Who’s ACTUALLY going to be good in the NWSL this season

The Late Sub with Claire Watkins

Just Women’s Sports

Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The NWSL season has arrived and we've got everything you need to know on this week’s episode of The Late Sub. Who’s improved, what can fans expect on the field, and who's ultimately competing for a title in 2026.

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0:00.0	The NWSL 2026 season is here.
0:04.3	And this is your one stop shop to get a chance to hear what I think about every single one of the NWSL's 16 teams going into this season.
0:13.5	Who are your championship contenders and why?
0:16.1	Who's on the bubble?
0:17.2	High ceiling, low floors, teams that are just trying to figure it all out.
0:21.8	This is going to be our huge NWSL season preview.
0:26.0	So much you get into.
0:27.3	No time to waste starts now.
0:32.9	The NWSL, if you can believe it, is back after a short off season that nonetheless was very,
0:41.1	very eventful.
0:42.5	The 2026 NWSL season kicks off this Friday.
0:47.0	And there has been a wealth of offseason movement, hirings, transfers, signings, and more
0:53.6	promising to continue.
0:54.8	I don't think that actually all of the off-season transactions are completely done
0:57.9	to shape competition as the league moves into its 16-team era for the first time in its history.
1:05.9	If you've been following along the NBSL since its inception in 2013, it's almost a wild thing
1:10.6	to think we are in just
1:11.8	this new era of growth and stability despite all of the, you know, ongoing questions about
1:17.9	the NWSL's future, have to take that moment and really appreciate where we are, which is a really
1:22.9	solid place. Now, there's too many off-season stories to hit all in one episode. So instead,
1:29.4	seems like a good week to touch briefly on where every team is at, kind of put into tears.
1:35.5	So we're going to have some of these outlining, you know, bubble teams, maybe not playoff teams,
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