The league was operated by the United States Soccer Federation and received major financial backing from that body.
Further financial backing was provided by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation.
[7] See also List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums Two teams, the Dash and Reign, do not make their stadia's entire capacity available for home games, instead restricting ticket sales at a lower level.
If two or more teams tie in point total, when determining rank and playoff qualification and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker rules, going down the list until all teams are ranked.
A new NWSL attendance record of 19,123 was set on August 3 in a game between Portland and Houston at Providence Park in Portland, breaking the previous record of 17,619 set in 2013.