet sophisticated. Their songs were inspired by the complexity and beauty of everyday human life. Their songs were influential but not without controversy.
Players Association supported The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by staging the Ultimate Breakaway Weekend. Olympic athletes, Lance Armstrong, and the United States Women's National Team all joined them at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, and musicians Sheryl Crow and Anthony LaPaglia joined the Players Association for an exhibition with area youth soccer players at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Players Association supported the players by holding a benefit concert and a benefit concert at the American Cancer Society and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Its stadium
You might be interested in a book if you are looking for more information about the history of a stadium. Benjamin Lisle, author of The Modern Coliseum, has written a book on the subject. The University of Pennsylvania Press has it. Myron Williams Serby, the author of The Stadium, has published it by The American Institute of Steel. These books have an OCLC number of 23706869. Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikimedia Commons are also good sources of information on stadiums.