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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 .
Aurora’s lowest attended season, 5600 in 2022, surpasses 67% of all historical NWSL team attendance averages, and surpassed two NWSL clubs in the most recent season of 2023. [121] Minnesota Aurora FC submitted a 2024 NWSL expansion bid in 2022 while searching for a principal owner that met the USSF Division 1 ownership guidelines. [122]
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The NWSL's San Diego Wave took less than three years to become worth more than nine figures. Billionaire owner Ron Burkle is selling the team for a league-record $113 million to Lauren Leichtman ...
[3] [4] The league had an average attendance of over 11,000 during the 2024 regular season and set a record for total attendance of over 2 million spectators. [5] The NWSL was founded in November 2012 under the administration of the United States Soccer Federation with eight teams who would begin
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However, during the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, the Wave returned to former home venue Torero Stadium for their first game of the tournament against Bay FC. [36] In the Wave's home opener at Snapdragon Stadium, the club set an NWSL home opener attendance record with 32,066 individuals attending the game. [37]