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Liga MX Femenil
Liga MX Femenil (Liga Femenil BBVA from 2026), Mexico's top professional women's football league, founded 2017, 18 clubs tied to men's Liga MX teams, Apertura and Clausura format, second-highest women's attendance worldwide in 2021-22.
National Women's Soccer League
National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), top US women's pro soccer league, single-entity, founded 2012, launched 2013; 14 teams in 2025, 16 in 2026; $3.3M cap rising to $5.1M by 2030; draft abolished 2024.
NWSL Championship
NWSL Championship: the annual playoff final of the National Women's Soccer League, held since 2013 at neutral host venues. Portland Thorns hold three titles; Gotham FC are the 2025 champions.
Women's Premier Soccer League
Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), US amateur women's soccer league founded 1998 by Jerry Zanelli; largest women's soccer league in the world, 144 teams in 2026, USASA Tier 1 sanctioned, with WPSL Pro planned.
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), the second US women's pro soccer league, played 2009-2012 with seven founding teams, $32,000 average salaries, and 4,493 average 2009 attendance before folding; the NWSL replaced it in 2013.