National Women's Soccer League expansion
The expansion of the National Women's Soccer League began with the league's sophomore season in 2014, when the league expanded to a ninth team in Houston, and is an ongoing process that currently has seen five expansions, three direct or indirect relocations, and one contraction. The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) was established as the top level of professional women's soccer in the United States in 2013 in the wake of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer.
The Houston Dash became the first expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and played its first season in 2014.
Sunil Gulati, president of the United States Soccer Federation in 2012, announced the NWSL's first eight teams in December.
Steve Malik purchased the Western New York Flash and relocated its player assets to a new expansion team in Cary, North Carolina, the North Carolina Courage, in 2017.
Lynn Family Stadium, completed for Louisville City FC in 2021, would also become the home venue of co-owned NWSL expansion team Racing Louisville FC.
Kansas City Current is an American professional women's soccer team playing in Kansas City, Missouri. It was founded as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2021.
The franchise's 2021 home opener at Legends Field
