As is the case with any fledgling league, the NWSL has made modest improvements in various aspects during its first four years. The next improvement may be one of the biggest of all to this point.
Sources said Wednesday that the minimum salary will be about $15,000 in 2017. That is more than a 100-percent increase from the $7,200 amount from 2016. When the NWSL debuted in 2013 the minimum salary was $6,000.
This move likely will be widely viewed as major progress with caution that there still is a long way to go. Many players on the bottom end of the pay scale share apartments or houses with teammates.