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| I'm over the Euro-type names. Louisville Racers would have been better.
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| Posted: 06/17/20 5:50 pm ::: |
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NWSL in talks with ownership group to add Los Angeles expansion team. MLS' LA Galaxy could be part owners.
https://theathletic.com/1876684/2020/06/17/
So, if they split into conferences by 2022, we could see:
EAST: SkyBlue, Washington, Orlando, North Carolina, Chicago, Louisville
WEST: Portland, OL Reign, Utah, Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento
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| Posted: 06/18/20 12:59 am ::: |
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| That West conference is going to be murder to get through
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| Posted: 06/18/20 5:29 am ::: |
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| Hawkeye wrote: |
| That West conference is going to be murder to get through |
But they get the two expansion teams.
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| Posted: 06/19/20 7:45 pm ::: |
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| Aside from North Carolina, the East doesn't really stack up to OL Reign, Utah, Portland and an improving Houston.
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| Posted: 07/13/20 9:52 pm ::: |
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SO much better than Louisville Proof. Still a Euro name, but it could have been such a crappier name.
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| Posted: 07/20/20 7:20 pm ::: |
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Los Angeles announcement coming tomorrow. Team will start in 2022. Cincinnati is also gaining some traction now and Sacramento seems DOA.
https://twitter.com/MiaHamm/status/1285353256164589568
https://twitter.com/GrantWahl/status/1285365575825399816
We should have 12 by 2022 still, just Cincinnati over Sacramento now.
EAST: SkyBlue, Washington, Orlando, North Carolina, Cincinnati, Louisville
WEST: Portland, OL Reign, Utah, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago
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| Posted: 07/21/20 8:08 am ::: |
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Angel City FC coming to NWSL in 2022.
https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/national-womens-soccer-league-awards-expansion-team-rights-to-los-angeles
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| Led by consortium President Julie Uhrman, the founding investor group includes Serena Williams and daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr., actors Uzo Aduba, Jessica Chastain, America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, and Eva Longoria, late night talk show host Lilly Singh, former US Women’s National Team players including twelve representing Southern California including Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Rachel Buehler, Shannon Boxx, Amanda Cromwell, Lorrie Fair Allen, Ronnie Fair Sullins, Joy Fawcett, Angela Hucles, Shannon MacMillan, Tisha Venturini Hoch, and Saskia Webber, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and FIFA World Cup Champions Lauren Cheney Holiday and Abby Wambach, author and activist Glennon Doyle, Netflix VP Original Content Cindy Holland, tech entrepreneur and filmmaker Casey Neistat, Founding Board Member of Baby2Baby, Sabina Nathanson, Media Executive David Nathanson, Baby2Baby Co-President Norah Weinstein, and Bad Robot President and COO Brian Weinstein. |
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| Posted: 07/21/20 10:32 am ::: |
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Paired with the LA announcement is word that Sacramento is actually back on the table along with Cincinnati & another "West Coast city". Probably looking like 14 teams by 2023.
EAST: SkyBlue, Washington, Orlando, North Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville
WEST: Portland, OL Reign, Utah, Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose?
https://twitter.com/GrantWahl/status/1285365575825399816
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| Posted: 10/21/20 2:43 pm ::: |
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| LA team is officially Angel City FC starting in 2022
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| Posted: 10/21/20 9:20 pm ::: |
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| LA team is officially Angel City FC starting in 2022 |
With Candace Parker being one of the founding investors, as mentioned in the LA Sparks 2021 thread.
https://twitter.com/LASparks/status/1318942780056502273
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EXPANSION OF FOUNDING INVESTOR GROUP
In July 2020, the NWSL announced that it had awarded the exclusive right to bring a team to LA to a group of founders, including Academy Award-winning actress and activist Natalie Portman, technology venture capitalist Kara Nortman, media and gaming entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and venture capitalist, 776 founder & Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
Today, the team officially welcomes a new group of founding investors including sports icons Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss, WNBA legend Candace Parker and her daughter Lailaa, Gold Medalist and Alpine Skiing Legend Lindsey Vonn, Gold Medalist and NHL-All Star PK Subban, Latin pop superstar Becky G, actress and activist Sophia Bush, private investor, Deirdre DeLany, actor and late night host James Corden, MLS/US Soccer legend and sports broadcaster Cobi Jones, and NFL All-Pro Ryan Kalil. |
https://weareangelcity.com/articles-news/angelcityfc-joins-nwsl
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| Posted: 05/19/21 11:11 am ::: |
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The Sacramento group will "relocate" to San Diego. NWSL board is expected to approve the move shortly.
For 2023, expect new ownership of MLS' Real Salt Lake to be announced by the end of their season. The new owners are expected to bring back the Utah Royals. Cincinnati appears to be the frontrunner for the NWSL's 14th team.
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| Posted: 06/08/21 3:09 pm ::: |
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| NWSL approved the relocation of the Sacramento ownership group to move their membership to San Diego. Expansion team officially introduced today and will begin play in 2022 with Angel City FC.
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| Posted: 06/12/21 12:21 am ::: |
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| NWSL approved the relocation of the Sacramento ownership group to move their membership to San Diego. Expansion team officially introduced today and will begin play in 2022 with Angel City FC. |
Putting a team in San Diego is a no-brainer. That market has a LONG history with women's soccer going back to the W-League in the mid-1990s. Now let's hope they get a real name for the club and not some dumb Euro-trash name or something silly like Angel City. At least (I'm hoping) we don't get another corporate name like magicjack.
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| Posted: 07/05/21 9:08 am ::: |
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| There's no contingency for the new owners of Real Salt Lake to bring back the Utah Royals. The new ownership for them should be approved by the end of MLS' season. But it's speculated that if the Royals return, it'll be for the 2023 NWSL season. A group for Austin has fizzled out but a new group has come through for a potential team in Oakland with the Sacramento group now in San Diego.
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| Posted: 08/29/21 1:02 pm ::: |
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| Pitbull is now the majority owner of the USL's Charlotte Independence. In the announcement via Twitter, it's mentioned he plans to have an NWSL expansion team in Charlotte within two years.
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| Posted: 01/07/22 4:35 pm ::: |
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| League needs to tap the breaks on expansion if there is some in 2023. Nothing should be added until 2026 at the earliest---that is assuming there is expansion in 2023. Getting too big too fast doesn't allow the talent level to expand and grow with it.
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| Posted: 01/07/22 5:29 pm ::: |
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| I think if they pause in 2023 they'll be okay to add two more for 2024. I still think the NWSL will be at 16 teams before the WNBA is.
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| Posted: 01/07/22 10:08 pm ::: |
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| I think if they pause in 2023 they'll be okay to add two more for 2024. I still think the NWSL will be at 16 teams before the WNBA is. |
I do too...I don't see the WNBA expanding ANY time soon.
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| Posted: 03/05/22 3:39 pm ::: |
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Looking more and more likely that the NWSL will announce sometime this summer the addition of an expansion team in the Bay Area along with the return of the Utah Royals to start play in the 2024 season.
https://twitter.com/lis_ashlee/status/1499845710895665154?t=fypEgN1LSfy7bzSEULB7kA&s=19
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Leslie Osborne speaking to the NorCal Premier Soccer Committee: #NWSL Bay Area has raised $10 million so far, ownership group is made up of USWNT vets and Silicon Valley tech companies. 2023 was the target but won’t be official until 2024 at the earliest now. |
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