Reports: NWSL Targeting June 27 To Start Season

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is targeting June 27 to start their 2020 season.

The league postponed the start of their season back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league was supposed to start in April.

According to Steven Goff of the Washington Post, NWSL was scheduled to start this weekend but the June 27 target date is tentative.

Normally, the season runs from April to October where each team will play in 24 games before the postseason. If the season starts two months later, the question that will come up is how will they handle the season. Will they trim the schedule and still end in October? Or will they extend the end of the season to December?

NWSL targeting June 27 to start the season. Everything, however, is very tentative at this point. League's original start date was this weekend, featuring the first natl network TV broadcast (CBS).

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) April 15, 2020

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Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.