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NWSL eyes further expansion: Can be 'size of the NFL'

LOS ANGELES -- National Women's Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman said on Friday that she thinks the league could grow to be the size of the NFL, which has 32 teams.

"We have very ambitious plans for expansion," Berman said on stage at U.S. Soccer's SheBelieves Summit.

"Our board believes that we can be the size of the NFL, there is nothing that stands in the way of us doing that, other than having access to top talent. There's certainly not a problem with the supply, given the size of our country and the level of talent that exists, we just need to figure out how to develop them strategically and intentionally.