NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups

The NWSL's transgender participation policy, thought to still be in place, was abandoned in 2022, the league confirmed

As the United States supreme court agrees to hear two cases in the fall intended to enforce bans on transgender women from sport, the Guardian can reveal that the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has not renewed its 2021 policy on transgender players and is operating with no policy on the subject.

The NWSL established a policy in 2021, stating: athletes who transition from male to female are eligible to compete" if they declare their gender identity is female - subject to testosterone levels being within typical limits of women athletes". The 2021 policy also stated athletes designated female at birth transitioning to male and undergoing testosterone hormone therapy were ineligible to compete in the NWSL.