Northern Super League pens landmark ESPN deal

April 8 – The Northern Super League, Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league, will make its debut on U.S. screens this month through a landmark multi-year media partnership with ESPN, significantly expanding its international reach ahead of its inaugural season.

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New name, same team for city of Boston in NWSL

March 27 – Five months ago, the city of Boston proudly announced the name of the newest expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), calling them “BOS Nation FC.” That lasted roughly 24 hours and now, after much discussion, the team’s new name “Boston Legacy Football Club” has been unveiled. 

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Gotham’s Whitham, 14, becomes youngest player in NWSL history

March 18 – If you’re good enough, you’re old enough has always been an adage of football – and Gotham FC, of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), certainly embrace that because in the 87th minute of their season opener against Seattle Reign, head coach Juan Carlos Amoros sent on 14-year-old Mak Whitham (pictured), who became the youngest player in NWSL history. 

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FA WNL ahead of schedule in empowering third and fourth-tier clubs

January 23 – The FA Women’s National League (FA WNL) has provided a positive update on its ‘Empowering for Success’ strategy as it enters its final year of implementation. Introduced at the start of the 2022/23 season, it aims to help clubs in tiers three and four of the English women’s football pyramid to thrive both on and off the pitch.  

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