The league is the organising body for women's Australian rules football in the US It operates under the United States Australian Football League USAFL, the sport's governing body in the country.
The Orange County Bombshells and an all-comers team played in Kansas City in October 2003.
The USAFL National Championships incorporated a Women's Division for the first time in 2005.
The national team, formed to compete against Canada, is known as USA Freedom.
Women's teams as of March 2018[update] include: The game grew rapidly and by 2021 there was a women's club for every men's club, plus two additional teams, the North Star Blue Ox and the Centennial Tigers (a total of 52).