2024 NWSL Challenge Cup

The Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, will host the match.
Event	NWSL Challenge Cup
NJ/NY Gotham FC San Diego Wave FC
Date	March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)
Venue	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
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The 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup will be the fifth edition of the NWSL Challenge Cup, a women's soccer competition organized by the National Women's Soccer League. The match is the first Challenge Cup to be played in the super cup format as a one-off game, contested by the winners of the previous season's NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield. It will feature NJ/NY Gotham FC, champions of the 2023 National Women's Soccer League, and San Diego Wave FC, winners of the 2023 NWSL Shield. The match will be played on March 15, 2024, and will be hosted by Gotham FC at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. The match will act as an curtain raiser to the 2024 season, and will be broadcast on Amazon Prime Video, marking the start of the platform's coverage of the NWSL.^[1]

Background

The NWSL Challenge Cup was created as a league cup tournament in 2020 as a return to competition after the 2020 NWSL regular season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was successful enough to be brought back in 2021, though played prior to the start of the NWSL's regular season. This format continued in 2022, but was changed in 2023 to take place during the league's regular season. However, with more regular season matches taking place due to the league being expanded from 12 to 14 teams in 2024, the NWSL decided to scrap the league cup format.^[2] Instead, the competition was reformatted to be a one-off super cup match, to be contested by the winners of the NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield from the previous season. Should the same team win the NWSL Shield and Championship, the fixture will be a rematch of the previous NWSL Championship. The game will act as an opener to the league season, played the day prior to the first regular season matches.^[3]

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