Boston Women's Sports

  • Not a Bad Dream

    NWSL Boston’s Name Launch Fizzles By Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett When the new NWSL Boston franchise’s name was dropped Monday October 14 by the intrepid Sandra Herrera the reaction was swift and uniform.  No, thank you. We do not want to be citizens of the newly dubbed, “BOS Nation.” Many hoped that they…

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  • WNBA in Boston: Sun, Boston win

    Boston basketball fans, and New England sports fans more generally, might wonder:Could we have a home team? Could this be our life? A hometown women’s basketball team? The Connecticut Suns are decidedly queer, unabashedly Black, and Native-owned. 

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  • The Case for White Stadium

    By Abbi Holt Edited by Margaret Dalton In all the discourse around the renovation of White Stadium and the pro soccer team that would share the field with the Boston public schools, the perspective I have yet to see is my own, one of a neighbor who is excited about the project. When I first…

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  • Knight’s Out: Boston win in overtime over Minnesota

    Written by Laura Everett, Edited by Abbi Holt LOWELL, MA: Much better.  Everyone in PWHL Boston is feeling much better after Saturday night.  PWHL Boston and PWHL Minnesota last met on Wednesday January 3, 2024 for Boston’s home opener at Tsongas Arena in Lowell. Back then, everything in the league was shiny and new. In…

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  • White Stadium Vendor Diversity Meeting

    Boston Unity Soccer Partners and the City of Boston can celebrate another win: after the contentious community transportation meetings of September 27 and October 4th, the November 29th meeting on supplier diversity and community benefits was a surprising change.  Over 110 people showed up to the online-only meeting led by Mayor Wu’s staff with markedly…

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  • NWSL Championship Watch Party 11/11 8pm

    Regardless of which two teams are in the final face-off, Boston Women’s Sports is pleased to host a National Women’s Soccer League watch party on Saturday November 11, 2023 with the game starting at 8pm EST at Fort Hill Bar and Grill in Roxbury.  We are proud to partner with a woman-owned, and Latina-owned restaurant…

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  • NWSL Update: Boston Unity Soccer Partners Propose $30m White Stadium Overhaul

    Community Meets on Thursday to Discuss Written by Laura Everett Edited by Abbi Holt Thursday July 13, 2023 Boston’s bid for a professional women’s soccer team moved a few steps closer to the goal this week with the announcement that the Boston Unity Soccer Partners were the sole bidders in the City of Boston’s Request…

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  • NWSL Team to Boston, Date yet Unknown 

    By Laura Everett 1/29/23 The good news, first: In a story first reported by Jessica Toonkel and Rachel Bachman  in the Wall Street Journal,  Boston will indeed be one of the cities for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) expansion for new professional women’s soccer teams. The less good news: Boston will not join Utah…

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  • Making an Antiracist NWSL Bid for Boston

    We know Boston & the NWSL has a reputation for anti-Black racism. Let’s address it in a proactive proposal to bring a new women’s professional soccer team to Boston.

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  • New England Athletes for the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League Draft

    From Northern VT to Southern CT, New England’s Collegiate soccer stars dream of turning professional on Thursday in Philadelphia

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