NWSL to develop in Boston, Utah and California

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

The ladies’s professional league beforehand indicated it could add not less than two groups by 2024. The Wall Avenue Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported that the franchises in northern California and Utah are set to begin play subsequent 12 months, with Boston to hitch at a later date.

The NWSL didn’t verify the report in a press release 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 are going to accomplish that.”

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

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 charge 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 mentioned it could be “someplace between days and months, extra like weeks, after we’ll be ready 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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