2024 National Women's Soccer League season

The 2024 National Women's Soccer League season is the twelfth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it is the 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league has 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020.

The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and will run until November 3; it will pause for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each team will play 26 matches, an increase of four from the 2023 season. The playoffs will comprise the top eight teams and run from November 9 to November 23. The 2024 season is the first under a new broadcast agreement with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports; a total of 118 matches will be televised or streamed.

In addition to league play, 2024 marks the debut of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. It is scheduled to be played from July to October.

Personnel and sponsorship
Note: All teams use Nike as their kit manufacturer as part of a league-wide sponsorship agreement renewed in November 2021.

Tiebreakers
The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in total points total when determining rank, playoff qualification, and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker criteria, going down the list until all teams are ranked.


 * 1) Greater goal difference across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
 * 2) Most total wins across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
 * 3) Most goals scored across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
 * 4) Head-to-head results (total points) between the tied teams.
 * 5) Head-to-head most goals scored between the tied teams.
 * 6) Fewest disciplinary points accumulated across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
 * 7) Coin flip (if two teams are tied) or drawing of lots (if three or more teams are tied).

Positions by week
Considering each week to end when the NWSL releases their weekly standing tweet

Legend: Gold = first place; green = playoff position; Red = last place.

Average home attendances
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Updated through July 10

Highest attendances
Updated through June 30

Challenge Cup
In a change of format, the Challenge Cup will be played as a one-off super cup, contested by the winners of the previous season's NWSL Championship, NJ/NY Gotham FC, and NWSL Shield, San Diego Wave FC.

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
It is scheduled to be played from July to October.