The United States Women’s League will have strong Brazilian presence in the 2024 season. Bia Zaneratto, who had a great stint with Palmeiras in the last four seasons, was announced as new signing by the Kansas City Current of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), becoming the thirteenth Brazilian footballer to join the league.
With this addition, the South American country will be represented in half of the teams in the competition, with at least one Brazilian in seven clubs. For example, Zaneratto will be teammates with her compatriots Debinha and Lauren. After several years with the Verdao women’s team, the forward will experience her third stint abroad: having played for Hyundai Steel Red Angels in South Korea between 2013 and 2019, she also wore the colors of the Chinese Wuhan Jianghan University between 2020 and 2021.
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All the Brazilian players in the NWSL
The NWSL team with the most Brazilian players is the Orlando Pride with five representatives, including Marta. The 2024 campaign will start on March 15 with the NWSL Challenge Cup between Gotham City, the defending champion, and San Diego Wave, the best of the last regular season. The league will immediately follow and run until October, with a break between July and August for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The playoffs will take place from November 9 to 23.
100+ goals for club and country. @NWSL, you’ve been warned. 😤@biazaneratto | #KCBABY pic.twitter.com/Ou2JYhCfaQ
— KC Current (@thekccurrent) January 22, 2024
ORLANDO PRIDE: Marta, Rafaelle, Adriana, Angelina, and Luana
KANSAS CITY CURRENT: Debinha, Lauren, and Bia Zaneratto
CHICAGO RED STARS: Julia Bianchi
NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE: Kerolin
HOUSTON DASH: Andressa Alves
GOTHAM FC: Bruninha
RACING LOUISVILLE: Ary Borges
