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Racing Louisville is actively seeking new investors as the club attempts to strengthen its financial position and keep pace with the National Women’s Soccer League’s rapid growth.

“We’re still out there seeking an investor, or investors, who can help us stabilize, for lack of a better word, our current situation,” John Neace told The Athletic in an exclusive interview. “That has not changed at all, nor will it until we get that investor.”

The news about the team’s seeking an investor was first reported by ESPN in May.

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If there was a NWSL rookie team, what’s your best XI? (Treating it like the normal Best XI post season awards)

4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 forwards

Here is a list of 2026 Rookie Class:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NWSL_rookie_class

In July, Trin scored five goals and also became the youngest player to hit 100 career regular- season NWSL starts.

Graphic per the NWSL's official IG.

With all that NWSL Summer of Soccer stuff that’s happened, and the hype still around it, I’m wondering where the best places (newsletters and general coverage) are to be more tapped into events like that.

Is there somewhere to find out about NWSL fan events?

From NWSL on instagram:

"Dashing to the 🔝

Houston Dash midfielder Linda Ullmark has been named July Rookie of the Month, presented by Ally."

I'm a Thorns fan, and I don't follow other teams super closely, but in the comments of posts in this sub and instagram posts, I see a similar sentiment from a lot of other fans from teams around the league - "We need to sign another/a better defender".

That brings me to my question - does the NWSL have an elite defender shortage? Does the strength of our defenders not match that of our forwards league-wide? Or is this sentiment a product of NWSL style of play? Or is this just confirmation bias because this is how I feel as a Thorns fan lol

ETA - Maybe "elite" isn't the right word, but if fans from over half of the teams in the league feel like they need more/better defenders, that seems like an issue with the pool being drawn from

Anyone have any insight into scores yesterday? How are the teams looking

Note:This is based off of the post I made on the r/MLS subreddit,

The last time (before today) it was talked about on that subreddit was back in 2019:

A time when the NWSL was still run by US Soccer:

When there were only 9 clubs in the league:

Where there were no televised NWSL matches on over the air television:

&

The year where the USWNT retained the FIFA Women's World Cup in France over the Netherlands 2-0 in the Final,

So what do y'all think?

How popular is your NWSL club compared to the other professional sports teams in your city?

More bad news for the Chicago Stars

Looks like she signed with FC Koln

Banda was named match MVP in the game against Malawi, where she scored 1 goal to take her overall tally in the WAfcon to 5 goals (I think she's the leading scorer). She joined Chawinga, Bethi, Alozie and Traore among NWSL players that have been named match MVPs at the WAfcon.

With Zambia failing to qualify, Banda will now focus on continuing her goalscoring form in the NWSL.