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FORMULA 1
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- OLYMPICS
2025 Free Agency – Offseason Unleashed
After the first 29 players to sign in 2025 free agency all re-signed with their current club, former Gotham midfielder Delanie Sheehan broke the pattern yesterday when it was announced that she was signing with the Houston Dash. A few hours later Angel City defender Madison Curry joined Sheehan signing with the Seattle Reign.
With the season only ending on November 23rd and being followed immediately by Thanksgiving week, it’s not really a surprise that this week marked the beginning of players announcing new locations for their 2025 seasons.
Looking forward, next week the currently open trade window will close and followed by the End-of-Season decision sheets being turned into the league. Under the new CBA, any old contract which had a semi-guaranteed status versus guaranteed will now become guaranteed for 2025 starting in December versus under the old CBA they only became guaranteed at the Roster Freeze toward the end of the season.
The remaining 2024 NWSL Calendar
Free Agency Over the Years
2022-23:
Requirement: Six years of service for player to be unrestricted free agent
45 Unrestricted Free Agents
2023-24:
Requirement: Five years of service for player to quality for unrestricted free agency, three years of service for a player to quality for restricted free agency
55 Unrestricted Free Agents and 20 Unrestricted Free Agents
2024-25:
NEW CBA — Any player with a contract ending is a free agent
132 Unrestricted Free Agents
As you can see, thus far this free agency period there have already been more players who re-signed with their current team than any previous year. It will be interesting to see how the different buckets continue to fluctuate over the coming months, especially with the ending of the NWSL Draft and collegiate athletes being able to sign with teams at any time.
2025 NWSL Rosters
When looking at the remaining free agents, it is also important to keep in mind that every NWSL team has a limited number of active roster spots available for the 2025 season, 26. The table below shows how many active players a team has signed as well as any 2023 or 2024 SEI’s/D45’s which are under contract for 2025 and have the opportunity to join the active roster in the upcoming season.
The other thing to keep in mind for the offseason roster moves is that this is the first offseason where teams are fully able to utilize the expanded international roster spots. A week before the 2024 season kicked off, the NWSL announced that it would be expanding the available international spots for the rest of 2024 and moving forward.
You can read more about the expansion to seven spots here or check out your team’s current players occupying spots here
15 Players to Watch
Christen Press, forward, Angel City
Midge Purce, forward, Gotham FC
Maitane Lopez, defender, Gotham FC
Amanda West, forward, Houston Dash
Kristen Hamilton, forward, Kansas City Current
Elizabeth Ball, defender, Kansas City Current
Nichelle Prince, forward, Kansas City Current
Kerolin, forward, North Carolina Courage
Narumi Miura, midfielder, North Carolina Courage
Marta, forward, Orlando Pride
Becky Sauerbrunn, defender, Portland Thorns
Elli Pikkujamsa, defender, Racing Louisville
Danielle Colaprico, midfielder, San Diego Wave
Hannah Betfort, forward, Utah Royals
As a reminder, you can check the status of your favorite team’s 2025 rosters here or follow along with 2025 Free Agency at Spotrac’s tracker here. A comprehensive list of all offseason moves can also be found here.
CATEGORIES
- NBA 94
- NFL 67
- GOLF 55
- NWSL 48
- MLB 27
- NHL 1
AUTHORS
- Michael Ginnitti NFL, MLB
- Keith Smith NBA
- Scott Allen Contributor
- Taylor Vincent NWSL
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