From looking for work to training on her own, Rachel Wood takes us through the 2015-16 offseason in this short mini-documentary
The NWSL season doesn’t last all that long. Even including preseason and the playoffs, NWSL typically runs from April through late September or early October. That gives players six months without their teams, during which time they’re still expected to pay rent and put food on the table while staying on a training plan for next season, assuming their contracts get picked up for another year.
Some players stay in market; the rest scatter, headed home or overseas to another league that either runs off the NWSL calendar or is willing to let players sign up for a partial season.