25 Teams in W-League for 2014

Discussion in 'US Women's Lower Divisions' started by kenntomasch, Feb 6, 2014.

  1. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Central Conference
    K-W United FC
    Laval Comets
    London Gryphons
    Ottawa Fury
    Quebec Dynamo ARSQ (apparently the former Quebec City Amiral)
    Toronto Lady Lynx

    Northeastern Conference
    Braddock Road Stars Elite (new club)
    Long Island Rough Riders
    New Jersey Wildcats
    New York Magic (seem to have dropped the F.A. Euro surname)
    North Jersey Valkyries
    Washington Spirit Reserves

    Southeastern Conference
    Atlanta Silverbacks
    Carolina Elite Cobras
    Charlotte Lady Eagles
    Dayton Dutch Lions
    Gulf Coast Texans (new club)

    Western Conference
    Bay Area Breeze
    Colorado Pride (new club)
    Colorado Rush
    Colorado Storm (formerly Colorado Force/Rapids Women)
    LA Blues (Pali Blues and LA Strikers merged)
    Santa Clarita Blue Heat
    Seattle Sounders Women
    Sedona FC Strikers (new club)

    Apparently the Fredericksburg Impact, Virginia Beach Piranhas and VSI Tampa Bay FC are no more (the Piranhas had been known, the VSI one wasn't a surprise).
     
  2. StarCityFan

    StarCityFan BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 2, 2001
    Greenbelt, MD
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Glad to have a new DC-area club (and the Braddock Road club has a storied history, with alums like Wendy Gabauer, Cindi Harkes, Amanda Cromwell, Mia Hamm, and Jillian Ellis), but sorry to lose Fredericksburg and Virginia Beach. I didn't like the way the latter played of late, but their heritage goes back to the origins of the W-League.

    And the Gulf Coast Texans aren't a new club, just new to the W-League. They were in the WPSL Final Four last year.
     
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  3. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Gotcha. New to the league.
     
  4. StarCityFan

    StarCityFan BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 2, 2001
    Greenbelt, MD
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  5. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Indeed, it followed hard upon.
     
  6. WPS_Movement

    WPS_Movement Member+

    Apr 9, 2008
    One day NWSL will have a league this big.
     
  7. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here is how you know the war on drugs has failed.
     
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  8. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So NoVa didn't come back. Who else am I missing? Also, interesting to see a WPSL team joining the W-League it's usually the other way around.
     
  9. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Remember that LA Strikers and Pali Blues combined, so that's effectively losing a team. (That messed up my math initially, too.) Kenn listed all the other three drops.

    Well, it's the second time in two years, as the Bay Area Breeze did the same last year.
     
  10. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Fredericksburg Impact, Virginia Beach Piranhas and VSI Tampa Bay FC, yep missed that at the bottom of his post.
     
  11. StarCityFan

    StarCityFan BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 2, 2001
    Greenbelt, MD
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    A big chunk of the former Northern Virginia Majestics organization is now behind the Washington Spirit. I doubt you'll see them return as long as the Spirit are around.
     
  12. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Oh yeah - weren't the Majestics already out for 2013, too?
     
  13. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right. Northern Virginia did not play in 2013, either. They last played in 2012.
     
  14. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks everyone for clearing that up. I know remember when that happened. Boy I'm getting old, keep forgetting stuff. LOL
     
  15. newsouth

    newsouth Member

    Nov 20, 2010
    Club:
    Santos FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Silverbacks have a nice 5k park. What are the odds they might be a NWSL club in the future? I doubt Fitz will comeback with the Beat.

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  16. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Isn't KSU even better, though?
     
  17. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Yeah, KSU is bigger and nicer.

    Besides, a "nice stadium" is a poor gauge of NWSL potential... And I don't think NASL currently has the structure where having an NWSL team is financially viable, especially for the Silverbacks, a team that's had financial trouble (to the point of suspending the men's team for not one but two seasons) before. The women's team doesn't draw much, either, despite having won the league recently, so I really don't see any reason for the Silverbacks organization to think NWSL would work for them at the moment.
     
  18. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's true.

    That said, stadiums are a problem in the NWSL, it seems. I like Kansas City's move, even with a smaller capacity.

    But, yeah, The Silverbacks ponying up for an NWSL side would seem to be a stretch.
     

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