Flopped launch and new squad building: Boston and Denver’s journey to the NWSL | Moving the Goalposts

Our newsletter takes a look at how the two expansion teams are taking different approaches as they prepare to enter the ever-so competitive league next yearOn 13 March , the NWSL will commence its 14th regular season as the pre-eminent league in the United States. For the first time in its history, it will do so with 16 teams. That is double the number from the inaugural season in 2013 and a rapid rise from the nine teams that played out the 2020 campaign.There is an inevitable aura of excitement surrounding the latest expansion as new opportunities for fans and players acceleratein an aspirational league. Halfway through the NWSL’s 13th regular season – which resumes this weekend after a prolonged summer pause – how are the expansion clubs, new and old, holding up? Continue reading...

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