The National Women’s Soccer League has announced a two-week extension to the season calendar today. While the NWSL clubs will play 24 games for the third consecutive season, the schedule will take place over a period of 33 weeks, kicking off the 2019 season on the weekend of April 13th. The league will take a twelve-day break in early June to account for the 2019 Women’s World Cup group stage.
“This move will allow the league’s clubs more Saturday night home games during a season in which women’s soccer and NWSL’s players will be on the world’s biggest stage with the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup,” said NWSL Managing Director Amanda Duffy.