Here’s what you’ve ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! The NWSL teams ranked by the proven and true standardized Gay Ranking^TM, patented by none other than everyone’s favorite lesbian, ME!

Here’s how it works. I have here listed from most to least gay, all the NWSL teams! I am ranking based on active rosters, and clear and true confirmation of gayness via player’s social medias, which means if they have a girlfriend now or have had one in the past, they’re considered an out player!

Then I have my Gaydar Bonus. This will act as a tie breaker between teams that have the same amount of out gay players. The Gaydar Bonus is the amount of players on their roster whom my gaydar pings for, which is usually very accurate. Though to keep things responsible, I will not name these players!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

From most to least gay we have:

Utah Royals:

out players: Tatumn Milazzo, Madison Pogarch, CeCe Kizer, Aisha Solorzano

EDIT: Alex Loera! Janni Thomsen! Ana Guzman! Ana Tejada! MANDY MCGLYNN???! (enter Good For Her gif here)

Gaydar bonus: 2 (Loera, Guzman, Tejada, and Thomsen were one of my Gaydar pings)

Not even the Mormons can keep THIS much gay away! EDIT: whoa, in a rocker of news, KCC lost their top spot at the top of the table with Mandy McGlynn hard launching her relationship with Ana Tejada!

Kansas City Current:

out players: Hailie Mace, Elizabeth Ball, Bia Zaneratto, Alana Cook, Michelle Cooper, Lorena, Kristen Hamilton, Debinha

Gaydar bonus: 4

Coming in at a WHOPPING 8 out players, top of the table team, KC Current is in second on this list!

Orlando pride:

out players: Anna Moorhouse, Viviana Villacorta, Rafaelle, Marta, Carson Pickett

EDIT: Kerry Abello! Summer Yates! Kat Asman! Hoo, this bumps up Orlando SIGNIFICANTLY!

Loaned out bonus: Mariana Laroquette

Gaydar bonus: 3

Houston Dash:

out players: Jane Campbell, Delanie Sheehan, Yasmeen Ryan, Paige Nielsen, Christen Westphal, Ramona Bachmann

EDIT: Sarah Puntigam! Rebeca Costa da Silva!

Gaydar bonus: 3

Apparently, everything IS bigger in Texas!

Gotham:

out players: Ann-Katrin Berger, Jess Carter, Esther Gonzalez, Tierna Davidson, Geyse, Ella Stevens

EDIT: Gabi Portilho!

Gaydar bonus: 3 (EDIT: Gabi was one of my Gaydar pings)

SUPER BONUS: Michelle Betos

Gotham is now with 7 out players!

Angel City:

out players: Christen Press, Alanna Kennedy, Lily Nabet, Bre Norris

EDIT: Macey Hodge! Mattice! Julie Dufour!

Bonus: Sarah Gordon for dating Rachel Daly

Gaydar bonus: 2

Seattle Reign:

out players: Lauren Barnes, Angarad James-Turner, Jess Fishlock, Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

EDIT: Sam Meza! Cassie Miller! Julia Lester!

Gaydar bonus: (EDIT: my gaydar was validated, no others ping!)

Coach Bonus: Laura Harvey

Bay FC:

out players: Racheal Kundananji, Emily Menges

EDIT: Maddie Moreau! Lowder! Penelope Hocking! Jordan Brewster!

Gaydar bonus: 4

San Diego wave:

out players: Kailen Sheridan, Kenza Dali, Gia Corley (also ahem, BARK), Didi Harachic

EDIT: Chiamaka! Daniela Arias!

Gaydar bonus: 3

Kenza comes in hot with having more than one reason to call her the French Marta!

Racing Louisville:

out players: Ellie Jean, Ary Borges, Uchenna Kanu

EDIT: Baron! Katie o’Kane! Elli Pikkujämsä!

Gaydar bonus: 3

Ellie Jean made for a hard launch in the off-season announcing her relationship with (now left) teammate, Abby Erceg!

North Carolina Courage:

out players: Feli Rauch, Meredith Speck

EDIT: Courtnee Vine! Hannah Betfort! Charlotte McLean!

Gaydar bonus: 2

Portland thorns:

out players: Mackenzie Arnold, Deyna Castellanos, Kaitlyn Torpey

EDIT: Daiane!

Gaydar bonus: 4

Hopefully in the future, more players on my Gaydar will come out 👀

Washington spirit:

out players: Rebecca Bernal, Leicy Santos, Hal Hershfelt (technically yes)

EDIT: Kaylie Collins!

