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Future professional women’s soccer team
Soccer club
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| Full name | BOS Nation Football Club |
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| Stadium | White Stadium Boston, Massachusetts |
| League | NWSL |
| 2026 | Inaugural Season |
BOS Nation FC is a planned women’s soccer club based in Boston, Massachusetts. The club will compete in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) starting in 2026. The team will play its home games at White Stadium.
The Boston Breakers competed in Women’s Professional Soccer from 2009 to 2011.[1] The league folded in early 2012, and that year, the Breakers competed in the Women’s Premier Soccer League Elite.[2] After one season, the club joined the National Women’s Soccer League for its inaugural season in 2013. The club folded after the 2017 season with reports generally blaming a lack of marketing and resultant limited fanbase.[3][4][5]
On September 19, 2023, an NWSL expansion team was announced, with a planned start date in 2026.[6] The ownership group of the winning bid, Boston Unity Soccer Partners (BUSP), is an all-female ownership group led by Jennifer Epstein, Stephanie Connaughton, Ami Danoff, and Anna Palmer.[6] The team will play home matches in White Stadium in Franklin Park, Boston.[6]
The city of Boston planned to commit up to $50 million towards the stadium’s renovation, and BUSP pledged $30 million.[7] The stadium is to be the first venue in the country which will be home to a major league sports franchise and the athletic program of a public high school.[7] The stadium will be shared with Boston Public Schools track and soccer.[7] American football matches will be prohibited at the field during the professional soccer season, although high school football will be played on the field for playoffs and Thanksgiving games.[7]
- ^ “Breakers History”. Boston Breakers Women’s Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ “2012 WPSL Elite Season Preview”. National Soccer Coaches of America Association. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ “Boston Breakers fold after ownership deal falls through”. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ Churchill, Samantha (May 2, 2018). “The Fall of the Boston Breakers”. The Wellesley News. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff. “How an era ended: The mysterious final months of the Boston Breakers”. The Equalizer. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c “Professional Women’s Soccer Returns to Boston as National Women’s Soccer League Awards Expansion Franchise to Boston Unity Soccer Partners”. NWSL. Sidearm Sports. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Hohler, Bob (December 12, 2023). “Plan for professional soccer at White Stadium sharply reduces access for Boston high school football”. The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
