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The prominent women's sports leagues in the United States and Canada serve as the pinnacle of women's athletic competition in North America. The United States is home to the vast majority of professional women's leagues. In North America, the top women's leagues feature both team sports and individual athletes.
The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) is a women's professional ice hockey league based in the United States but also featuring teams in Canada. It started play in January 2024 as the de facto replacement of the Premier Hockey Federation ( PHF ), which began play in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
The Pro Volleyball Federation is a women's indoor volleyball league with eight teams: four in the midwest and two in the south and west each. As of its 2025 season , the minimum salary for a player is $60,000, with the league offering each player "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams.
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league. At the top of the United States league system, it is the country's primary competition for women's soccer. The NWSL was established in 2012 as a successor to Women's Professional Soccer (2007–2012). The league began play in 2013 with eight teams; four of which ...
The Pro Women's Hockey League brought in 392,259 fans during its inaugural regular season, highlighted by a women’s hockey record crowd of 21,105 at the home arena of the NHL's Canadiens for a ...
In November 2012, it was announced that there would be eight teams in a new women's professional soccer league that was yet to be named at the time of the announcement, with national team players subsidized by US Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF). The three federations would pay for the ...
In celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, here's a look at some professional women's sports teams with history in Oklahoma.
The Women's Professional Baseball League (WPBL) announced plans last month to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit for female players. ... Heightened interest in women's sports in recent years ...