NWSL Championship Draws Record Viewers

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji

Saturday’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Championship final between Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit peaked at 1.1 million viewers.

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The NWSL scored big on Saturday when a league-record 967,900 viewers tuned in to CBS to watch the Orlando Pride lift the trophy in the second-ever championship match shown in primetime.

Peaking at 1.1 million viewers, the broadcast marked an 18% increase over last year and a 6% jump from the prior record of 915,000 in 2022.

The second-annual Skills Challenge also proved a success, drawing an average of 1,537,720 viewers on Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Orlando Pride star Barbra Banda took home 2024 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year honors on Tuesday, after stellar performances for both club and country from September 2023 to August 2024.

At 24, Banda became the highest-scoring African player in Olympic history this past summer, registering four goals despite Zambia’s group-stage elimination.

She finished the 2024 NWSL season with 13 regular-season goals, leading the Pride to their first-ever Shield and Championship wins.

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BBC Footballer of the Year is selected by a large panel of international soccer experts, including coaches, players, administrators, and independent journalists.

Banda beat out fellow finalists Aitana Bonmati, Sophia Smith, Caroline Graham Hansen, and Naomi Girma to claim the award.

“I’m just dedicating this award to every one of you guys who has been there for me,” a surprised Banda told her Pride teammates after hearing the news.

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Oluwaseun Oyediji

I am a huge advocate of Women’s football after covering the Nigeria Women Football Leagues (NWFL) since 2019. An unbiased football writer with penchant for women’s in sports and historical analysis.

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