National Women's Soccer League

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association football league professional sports league women's soccer league

The National Women's Soccer League is the top professional women's soccer league in the United States, featuring elite clubs and many of the country's and world's best players.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
National Women’s Soccer League 22
NWSL 5
NWSL (United States) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf association football league ⓘ
professional sports league ⓘ
women's soccer league ⓘ
awards Coach of the Year ⓘ
Goalkeeper of the Year ⓘ
Golden Boot ⓘ
Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Rookie of the Year ⓘ
broadcastPartner Amazon Prime Video ⓘ
CBS Sports ⓘ
ESPN Deportes ⓘ
surface form: ESPN (international)

Paramount+ ⓘ
competitionFormat regular season and playoffs ⓘ
confederation CONCACAF ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresPlayersFrom Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

multiple countries worldwide ⓘ
founded 2012 ⓘ
gender women ⓘ
governingBodySupport Canada Soccer ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Soccer Association

Mexican Football Federation ⓘ
United States Soccer Federation ⓘ
hasAbbreviation National Women's Soccer League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NWSL
hasCompetition NWSL Challenge Cup ⓘ
NWSL playoffs ⓘ
surface form: NWSL Championship

NWSL Shield ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.nwslsoccer.com ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inauguralSeason 2013 ⓘ
isTopTierFor women's professional soccer in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
level top division ⓘ
notableClub Angel City FC ⓘ
Gotham FC ⓘ
North Carolina Courage ⓘ
OL Reign ⓘ
Portland Thorns FC ⓘ
San Diego Wave FC ⓘ
Washington Spirit ⓘ
numberOfTeams 14 ⓘ
organizer National Women's Soccer League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NWSL, LLC
replaced Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
seasonSchedule spring to fall ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
soccer ⓘ
usesCompetitionSystem points-based league table ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Soccer Hall of Fame induction → associatedOrganization → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
Rose City Riveters → associatedWithLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
2021 NWSL Shield → awardedBy → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2017 NWSL Shield → awardingBody → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Championship trophy → competition → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
The Thorns → competition → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
subject surface form: Portland Thorns FC
Washington Spirit → competition → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
San Diego Wave FC → expansionClubOf → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Lindsey Horan → formerLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
Orlando Pride → foundedAsExpansionTeamIn → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWSL
The Thorns → foundedForLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
subject surface form: Portland Thorns FC
2016 NWSL Shield → governingBody → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Houston Dash → governingBody → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Kansas City Current → governingBody → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Gotham FC → governingLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Thorns → governingLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
subject surface form: Portland Thorns FC
this entity surface form: NWSL
Washington Spirit → governingLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWSL
National Women's Soccer League → hasAbbreviation → National Women's Soccer League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWSL
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
Audi Field → homeLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Rose City Riveters → homeLeagueOfClubSupported → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: NWSL
NWSL playoffs → inceptionLeague → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
2021 NWSL Challenge Cup → isPreseasonTournamentFor → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2013 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2014 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2016 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2016 NWSL Shield → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2017 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2017 NWSL Shield → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2017 NWSL season → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2018 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2020 NWSL Fall Series Community Shield → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2021 NWSL Shield → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
2022 NWSL Championship → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Angel City FC → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Boston Breakers → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Chicago Red Stars → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Christine → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
subject surface form: Christine Sinclair
East Division → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Women’s Soccer League
Gotham FC → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Houston Dash → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Kansas City Current → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Best XI → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Challenge Cup → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Championship trophy → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Most Valuable Player Award 2018 → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
NWSL Shield → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
North Carolina Courage → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
OL Reign → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
Orlando Pride → league → National Women's Soccer League ⓘ