It’s been months, but it feels like centuries since that last NWSL game and now, American women’s soccer is ready to return heading into 2022.
This Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the first training sessions of the teams for the NWSL Challenge Cup officially begin, a tournament that will serve as preparation for the 2022 season that will officially start after the cup.
And it is that for the first time since 2014, the regular phase of the NWSL will have the classic format where the teams will face each other twice, one at home and the other as a visitor, giving the league a greater order and reducing the number of matches of each team from 24 to 22.
The playoffs will be played among the first six of the general table, with the first and second places classified directly to the semifinals, while the third, fourth, fifth and sixth places will have to be measured in search of a pass to the semifinals that will culminate with the final on October 28 with the two best teams of the tournament as protagonists.
For now, the teams will prepare for the next six weeks in concentration camps to face the third edition of the NWSL Challenge Cup, a tournament that will officially start on March 19, 2022 and will last approximately two months, being a Quite an extensive tournament, as it will end on May 7.
Undoubtedly, every year the expectations with the NWSL are quite high, as it is considered by many to be the best professional women’s soccer league in the world, and now, with the new teams from Angel City and San Diego, added to the classic competition format It is expected to be one of the best editions of the league that celebrates its 10 years after being created in 2012.
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