List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

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Locations of National Women's Soccer League teams.
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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the highest-level professional soccer league for women in the United States. The league will have 12 teams in the 2022 NWSL season. 11 of those teams have one primary stadium for home games, while Washington Spirit split their home games between two stadiums in the Washington metropolitan area.

As of 2021, the highest attendance in the league's history occurred on August 29, 2021, at Lumen Field, when 27,278 people watched OL Reign defeat Portland Thorns FC 2–1 in a regular-season home game.[1]

Primary stadiums[]

These are primary stadiums in the upcoming 2022 NWSL season. All capacities listed are full capacities for NWSL matches and do not reflect potential COVID-19 restrictions.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Surface Field Lines Image
Angel City FC Los Angeles, California Banc of California 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 PNC Stadium 7,000[a] Bermuda grass soccer-specific BBVA Compass 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
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 Torero Stadium 6,000 Bermuda grass multi-purpose ToreroSoccerConfig.jpeg
Washington Spirit Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 Bermuda grass soccer-specific Audi Field June 25th.jpg
Leesburg, Virginia Segra Field 5,000 FieldTurf soccer-specific
  1. ^ PNC Stadium has a capacity of 22,039, but capacity for Dash games are restricted to 7,000.[2]
  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.

Future stadiums[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity Surface Field
Lines 		Effective
date 		Image
Kansas City Current Kansas City, Missouri Name TBD (located on Missouri River) 11,000 TBD soccer-specific 2024
San Diego Wave FC San Diego, California Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 TBD multi-purpose 2023

Secondary and former stadiums[]

Boston Breakers[]

Chicago Red Stars[]

  • Sports Complex at Benedictine University (2013–2015, most home matches. In 2014 and 2015 a total of three regular-season matches and one playoff match were held at Toyota Park, now known as SeatGeek Stadium.)[5][6][7][8]

FC Kansas City[]

Kansas City Current[]

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

NJ/NY Gotham FC[]

  • Yurcak Field (as Sky Blue FC: 2013–2019 – all home matches except two 2019 matches at Red Bull Arena)
  • MSU Soccer Park (2021–present – all Challenge Cup home matches)

OL Reign[]

  • Starfire Sports Complex (as Seattle Reign FC: 2013 – all home matches; 2014 – NWSL final)[11]
  • Memorial Stadium (as Seattle Reign FC: 2014–2018 – all home matches)
  • Cheney Stadium (as Reign FC: 2019; 2020–2021)

Orlando Pride[]

Utah Royals FC[]

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

Washington Spirit[]

  • 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)

Western New York Flash[]

2020 NWSL Challenge Cup[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Announce Doubleheader With Chicago Fire". Chicago Red Stars. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  6. ^ "NWSL Announces Complete 2015 Regular Season Schedule". Chicago Red Stars. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3-0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half". nwslsoccer.com.
  9. ^ "NAMES VENUE FOR 2013 SEASON". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ^ "FC Kansas City to play to fewer seats, no football lines". Equalizer Soccer. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  11. ^ "Seattle Reign FC to play at Starfire Stadium; ticket prices announced". Seattle PI Sports Blog.
  12. ^ "WNY Flash, Seattle tie in rematch of controversial game at Frontier Field". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. 2016-07-17. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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