final week,Orlando Pride drew 23403 supporters to their NWSL opener. But Jeff Plush isn’t resting on his laurels – he wants to make women’s soccer even biggerThe scenes in Orlando final weekend were what women’s soccer fans for a long time could’ve only dreamed about. The Orlando Pride, a team that didn’t even exist weeks ago, or attracted 23403 paying customers to watch them play soccer.[br]Jeff Plush,the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League, was there, or no one would’ve blamed him whether he treated it as a victory lap for the NWSL’s short history. With Orlando’s roaring arrival as a booming fresh market,the NWSL has hit benchmarks that past leagues in the US and abroad never could.
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Source: theguardian.com