CHICAGO – The National Women’s Soccer League Tuesday announced the full schedule for the regular season.

The league’s ninth season includes 10 teams set to face off in a single table, 24-game regular season – with 12 home games and 12 away games per club. Full broadcast details will be announced soon.

Three matches highlight opening day May 15.

Kansas City NWSL and Racing Louisville FC, the league’s newest clubs, kick off the season at Lynn Family Stadium while newly rebranded NJ/NY Gotham FC and 2020 Challenge Cup Champion Houston Dash ring in the new season at Red Bull Arena. OL Reign is set to take on 2018 and 2019 champion North Carolina Courage in the opening day finale at Cheney Stadium.

Rounding out the first weekend of play, the Orlando Pride host the Washington Spirit at Exploria Stadium May 16 while the 2020 Fall Series-winning Portland Thorns FC welcome the Chicago Red Stars.

Week Two will feature three home openers May 22. Chicago welcomes the Red Stars home as they take on Gotham FC at SeatGeek Stadium, while the Courage host Orlando at Sahlen’s Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park and the Houston Dash face off against Kansas City NWSL at BBVA Stadium.

Portland and OL Reign close out Week Two with the first Cascadia battle of the season between the two clubs May 23 at Providence Park.

The NWSL regular season will not break for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, and will conclude Oct. 31, with two matches between NJ/NY Gotham FC and Racing Louisville, and Houston at Washington. The top six teams at the end of the regular season will advance to the expanded NWSL Playoffs, with the top two seeds receiving a first-round bye. The league will close out the campaign with the 2021 NWSL Championship Nov. 20.

2021 NWSL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

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5/15/2021
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5/22/2021
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7/11/2021
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7/23/2021
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7/31/2021
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8/1/2021
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8/15/2021
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8/25/2021
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8/28/2021
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9/1/2021
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9/25/2021
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10/1/2021
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10/6/2021
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10/6/2021
10/9/2021
10/9/2021
10/9/2021
10/10/2021
10/10/2021
10/16/2021
10/16/2021
10/16/2021
10/17/2021
10/17/2021
10/29/2021
10/30/2021
10/30/2021
10/31/2021
10/31/2021
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VENUE
Lynn Family Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Cheney Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Providence Park
Lynn Family Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Providence Park
Exploria Stadium
Segra Field
Legends Field
Sahlen’s Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Exploria Stadium
Cheney Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Providence Park
Legends Field
Audi Field
Sahlen’s Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
Providence Park
Lynn Family Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Legends Field
Lynn Family Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Legends Field
Red Bull Arena
Segra Field
BBVA Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Audi Field
Providence Park
SeatGeek Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
Segra Field
SeatGeek Stadium
Providence Park
Legends Field
Exploria Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Sahlen’s Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Providence Park
SeatGeek Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Segra Field
Cheney Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Legends Field
Red Bull Arena
Sahlen’s Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Audi Field
Legends Fields
Providence Park
SeatGeek Stadium
Audi Field
Red Bull Arena
BBVA Stadium
Cheney Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Lynn Family Stadium
Providence Park
Exploria Stadium
Legends Field
Legends Field
BBVA Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Audi Field
Sahlen’s Stadium
RedBull Arena
SeatGeek Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
Segra Field
Cheney Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
Legends Field
Providence Park
Sahlen’s Stadium
Red Bull Arena
Providence Park
Exploria Stadium
Audi Field
BBVA Stadium
Legends Field
Cheney Stadium
Lynn Family Stadium
SeatGeek Stadium
Cheney Stadium
Sahlen’s Stadium
BBVA Stadium
Exploria Stadium
Legends Field
Providence Park
Red Bull Arena
Audi Field
HOME
Racing Louisville FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
OL Reign
Orlando Pride
Portland Thorns FC
Racing Louisville FC
NC Courage
Chicago Red Stars
Houston Dash
Portland Thorns FC
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Kansas City
NC Courage
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Orlando Pride
OL Reign
Chicago Red Stars
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Portland Thorns FC
Kansas City
Washington Spirit
NC Courage
Chicago Red Stars
Portland Thorns FC
Racing Louisville FC
Orlando Pride
OL Reign
Kansas City
Racing Louisville FC
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
NC Courage
Houston Dash
Kansas City
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Washington Spirit
Houston Dash
Racing Louisville FC
Orlando Pride
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Portland Thorns FC
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
NC Courage
Washington Spirit
Chicago Red Stars
Portland Thorns FC
Kansas City
Orlando Pride
Houston Dash
Racing Louisville FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
NC Courage
OL Reign
Portland Thorns FC
Chicago Red Stars
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Washington Spirit
OL Reign
Racing Louisville FC
Chicago Red Stars
Houston Dash
Orlando Pride
Kansas City
NJ/NY Gotham FC
NC Courage
Racing Louisville FC
NC Courage
OL Reign
Washington Spirit
Kansas City
Portland Thorns FC
Chicago Red Stars
Washington Spirit
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Houston Dash
OL Reign
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Racing Louisville FC
Portland Thorns FC
Orlando Pride
Kansas City
Kansas City
Houston Dash
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
NC Courage
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Chicago Red Stars
Racing Louisville FC
Washington Spirit
OL Reign
NC Courage
Racing Louisville FC
Chicago Red Stars
Kansas City
Portland Thorns FC
NC Courage
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Portland Thorns FC
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Houston Dash
Kansas City
OL Reign
Racing Louisville FC
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
NC Courage
Houston Dash
Orlando Pride
Kansas City
Portland Thorns FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Washington Spirit
AWAY
Kansas City
Houston Dash
NC Courage
Washington Spirit
Chicago Red Stars
Washington Spirit
Orlando Pride
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Kansas City
OL Reign
Portland Thorns FC
Houston Dash
Chicago Red Stars
Racing Louisville FC

Chicago Red Stars
Portland Thorns FC
Kansas City
Washington Spirit
NC Courage
OL Reign
Racing Louisville FC
Houston Dash
Orlando Pride
OL Reign
Washington Spirit
Kansas City
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Chicago Red Stars
Orlando Pride
NC Courage
Racing Louisville FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Portland Thorns FC
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Kansas City
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
Portland Thorns FC
NC Courage
Racing Louisville FC
NC Courage
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Houston Dash
Kansas City
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
OL Reign
Orlando Pride
NC Courage
OL Reign
Portland Thorns
Washington Spirit
Chicago Red Stars
Orlando Pride
Racing Louisville FC
Kansas City
Washington Spirit
NJ/NY Gotham FC
NC Courage
Portland Thorns FC
Houston Dash
Kansas City
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Portland Thorns FC
OL Reign
Racing Louisville FC
Chicago Red Stars
Chicago Red Stars
Kansas City
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Orlando Pride
Racing Louisville FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Kansas City
NC Courage
Orlando Pride
Racing Louisville FC
Portland Thorns FC
OL Reign
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
Washington Spirit
Houston Dash
NC Courage
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Chicago Red Stars
Racing Louisville FC
OL Reign
Portland Thorns FC
NC Courage
Portland Thorns FC
Houston Dash
Kansas City
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Orlando Pride
Houston Dash
OL Reign
Racing Louisville FC
Washington Spirit
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Racing Louisville FC
NC Courage
Portland Thorns FC
Chicago Red Stars
Orlando Pride
Kansas City
Washington Spirit
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Portland Thorns FC
Chicago Red Stars
OL Reign
NC Courage
Racing Louisville FC
Houston Dash

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.