The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has revealed a number of new rules for the 2020 season, including sizeable improvements to both the salary cap and compensation guidelines.
Last season, the minimum salary for a player in the NWSL was just over $16,000, but league officials have long been looking at ways to increase funding to the women's game.
The NWSL took to their official website to confirm that, beginning in 2020, the old salary cap will be abolished, and women playing in the league must now earn anywhere between $20,000 and $50,000, while teams may now spending $650,000 on their entire squad's salary - a 19.