2025 National Women's Soccer League season
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 14 – November 2 (regular season) November 7 – November 22 (playoffs) |
| Champions | Gotham FC (2nd title) |
| NWSL Shield | Kansas City Current (1st shield) |
| Challenge Cup | Washington Spirit (1st cup) |
| CONCACAF W Champions Cup | Gotham FC Kansas City Current Washington Spirit |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 484 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Temwa Chawinga (15) |
| Biggest home win | 6 goals ORL 6–0 CHI (Mar 14) |
| Biggest away win | 4 goals LA 0–4 GFC (Apr 18) |
| Highest scoring | 7 goals WAS 3–4 LA (May 2) SD 5–2 NC (May 25) CHI 5–2 ORL (Sep 7) SD 6–1 CHI (Oct 18) |
| Longest winning run | 8 wins Kansas City Current (May 11 – Aug 8) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Kansas City Current (May 11 – Oct 11) |
| Longest winless run | 15 matches Bay FC (Jun 13 – present) |
| Longest losing run | 4 losses Utah Royals (May 23 – Jun 21) Bay FC (Aug 16 – Sep 6) |
| Highest attendance | 40,091 BAY 2–3 WAS (Aug 23) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,806 CHI 0–1 LOU (Mar 30) |
| Total attendance | 1,926,090 |
| Average attendance | 10,583 |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of November 2, 2025. | |
The 2025 National Women's Soccer League season was the 13th season for the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 19th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States.
The league had 14 teams, unchanged from the 2024 season, which set a record for average attendance and television ratings. It is the second under a set of national broadcasting agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports that run through the 2027 season. The 2025 season did not see the return of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition in 2024 between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. It was the first season without a college draft; the 2025 rookie class entered the league as free agents. All teams played 26 regular-season matches.
The defending NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield winner was the Orlando Pride. The Kansas City Current won the 2025 NWSL Shield with a record 21 wins and a record 65 points.
Gotham FC defeated the Washington Spirit in the championship match, 1–0, to win their second title.