NWSL Players Association names 18-player board for 2020 season
The NWSL Players Association has announced its new leaders, naming 18 players to its board of representatives for the 2020 season.
The players association represents all players in the league who are not allocated by their respective national teams. This excludes all U.S. and Canadian national team players named to the 2020 allocation lists.
The players association board will represent players during a critical year for the league. Women’s soccer saw a major boom in support following the success of the 2019 FIFA World Cup and it translated into a record-setting spike in attendance during the latter half of the NWSL season.
In the offseason, the league named Lisa Baird as its new commissioner — filling a position that was vacant for three years — and inked a new broadcast deal with CBS and Twitch.
The new representatives will also be tasked with helping to deal with the
NWSL season that’s been postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus.
2020 NWSL Players Association board: