List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the highest-level professional soccer league for women in the United States. The league has had a maximum of 10 teams, reaching that number in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, and has had 9 teams in each subsequent season to date. It is currently scheduled to return to 10 teams in 2021. As of the league's next season in 2020, eight of the teams tentatively plan to use a single stadium for all home games. The remaining team, the Washington Spirit, will split its 12 home matches evenly between three stadiums in its region.[1]
The highest attendance in the league's history occurred on August 11, 2019 at Providence Park when 25,218 people watched Portland Thorns FC defeat the North Carolina Courage 2–1 in a regular-season home match.[2]
Originally, many NWSL teams rented university stadiums. As the league has grown, NWSL teams have increasingly used MLS stadiums, either by MLS ownership of NWSL team or increased cooperation between existing NWSL and MLS teams.
Primary stadiums
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Surface | Field Lines | Image |
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Chicago Red Stars | Bridgeview, Illinois | SeatGeek Stadium | 20,000[3] | Kentucky bluegrass | soccer-specific | |
Houston Dash | Houston, Texas | BBVA Stadium | 7,000 (22,039)[4] | Bermuda grass | soccer-specific | |
North Carolina Courage | Cary, North Carolina | WakeMed Soccer Park | 10,000 | Grass | soccer-specific | |
OL Reign | Tacoma, Washington | Cheney Stadium | 6,500 | Grass | Baseball park | |
Orlando Pride | Orlando, Florida | Exploria Stadium | 25,500 | Grass | soccer-specific | |
Portland Thorns FC | Portland, Oregon | Providence Park | 25,218 | FieldTurf | soccer-specific | |
Sky Blue FC | Harrison, New Jersey | Red Bull Arena | 25,000 | Kentucky bluegrass | soccer-specific | |
Utah Royals FC | Sandy, Utah | Rio Tinto Stadium | 20,213 | Kentucky bluegrass | soccer-specific | |
Washington Spirit | Boyds, Maryland | Maryland SoccerPlex | 4,000[5] | Kentucky bluegrass | soccer-specific | |
Leesburg, Virginia | Segra Field | 5,000 | Artificial | soccer-specific | ||
Washington, D.C. | Audi Field | 20,000 | Bermuda grass | soccer-specific |
Future stadiums
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Surface | Field Lines |
Effective date |
Image |
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Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | Lynn Family Stadium | 11,700 | Bermuda grass | soccer-specific | 2021 | |
OL Reign | Tacoma, Washington | New Tacoma stadium | 5,000 | soccer-specific | 2021 |
Secondary and former stadiums
- Dilboy Stadium – Boston Breakers (2013 – all home matches)
- Harvard Stadium – Boston Breakers (2014 – all home matches)[6]
- Jordan Field – Boston Breakers (2015–2017 - all home matches)
- Sports Complex at Benedictine University – Chicago Red Stars (2013–2015, most home matches. In 2014 and 2015 a total of three regular-season matches and one playoff match were held at Toyota Park, now known as SeatGeek Stadium.)[7][8][9][10]
- Shawnee Mission District Stadium – FC Kansas City (2013 – all home matches)[11]
- Durwood Soccer Stadium – FC Kansas City (2014 – all home matches)[12]
- Swope Soccer Village – FC Kansas City (2015–2017 – all home matches)
- Children's Mercy Park – FC Kansas City (2015–2017 – home opener, potential playoff matches),[13][14] (2016 – home opener, Sky Blue FC match)[15][16]
- Camping World Stadium – Orlando Pride (2016 – all home matches)
- Memorial Stadium – Seattle Reign FC (2014–2018 – all home matches)
- Starfire Sports Complex – Seattle Reign FC (2013 – all home matches; 2014 – NWSL final)[17]
- Yurcak Field – Sky Blue FC (2013–2019 – all home matches except two 2019 matches at Red Bull Arena)
- Audi Field – Washington Spirit (2019 – Orlando Pride match, second home match against Reign FC)
- Rochester Rhinos Stadium – Western New York Flash (2013–2016 – all home matches)
- Frontier Field – Western New York Flash (2016 – Seattle Reign FC match)[18]
References
- Levine, Matthew (November 18, 2019). "Washington Spirit to split home games between Audi Field, Segra Field, and Maryland SoccerPlex in 2020". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Goldberg, Jamie (August 11, 2019). "Portland Thorns fight back to earn massive 2-1 win over North Carolina Courage in front of record-setting crowd". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- "Fun Within Reach". TOYOTA PARK. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- "Dynamo welcome NWSL expansion team: Houston Dash". Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- "The Maryland SoccerPlex – Maryland Soccer Foundation". Mdsoccerplex.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- "Boston Breakers to Play at Harvard Stadium in 2014". Boston Breakers. 2014-01-07. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- "Chicago Red Stars Announce Doubleheader With Chicago Fire". Chicago Red Stars. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- "NWSL Announces Complete 2015 Regular Season Schedule". Chicago Red Stars. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
- "RED STARS COME BACK TO TIE DASH, 1-1; Christen Press scored the game-tying goal in the 90th minute". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
- "KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3-0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half". nwslsoccer.com.
- "NAMES VENUE FOR 2013 SEASON". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
- "FC Kansas City to play to fewer seats, no football lines". Equalizer Soccer. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- "FC KANSAS CITY ANNOUNCE 2015 HOME OPENER". www.fckansascity.com. FC Kansas City. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Bell, Thad. "FC Kansas City and Sporting KC partner". www.thebluetestament.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- "FC Kansas City to play two matches in 2016 at Children's Mercy Park". Sporting Kansas City.
- "FC KANSAS CITY TO PLAY TWO GAMES AT CHILDREN'S MERCY PARK THIS SEASON". FC Kansas City. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02.
- "Seattle Reign FC to play at Starfire Stadium; ticket prices announced". Seattle PI Sports Blog.
- "WNY Flash, Seattle tie in rematch of controversial game at Frontier Field". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. 2016-07-17. Retrieved 2016-07-18.