Winnipeg women’s soccer team joining semi-pro league
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WINNIPEG is the new home of a semi-pro women’s soccer team.
WSA Winnipeg announced Wednesday its women’s program is joining the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) in 2021. The WPSL is a national semi-pro league that aims to develop amateur players. The rosters feature collegiate, post-collegiate, international, prep players and national team athletes.
WSA Winnipeg was originally scheduled to travel to the United States this past spring to play exhibition games against the WPSL competition. When they finally get to make that trip, those games will be the real deal now.
“We are excited to join such a competitive and prestigious league and happy to have finalized the details,” said WSA Winnipeg president Eduardo Badescu in a statement.
“Winnipeg is full of talented women’s players competing at the highest levels of the sport and we are excited to test ourselves against some of the best amateur competition in North America.”
WSA, which stands for World Soccer Academy, formed a women’s team in 2009, the North Stars, who went on to win four provincial titles in their first seven years. In Winnipeg Women’s Soccer League action, the North Stars haven’t lost a regular season match since the start of the 2017 season. They most recently won a league title in the shortened 2020 season.
The WPSL is the largest women’s soccer league in the world with over 130 teams with the season typically running May-July. The league is split into four regions, with each region consisting of four conferences.
WSA Winnipeg used to have a men’s USL League Two franchise before they sold the club at the beginning of the year to the Garcea Group of Companies. The Garcea Group rebranded the team to FC Manitoba.
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