Women's Professional Lacrosse League

Women's Professional Lacrosse League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 WPLL season
SportWomen's lacrosse
Founded2018
First season2018
Ceased2020
Replaced byAthletes Unlimited Lacrosse
CEOMichele DeJuliis
No. of teams4
Last
champion(s)
Brave (1)
Most titlesCommand
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. The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it would restructure and downsize the league to four teams, which would ultimately be: the Brave, Command, Fight, and Pride. League play started on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

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. The new Athletes Unlimited league began play in July 2021.

Teams

Team Joined Coach
Brave 2018 Sonia LaMonica
Command 2018 Amy Patton
Fight 2018 Shannon Smith
Pride 2018 Katie Rowan

Media coverage

On April 16, 2019, ESPN and the WPLL announced that the 10-game 2019 regular season would air on ESPN3 and the ESPN App. Meanwhile, the postseason semifinals would on ESPN3, with the championship game airing on ESPNU.

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