American NWSL

Season Description
The 2025 season is the 13th season for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it is the 19th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States.

The league has 14 teams, unchanged from the 2024 season, which set a record for average attendance and television ratings. It is the second under a set of national broadcasting agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports that run through the 2027 season. The 2025 season did not see the return of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition in 2024 between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. It was the first season without a college draft; the 2025 rookie class entered the league as free agents. All teams played 26 regular-season matches.

The defending NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield winner was the Orlando Pride. The Kansas City Current won the 2025 NWSL Shield with a record 21 wins and a record 65 points.

Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit in the championship match, 1–0, to win their second title.

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