| Women's Professional Lacrosse League | |
| Current Season: | 2019 WPLL season |
| Sport: | Women's lacrosse |
| Game: | --> |
| Founded: | 2018 |
| Folded: | 2020 |
| Replaced: | Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse |
| Ceo: | Michele DeJuliis[1] |
| Inaugural: | 2018 |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Countries: | --> |
| Continent: | or |
| Continents: | --> |
| Champion: | Brave (1) |
| Most Champs: | Command Brave (1 each) |
The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride.[2] The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it would restructure and downsize the league to four teams, [3] which would ultimately be: the Brave, Command, Fight, and Pride. League play started on Saturday, June 2, 2018.[4]
After cancelling the 2020 season in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced on August 6, 2020, that it would be closing down, and that some of its athletes would be given opportunities to play with Athletes Unlimited. [5] The new Athletes Unlimited league began play in July 2021.[6]
| Team | Joined | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sonia LaMonica | ||
| 2018 | Amy Patton | ||
| 2018 | Shannon Smith | ||
| 2018 | Katie Rowan |
On April 16, 2019, ESPN and the WPLL announced[7] that the 10-game 2019[8] regular season would air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Meanwhile, the postseason semifinals would on ESPN3, with the championship game airing on ESPNU.[9] [10]