October 31, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) News Release
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Women’s Soccer League today announced the slate of events surrounding the 2024 NWSL Championship, presented by Google Pixel, in Kansas City, Missouri. Highlighted by the league’s primetime Championship match on Saturday, November 23 airing on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET, the NWSL, its partners, and fans will celebrate the conclusion of a 2024 campaign that featured the start of the league’s groundbreaking domestic media rights agreements, record-breaking attendance that saw over 1.5 million fans pass through the turnstiles for the first time in league history, and outstanding competition culminating in the Orlando Pride’s first-ever league trophy in the 2024 NWSL Shield, presented by CarMax.
Friday, November 22
Back for the third straight year, this season’s NWSL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit, Investing in the Inclusive Future of Sports, opens Friday’s slate of activations. Sponsored by NWSL partners Ally, Delta, and Nationwide, the summit will focus on leveraging soccer, the global game, to cultivate an inclusive sports culture where individuals of all backgrounds can succeed. Panels will include experts in the field as well as leaders shaping the business of sports through a lens of equity, access, and community impact.
Confirmed panelists include:
Dr. Turan Mullins – Vice President, Inclusion & Engagement, US Soccer Federation
Dr. Chris Busey – VP, DEI & Community Impact, United Soccer League
Christine Castano – Director, Engagement and Inclusion, Major League Soccer
Haley Carter, JD/MBA – VP of Soccer Operations & Sporting Director, Orlando Pride
This year’s event will also include a C-Suite cohort activation in partnership with Pro Sports Assembly, an association for professional sports business leaders at teams, leagues, unions, and venues who are invested in creating a strong, healthy, and fair professional sports ecosystem by equipping leaders at all levels with the relationships and resources necessary to succeed.
An invitation is required to attend Investing in the Inclusive Future of Sports.
Kicking off at 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT) at the University of Kansas Health System Training Center, the training ground of the Kansas City Current, the second annual NWSL Skills Challenge, presented by CarMax, will feature two teams comprised of NWSL stars competing against each other in a series of skills competitions….