Report: NWSL to expand in Boston, Utah and California – WTOP News

The Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League is near increasing by three groups, which will probably be in Boston, Utah and the San Francisco space, in line with a Friday report within the Wall Avenue Journal.

The ladies’s professional league beforehand indicated it might add at the least two groups by 2024. The Wall Avenue Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported that the franchises in northern California and Utah are set to start out play subsequent yr, with Boston to affix at a later date.

The NWSL didn’t affirm the report in an announcement Saturday to The Related Press, saying: “We stay engaged in our growth course of and are enthusiastic about our prospects. When we have now information to share, we’ll achieve this.”

The NWSL has 12 groups, after Angel Metropolis in Los Angeles and the San Diego Wave joined the league final yr.

The Wall Avenue Journal additionally reported that the Boston and Bay Space teams pays about $50 million in franchise charges. The Utah workforce pays a diminished price due to a earlier settlement struck when the Utah Royals folded within the 2020 season.

Earlier than the NWSL draft earlier this month, league commissioner Jessica Berman stated it might be “someplace between days and months, extra like weeks, after we’ll be able to share data” about an growth.

“What I can say is that I couldn’t be extra excited in regards to the alternatives we have now in entrance of us,” she added.

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