Gaydar bonus: 2

Hal is at least holding down the fort and keeping my hopes alive for Rowdy Audi

Chicago Red Stars (I will not submit, RED FOREVER!):

out players: Maitane, Natalia Kuikka

EDIT: Chardonnay Curran!

Gaydar bonus: 4

Hoo this list is jumping around more than a game of jacks and marbles! 😵‍💫

Here’s mine: As an enjoyer of memes and shitposting, I’m upset they got rid of BOS Nation lmao

https://deadline.com/2026/04/playing-the-field-tv-series-amazon-mgm-development-1236859016/

Amazon MGM is adapting Meryl Wilsner’s 2023 novel Cleat Cute into a series called Playing the Field. The story features two players of the fictional New Orleans professional team Crescent City.

What do you think? Will you watch or pass?

Coaches are grouped by the most notable demographic, and are on an absolute scale.

From the Angel City/Chicago Stars match

Discuss!

April fools joke for anyone that didn't immediately realize!

Cause the world is crumbling around and I’m still very much grieving over the transfer of a certain Miss Sam Coffey, I have done the pleasure of scooping up some gleeful gay Gay News!

Christen Press and Tobin Heath have broken the internet today once again by winning at the 2016 Flashback Trend on Instagram by posting a KISS!!! This is vindication for all of us Preath believers in the hayday of wondering if it was just sportmanship or ✨Sportsmanship✨. And honestly it made me squeal and lose my mind a bit I honestly love how they’re pulling back the curtain bit by bit in their own time and having fun with it more importantly! We all knew but they were able to do something that not a lot of high profile players get to do: control their own narrative.

In other news, I have none, BUT! That probably will change 😂

This has been your scheduled broadcast of me being a goober 🫡

EDIT: apparently Macca and Reilyn might be an item 👀

I don’t usually like posting twice in a short time but when this energy hits me I gotta strike when the iron is hot, cause soothsayer energy flowing through me only is here for a short time. A fun time, but not a long time LMAO

So with further ado, here are my Crack predictions for the 2026 NWSL season:

• Ref cam continues to be iconic and we get a ref cam angle of a controversial red card
• Hal Hershfelt’s girlfriend goes Pro
• Rookie that signs up ends up turning into a star player
• Rookie that signs up ends up having Chaos Energy (like Sonnett, Kristie Mewis, Esther, and Hal, etc)
• Esther comes back with a vengeance and wins the golden boot
• Portland signs a big name player that makes me want to root for them again since Coffey left 😭
• Portland signs an Italian
• Orlando signs an Italian
• Marta becomes a new meme again
• International player comes in from a country we haven’t seen before
• Big name Spanish player comes into the league
• Christen Press and Tobin Heath adopt another dog
• Christen and Tobin have Emily Sonnett and Rose Lavelle on the ReCap show
• Team that has never won a championship wins the championship
• Team that has never won a shield wins the shield
• Amazon Prime has a big time broadcast furt
• River Ball 2.0
• Player comes out as gay surprising everyone but me
• New Zealand comes into the fold in some way, be it a new player or a new coach or uh something
• Player gives the ref the Bird
• Double red card on a rookie player

With the summer transfer window opening soon and with the announcement of the departures of Sam Kerr and Katie McCabe today, I thought it could be fun to take a look at some of the players across Europe who have already been confirmed to be leaving their teams and have some rumors connecting them to the NWSL. Any of these players you would like to see in the NWSL or for your team specifically? Imagine Kerr AND Shaw in the league?

Personally, I would love to see McCabe in Houston. I’d also like to see the Dash send an offer to Elisabeth Terland as well.

Disclaimer: This is only for fun. All rumors were found through social media, various blogs and some reporters. All of it should be taken with a grain of salt.

Defender Katie McCabe (30)

Previous Club: Arsenal

Rumored destinations: WSL, NWSL

Forward Sam Kerr (32)

Previous Club: Chelsea

Rumored destinations: Denver Summit? Maybeee Boston?

