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    New era of NWSL begins with 2022 campaign

    Apr 15, 2022 5 minutes
    Glenn Moore

    After a torrid 2021, the US women’s league must have been tempted to rebrand as NWSL 2.0 for the new season.

    It could have been justified too, with significant change taking place during the winter. There are two new teams, one of them with a ground-breaking ownership philosophy, expanding the league into California and taking the competition to a record12 clubs. Two sides have moved into new stadia, while Kansas City Current (previously known as Kansas City NWSL) have renamed. Champions Washington Spirit are under new ownership after a bitter takeover fight. As for the structure of the league, every team will play each other twice, the first balanced schedule since 2014.

    For the first time there is a collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union, establishing significant pay increases at the lower end. There

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