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Nature is healing 😌

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KC Current with one final kit announcement in stoppage time.

The shirt is all white this year instead of last season’s Electric kit that had hints of teal and red bands on the sides and a red collar.

They have the same teal socks - which looked amazing last season - and instead of white shorts will have teal shorts. Looks fresh and clean 😁🪥

https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-city-current-announce-ice-kit-for-2023-nwsl-season

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More details on the new Orlando Pride “Highway Woman” kit:

https://andscape.com/features/orlando-pride-uniforms-pay-homage-to-black-artist-mary-ann-carroll/
✍️ Tamerra Griffin

https://theathletic.com/4337412/2023/03/22/orlando-pride-nwsl-kit-highway-woman/
✍️ Stephanie Yang

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Orlando is coming in late to announce a replacement of the beautiful Ad Astra purple kit with a new dark purple kit with great historical significance.

The Highway Woman Kit: “influenced by and paying tribute to one of Florida’s iconic female trailblazers: Mary Ann Carroll was designed in collaboration with the estate of Carroll, a legendary Black artist and the only woman of the iconic Highwaymen painters”

https://www.orlandocitysc.com/news/orlando-pride-unveils-the-highway-woman-kit-a-tribute-to-trailblazing-florida-ar

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As far as we know KC Current are the only team to make zero changes to their Home or Away kits this season but they do have Debinha now so that kit is worth EVERYTHING 🤑

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Louisville’s 2023 Houndstooth Kit:

https://theathletic.com/4334044/2023/03/22/racing-louisville-nwsl-houndstooth-kits/

https://thefooty.club/@RainbowFC/110068130793987716

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Racing Louisville is the latest team to release a new kit:
"Louisville has put the pattern into their signature lavender and violet colors and incorporated a hint of mint via the crest on the jersey and midnight-colored shorts. The intent is clear, “the Houndstooth Kit is an homage to pioneering women, to the pursuit of excellence and to the sport and culture around it”"

https://shop.racingloufc.com/racing-2023-womens-home-jersey/

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A small but important change to Orlando Pride’s Luna kit from last season: The numbers and lettering will change from silver to black (they heard our cries when we struggled to see it on the white kit - especially on TV) and the shorts will now also be black.

https://www.orlandocitysc.com/news/orlando-pride-announces-updated-luna-kit-look-prioritizing-women-s-health-and-pl

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“When you alleviate the stress around that week [of your period], you’re improving the performance environment […] But also, it normalizes conversations around periods and how menstruation can influence athlete performance and how, culturally, we can navigate those conversations with our players.”
- Haley Carter, Orlando Pride’s GM and VP of Soccer Operations.
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a43104333/orlando-pride-updates-uniform-look-periods/
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A great way to keep up with all your favourite footy teams’ broadcast schedule across the world is the Live Football TV app (on iOS and Android) which can also be viewed on desktop.
I am not affiliated with them. I just love the app.
You can pick your home country/time zone and select all your fave footy leagues/teams from most countries/leagues in the world and sort them by kickoff time or by league/team preference.

https://www.livesoccertv.com/

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The 2023 NWSL regular season schedule starts this Saturday March 25th:
https://www.nwslsoccer.com/schedule?season=2023

This year’s Challenge Cup starts Wednesday April 19th: https://www.nwslsoccer.com/schedule?season=2023--Challenge-Cup

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NWSL/CBS broadcast teams: https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-announces-on-air-talent-lineup-for-2023-season

Notably, former English national player Lianne Sanderson, and sports broadcaster Jacqui Oatley will be joining this year.

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TSN broadcast schedule (Canada) for NWSL 2023 season: https://www.tsn.ca/nwsl-on-tsn-broadcast-schedule-1.1351952

NWSL announcement of 2023 TSN/TSN+ broadcasting deal:
https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-tsn-ink-deal-to-distribute-matches-across-canada

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NWSL 2023 season kicks off this weekend.
Here’s some broadcasting details:

CBS, Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network will cover USA broadcasting again this season.

All 2023 regular season and Challenge Cup matches will be streamed live internationally for free on NWSLSoccer.com (not sure yet if in Canada this includes matches aired on TSN).

https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-announces-television-and-streaming-details-for-2023-season-with-all-176-matches-airing-across-cbs-sports-platforms

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And now for the controversial but definitely not boring off-white Portland Thorns 2023 kit.

https://www.timbers.com/thornsfc/news/introducing-the-thorns-23-kit

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NC Courage will have the same navy blue sunset gradient Home kit as last season and a white Away kit with a chrome badge that “shimmers purples, blues, and pinks and features tonal white stars above it”.

https://store.northcarolinafc.com/products/2023-nc-courage-secondary-jersey-regular-fit

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Chicago’s new Foundation kit is also black (definitely the theme for Home kits this season in the NWSL) with faint silver interconnected stars across the front with the four Chicago red stars in the centre.

https://www.chicagoredstars.com/post/2023-foundation-kit-announcement

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Houston Dash have La Estrella for their Home kit this season.
It’s described as having luminous orange tones. The luminous grading shows up really well in the FIFA23 screenshot.
The black shorts create a nice contrast.

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OL Reign also have a similar blue kit to last season’s design but this year’s Purpose primary kit has thin crisscrossed diagonal blue and dark navy blue lines instead of last year’s tiger-like Hope kit design. They also kept the red side stripe on the shirt and shorts and added a red sleeve trim.

https://www.olreignshop.com/products/copy-of-adult-narrow-fit-authentic-2023-purpose-primary-jersey-with-optional-name-number

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SD Wave have opted for a similar navy blue Home kit this year with pink lettering and white Away kits but the numbers are slightly different this season.
The numbers are white with pink waves on the bottom half. The white kits have navy blue lettering and numbers but the numbers have turquoise blue waves on the bottom half.

https://sandiegowavefc.store/

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