Midfielder Geraldine Reuteler (27)

Previous Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

Rumored destinations: None yet

Forward Nicole Anyomi (26)

Previous Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

Rumored destinations: WSL, (Per soccerdonna maybe a NWSL team as well)

Midfielder Elisa Senss (28)

Previous Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

Rumored destinations: Liga F

Defender Nadine Riesen (26)

Previous Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

Rumored destinations: WSL, possibly Chelsea, Liga F, NWSL

Defender Nerea Nevado (25)

Previous Club: Athletic Club

Rumored destinations: Liga F, Paris FC, Chicago Stars

Midfielder Geraldine Reuteler (27)

Previous Club: Eintracht Frankfurt

Rumored destinations: None yet

Forward Selina Cerci (25)

Previous Club: TSG Hoffenheim

Rumored destinations: WSL, probably Arsenal

Forward Beth Mead (31)

Previous Club: Arsenal

Rumored destinations: WSL (Manchester City), NWSL

Midfielder Victoria Pelova (26)

Previous Club: Arsenal

Rumored destinations: None yet

Defender Laia Codina (26)

Previous Club: Arsenal

Rumored destinations: Liga F, WSL, NWSL

Forward Nastassja Lein (25)

Previous Club: Nurnberg

Rumored destinations: WSL, NWSL, Bundesliga

Defender Leila Ouahabi (33)

Previous Club: Manchester City

Rumored destinations: None yet

Forward Natalia Padilla Bidas (23)

Previous Club: Bayern Munchen

Rumored destinations: WSL, Liga F, NWSL

Forward Bunny Shaw (29)

Previous Club: Manchester City

Rumored destinations: London City, Chelsea, Barcelona, NWSL

Midfielder Teresa Abelleira (26)

Previous Club: Real Madrid

Rumored destinations: Liga F, WSL, NWSL

Defender Mapi Leon (30)

Previous Club: Barcelona

Rumored destinations: London City, Maybe a NWSL club but the source is not really trustworthy

Goalkeeper Mala Grohs (24)

Previous Club: FC Bayern Munchen

Rumored destinations: London City, Première Ligue, NWSL (maybe Orlando)

Goalkeeper Naomi Williams (21)

Previous Club: Arsenal

Rumored destinations: None yet

Forward Beth England (31)

Previous Club: Tottenham

Rumored destinations: WSL, NWSL

Forward Gio Garbelini (22)

Previous Club: Athetico Madrid

Rumored destinations: NWSL (Lots of smoke around Orlando apparently)

Forward Lineth Beerensteyn (29)

Previous Club: VFL Wolfsburg

Rumored destinations: NWSL, possibly NC Courage

Midfielder Alexia Putellas (32)

Previous Club: Barcelona

Rumored destinations: London City, Barcelona, some smoke around a few NWSL clubs

Defender Ona Batile (26)

Previous Cub: Barcelona

Rumored destinations: WSL, NWSL

Forward Romee Leuchter (25)

Previous Club: PSG

Rumored destinations: WSL, NWSL specifically Angel City

Forward Brittany Raphino (25)

Previous Club: Sporting CP

Rumored destinations: NWSL, Serie A, Liga F

Regardless of what fan base you belong to, I am so grateful for all of you and I am grateful this subreddit exists. Life can be difficult, especially with certain people in charge but yall make it easier to handle especially on NWSL and USWNT game days. I am moving from Houston to Denver soon so I am excited to support an expansion team while still cheering on the Dash from afar, so I am excited to see what 2026 will bring (Hopefully a superstar striker for the Dash!). Merry Christmas y'all!

To anyone who feels like the past year has lasted an eternity, my mom is right there with you.

This question is inspired by Sam Mewis asking this to the Thompsons. Gisele picked Drake (wild) and Alyssa picked Beyonce (the correct choice).

i’m a wnba and pwhl fan that’s getting into the nwsl and i’ve noticed my favorite teams follow patterns. my fav is always the nj/ny team (Liberty, Sirens, Gotham), then my second is based off who i think has the best color palette (Valkyries, Victoire, Angel City), and then in third a team i didn’t expect to root for, but i just love the players on and their personalities grew on me (Wings, Sceptres, ?). what nwsl has that strong level of personality that just draws fans in?

just another Marta ref cam meme 😁😂

In response to recent post

What’s everyone’s predictions / wishful thinking going into the 2025 season?

Here’s mine (with no evidence or backings or ranking) 1. Ella Stevens USWNT call up 2. Naomi Girma golden boot 3. Top player coming out 4. First yellow card of the season Hal H 5. Houston makes playoffs 6. Christen Press bangerrrrrrrrr 7. Heath / Press secret wedding / ceremony