List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

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. Ten of those teams have one primary stadium for home games; the Washington Spirit split their home games between two stadiums in the Washington metropolitan area, and San Diego Wave FC will begin NWSL play in 2022 at one San Diego venue before moving within the city to its permanent home late in that season.[1]

Locations of National Women's Soccer League teams.
Current club

As of 2022, 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, part of a doubleheader also featuring Major League Soccer rivals Seattle Sounders FC and the Portland Timbers.[2]

Primary stadiums

These are primary stadiums in the 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
Chicago Red Stars Bridgeview, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Kentucky bluegrass soccer-specific
Houston Dash Houston, Texas PNC Stadium 7,000[lower-alpha 1] Bermuda grass soccer-specific
Kansas City Current Kansas City, Kansas Children's Mercy Park 18,467 Grass soccer-specific
NJ/NY Gotham FC Harrison, New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000 Kentucky bluegrass soccer-specific
North Carolina Courage Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 Grass soccer-specific
OL Reign Seattle, Washington Lumen Field 10,000[lower-alpha 2] FieldTurf multi-purpose
Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida Exploria Stadium 25,500 Grass soccer-specific
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Oregon Providence Park 25,218 FieldTurf soccer-specific
Racing Louisville FC Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium 11,700[lower-alpha 3] Bermuda grass soccer-specific
San Diego Wave FC San Diego, California Torero Stadium 6,000 Bermuda grass multi-purpose
Washington Spirit Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 Bermuda grass soccer-specific
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.[3]
  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.[4]
  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 2022

Secondary and former stadiums

Angel City FC

Boston Breakers

Chicago Red Stars

FC Kansas City

Kansas City Current
  • Legends Field (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 – all Challenge Cup home matches)

OL Reign
  • Starfire Sports Complex (as Seattle Reign FC: 2013 – all home matches; 2014 – NWSL final)[13]
  • Memorial Stadium (as Seattle Reign FC: 2014–2018 – all home matches except 2014 NWSL final)
  • Cheney Stadium (as Reign FC: 2019; 2020–2021 – all home matches except one 2021 match at Lumen Field)

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. "San Diego Wave FC Unveils Official Team Crest and Colors" (Press release). San Diego Wave FC. December 15, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022. In addition to unveiling its club crest, Wave FC announced today that Snapdragon Stadium will serve as its permanent home after the scheduled opening in September 2022.
  2. "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  3. "Dynamo welcome NWSL expansion team: Houston Dash". Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  4. Rantz, Susie (December 15, 2021). "OL Reign's move to Lumen Field, explained". Sounder At Heart.
  5. "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  6. "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.
  7. "Chicago Red Stars Announce Doubleheader With Chicago Fire". Chicago Red Stars. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  8. "NWSL Announces Complete 2015 Regular Season Schedule". Chicago Red Stars. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  9. "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.
  10. "KANSAS CITY ADVANCES TO FINAL AFTER DEFEATING CHICAGO, 3-0; Amy Rodriguez (2) and Erika Tymrak both scored in the first half". nwslsoccer.com.
  11. "NAMES VENUE FOR 2013 SEASON". FC Kansas City. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  12. "FC Kansas City to play to fewer seats, no football lines". Equalizer Soccer. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  13. "Seattle Reign FC to play at Starfire Stadium; ticket prices announced". Seattle PI Sports Blog.
  14. "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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