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It has the highest average attendance of any professional women's sports league in the United States, surpassing the Women's National Basketball Association and Professional Women's Hockey League. [citation needed] During the 2024 season, the NWSL reached a total attendance of over 2 million spectators for the first time in the league's history ...
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 ran until November 3; [ 1 ] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics .
The 2022 NWSL season, the first season since 2019 that was relatively unaffected by COVID-19, not only saw a new league single-game attendance record, but was also marked by very strong attendance for the debuting Angel City FC, which sold out its stadium four times in its first regular season and drew over 18,000 for two other home matches ...
Over 90,000 people attended six National Women's Soccer League games this weekend.
NWSL is booming, with attendance up 32%, Fortune 500 companies signing on as sponsors, team expansion and a historic new broadcast deal.
Overall, attendance is up around the NWSL, as the league as already surpassed 1 million fans, and broadcast viewership is up 95% from the 2023 season to date.
The league also plays the NWSL Challenge Cup, which since 2024 is a single-game super cup between the current NWSL Shield holder and current NWSL Champion. The Challenge Cup originated in 2020 as a way for all teams to return to play after the halt from the COVID-19 pandemic (though one team had to drop out because of COVID).
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