List of National Women’s Soccer League stadiums

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Locations of National Women’s Soccer League teams.
Blue pog.svg Current club; Red pog.svg Future club

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is the highest-level professional soccer league for women in the United States. The league has 12 teams in its upcoming 2023 season, and every team has one primary home stadium.

As of 2022, the highest attendance in the league’s history occurred on September 17, 2022 when a sellout crowd of 32,000 saw San Diego Wave FC defeat Angel City FC 1–0 in Wave FC’s first match at the newly opened Snapdragon Stadium.[1]

Primary stadiums[edit]

These are primary stadiums in the 2023 NWSL season.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Surface Field Lines Image
Angel City FC Los Angeles, California BMO Stadium 22,000 Bermuda grass soccer-specific LAFC East Side Stadium interior.jpg
Chicago Red Stars Bridgeview, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Kentucky bluegrass soccer-specific Toyota Park in March 2013
Houston Dash Houston, Texas Shell Energy Stadium 7,000[a] Bermuda grass soccer-specific PNC Stadium Skyline View.jpg
Kansas City Current Kansas City, Kansas Children’s Mercy Park 18,467 Grass soccer-specific Sporting KC vs Houston Dynamo - 26 May 2013.JPG
NJ/NY Gotham FC Harrison, New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000 Kentucky bluegrass soccer-specific Red Bull Arena Harrison behind goal.jpg
North Carolina Courage Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 Grass soccer-specific SASSoccerPark2.jpg
OL Reign Seattle, Washington Lumen Field 10,000[b] FieldTurf multi-purpose Full time at OL Reign vs. Portland Thorns FC - August 29, 2021 at Lumen Field.jpg
Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida Exploria Stadium 25,500 Grass soccer-specific Open House Event (32264010504).jpg
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Oregon Providence Park 25,218 FieldTurf soccer-specific Jeldwenfield2011.png
Racing Louisville FC Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium 11,700[c] Bermuda grass soccer-specific LynnfamilysoccerstadiumAug2019.jpg
San Diego Wave FC San Diego, California Snapdragon Stadium 32,000[d] Bermuda grass multi-purpose An aerial view of Snapdragon Stadium (2022-08-26).jpg
Washington Spirit Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 Bermuda grass soccer-specific Audi Field June 25th.jpg
  1. ^ Shell Energy Stadium has a capacity of 22,039, but capacity for Dash games are restricted to 7,000.[2][obsolete source]
  2. ^ Lumen Field has a capacity of 68,740; standard configuration for Reign games seats 10,000 but can expand based on demand for individual games.[3]
  3. ^ Seated capacity; 15,304 with standing room.
  4. ^ Standard configuration for Wave FC games seats 18,000, but can expand based on demand for individual games.

Future stadiums[edit]

  1. ^ During the Royals’ original stint in the league from 2018–2020, the team played in this facility, then known as Rio Tinto Stadium.

Secondary and former stadiums[edit]

Angel City FC[edit]

Boston Breakers[edit]

Chicago Red Stars[edit]

FC Kansas City[edit]

Kansas City Current[edit]

  • Legends Field (2021 – all home matches except one at Children’s Mercy Park)

NJ/NY Gotham FC[edit]

  • Yurcak Field (as Sky Blue FC: 2013–2019 – all home matches except two 2019 matches at Red Bull Arena)
  • MSU Soccer Park (2021 – all Challenge Cup home matches)
  • Subaru Park (one home match each in 2021 and 2022)[12]

OL Reign[edit]

  • Starfire Sports Complex (as Seattle Reign FC: 2013 – all home matches; 2014 – NWSL final)[13]
  • Memorial Stadium (as Seattle Reign FC: 2014–2018 – all home matches except 2014 NWSL final)
  • Cheney Stadium (as Reign FC: 2019; 2020–2021 – all home matches except one 2021 match at Lumen Field)

Orlando Pride[edit]

San Diego Wave FC[edit]

  • Torero Stadium (2022 – first 9 home matches, before opening of Snapdragon Stadium)

Utah Royals FC[edit]

  • Rio Tinto Stadium (2018–2020 – all home matches). Also hosted semifinals and final of 2020 Challenge Cup.

Washington Spirit[edit]

  • Maryland SoccerPlex (2013–2020 – all home matches through 2017; primary home in 2018 and 2019; originally scheduled matches in 2020 canceled due to COVID-19)
  • Segra Field (2020–2022 – select home matches as one of two primary home stadiums alongside Audi Field)[14]

Western New York Flash[edit]

2020 NWSL Challenge Cup[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Match Recap: San Diego tops Angel City in front of capacity crowd for first win at Snapdragon Stadium”. National Women’s Soccer League. September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ “Dynamo welcome NWSL expansion team: Houston Dash”. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Rantz, Susie (December 15, 2021). “OL Reign’s move to Lumen Field, explained”. Sounder At Heart.
  4. ^ “National Women’s Soccer League Official Site | NWSL”. www.nwslsoccer.com.
  5. ^ “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.
  6. ^ “Chicago Red Stars Announce Doubleheader With Chicago Fire”. Chicago Red Stars. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  7. ^ “NWSL Announces Complete 2015 Regular Season Schedule”. Chicago Red Stars. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  8. ^ “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.
  9. ^ “KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3–0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half”. nwslsoccer.com.
  10. ^ “NAMES VENUE FOR 2013 SEASON”. FC Kansas City. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  11. ^ “FC Kansas City to play to fewer seats, no football lines”. Equalizer Soccer. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  12. ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (April 29, 2022). “Subaru Park to host Gotham FC-Orlando Pride NWSL game Aug. 20”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  13. ^ “Seattle Reign FC to play at Starfire Stadium; ticket prices announced”. Seattle PI Sports Blog.
  14. ^ Carlisle, André (December 6, 2022). “Segra No More: Washington Spirit to play all games at Audi Field starting in 2023”. Black And Red United.
  15. ^ “WNY Flash, Seattle tie in rematch of controversial game at Frontier Field”. Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. 2016-07-17. Retrieved 2016-07-18.