<P> The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was founded in 2001 . Headlined by the stars of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup - winning team, $30 million dollars was initially invested by numerous cable tv networks and owners . The league's inaugural match was held between the Washington Freedom featuring Mia Hamm and the Bay Area CyberRays (featuring Brandi Chastain) at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. . In addition to the 34,148 fans in attendance being greater than any MLS game that weekend, the Turner Network Television (TNT) broadcast reached 393,087 households: more than two MLS games broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2 . The league folded in 2003 . </P> <P> The second attempt, Women's Professional Soccer, was founded in 2009, and featured involvement of many former WUSA figures . The champion of WPS' first season in 2009 was Sky Blue FC, out of the New York--New Jersey area . They defeated the Los Angeles Sol 1--0 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California . WPS launched with seven teams, all based in the United States . The Sol folded after the league's inaugural season, and two new teams joined for 2010, bringing WPS to eight teams . However, the 2010 season saw considerable instability, with another charter team, Saint Louis Athletica, folding during the season, champions FC Gold Pride folding after the season, and the Chicago Red Stars deciding to regroup in the second - tier Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). The 2011 season, in which six teams based along the East Coast played, was marked by low attendance for most of the season and conflict with Dan Borislow, who had purchased the former Washington Freedom, moved the team to South Florida, and renamed it magicJack . The dispute between WPS and Borislow led the league to suspend the magicJack franchise, with Borislow responding by suing . The legal battle led WPS to suspend its 2012 season, with hopes of returning in 2013, but WPS soon decided to fold completely . </P> <P> On November 21, 2012, U.S. Soccer, in conjunction with the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and Mexican Football Federation (FMF), announced the formation of a new professional league for the 2013 season . The league, unnamed at the time of the initial announcement but later unveiled as the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), launched in April 2013 with eight teams . Like WUSA and WPS, NWSL teams are privately owned with some owned by existing MLS teams . The American and Canadian federations pay the salaries for many of their respective national team members . U.S. Soccer initially committed to funding up to 24 national team members, with the CSA committing to paying 16 players and FMF pledging support for at least 12 and possibly as many as 16 . In addition, U.S. Soccer housed the league's front office for the first four years, and scheduled matches to avoid any possible conflict with international tournaments . Four of the league's charter teams had WPS ties--the Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, and the Western New York Flash . The other four initial teams were located in the Kansas City, Portland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. markets with the Portland team run by the Portland Timbers of MLS . The NWSL expanded to nine teams for 2014 by adding the Houston Dash, run by the Houston Dynamo of MLS . In 2016, it expanded to 10 with the addition of another MLS - backed team, the Orlando Pride . Ahead of the 2017 season, A&E Networks announced it had taken an equity stake in the league and Lifetime would begin broadcasting games to a national television audience . As of 2017, additional expansion teams were being discussed by Los Angeles FC, Vancouver Whitecaps, and FC Barcelona . </P> <P> In 2014 parents and former players filed a Class Action Lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation, FIFA, and other Soccer Organizations for failure to create policies that would prevent, evaluate and manage concussion injuries . Soccer is second only to American football in the number of concussion injuries per year . </P>

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