Meet Boston’s newest professional team: The Guard of the upcoming Women’s Lacrosse League – The Boston Globe

Boston’s newest sports team has a fresh name inspired by Boston’s contribution to the American Revolution.

The Boston Guard will be one of the four inaugural members of the Women’s Lacrosse League, which plans to begin its debut season in February. Launched by the men’s Premier Lacrosse League, the Guard will play alongside the California Palms, the Maryland Charm, and the New York Charging.

Former Boston College star Charlotte North, a 2021 national champion and two-time winner of the Tewaaraton Award as the nation’s best female college player, will captain the Guard.

“Playing for the city of Boston again is an incredible full circle moment,” she said. “Representing the legacy, pride, and ambition of Boston is an honor. The Guard are ready to bring another trophy home to the City of Champions.”

The Guard name looks to “evoke strength, readiness, and pride,” and pairs with the logo to tell a story of Boston’s revolutionary history.

The primary logo is a pentagon, shaped to resemble Fort Independence on Castle Island, and features a man on horseback that nods to Paul Revere’s midnight ride. The colors are red, white, and blue — same as those of the Boston Cannons, the region’s men’s professional lacrosse team for more than two decades.

“These inaugural four WLL teams represent the legacy, ambition, excitement, and future of women’s lacrosse,” said Paul Rabil, co-founder and president of the PLL, which completed its sixth season in 2024. “We’re proud to create a new platform where elite women’s players can compete for championships, represent their communities, and inspire the next generation of athletes.”

Though the PLL assigned its eight teams home cities in 2024, it largely maintained its barnstorming schedule from previous years. It hosted multi-game weekends in 12 cities last season, with stops at Gillette Stadium in July and September.

The WLL will play the 6-on-6 version of the sport created in 2021 to help get lacrosse into the Olympics. (It will debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.) Traditional field lacrosse is either 10-on-10 or 12-on-12.

The WLL’s debut is planned for the PLL’s annual 6-on-6 event, the PLL Championship Series, in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 11-17.

The Guard joins the growing list of Boston-based women’s sports teams including the PWHL’s Boston Fleet, the Boston Renegades of the Women’s Football Alliance, and the NWSL’s BOS Nation FC, which aims to begin play in 2026.

Alexa Podalsky can be reached at alexa.podalsky@globe.com.