KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is an exciting year for women’s soccer, especially in the United States. While everyone awaits the Women’s World Cup in Canada this summer, it is also Year 3 of the National Women’s Soccer League.
For anyone who knows their professional women’s soccer history in America, Year 3 has an ominous ring to it. Year 3 was the final year of the first pro league, W.U.S.A. It was also the last year of the second pro league, W.P.S.
This year, we in the N.W.S.L. have reached the same moment. Yet this season, while obviously important, also faces the significant challenge of being intertwined with the timing of the World Cup.