NWSL Names 2024 Expansion Cities
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
After a long expansion bid process, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) plans to add teams in Boston, Utah, and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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Utah and the Bay Area are scheduled to join the league in 2024, with Boston following at a later time.
Boston and San Francisco are reportedly set to pay about $50 million each in expansion fees.
Utah will pay an agreed-upon amount from the Royals’ folding in 2021, anywhere from $2 million to $5 million.
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Previously, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman had said that “over 30 investor groups” were interested in joining the league.
Utah and Boston have previously had professional teams — the Royals and the Breakers, respectively.
Meanwhile…
Crystal Dunn broke her silence last week on her husband Pierre Soubrier’s termination of employment with the Portland Thorns.
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Soubrier was found to have given Thorns players medication containing codeine without doctor supervision, once without a player’s informed consent.
“There is a path forward and he is committed to the process,” Dunn wrote in a statement. “This road will be filled with growth and learnings.”
“Today, I am holding my hands up, apologizing, and holding myself accountable,” Soubrier wrote on his own Twitter last Thursday.
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