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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 16 – November 23 |
| Champions | Orlando Pride (1st title) |
| NWSL Shield | Orlando Pride (1st shield) |
| Challenge Cup | San Diego Wave FC (1st cup) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 484 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Temwa Chawinga (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 6 goals ORL 6–0 UTA (Jun 21) |
| Biggest away win | 3 goals POR 1–4 KC (Jun 23) SD 0–3 CHI (Jun 28) LA 0–3 ORL (Jun 30) SD 1–4 NC (Sep 8) |
| Highest scoring | 9 goals KC 5–4 POR (Mar 16) |
| Longest winning run | 8 wins Orlando Pride (April 12 – June 7) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches Orlando Pride (Mar 16 – Oct 11) |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches San Diego Wave FC (May 12 – Sep 8) |
| Longest losing run | 6 losses Utah Royals (May 3 – Jun 16) |
| Highest attendance | 35,038 CHI 1–2 BAY (June 8) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,137 LOU–SD (Nov 3) |
| Total attendance | 2,044,848 |
| Average attendance | 11,235 |
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All statistics correct as of November 3, 2024. | |
The 2024 National Women's Soccer League season was the twelfth season of the National Women's Soccer League, 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 was the 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league had 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020.
The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and ran until November 3;[1] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each team played 26 matches during the regular season, an increase of four from the 2023 season. The playoffs comprised the top eight teams and ran from November 9 to November 23.[2][3] The Orlando Pride finished in first place during the regular season, accumulating a record 60 points, and also won the playoffs, defeating the Washington Spirit in the final.
In addition to league play, 2024 marked the debut of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. The inaugural edition was played from July to October and won by the Kansas City Current.[4][5]
The 2024 season was the first under new broadcast agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports; 118 of the total 182 matches were televised or streamed nationally.[2] Attendance averaged 11,235 per game, a record, and total attendance for the year was just over two million, also a record.
- ^ "NWSL Announces 2024 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. January 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Hernandez, Victoria (December 7, 2023). "2024 NWSL schedule includes expanded playoffs, break for Paris Olympics". USA Today. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Competition Calendar" (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (October 25, 2024). "Chawinga brace powers Kansas City Current to Summer Cup title". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2024.