The NWSL is coming to the end of their historic fourth season and there seems to be another team interested in joining the NWSL. According to multiple reports earlier this week, FC Barcelona may be looking to have a team join the most successful women’s league in the history of the United States.

FC Barcelona opens office in New York

On Tuesday, FC Barcelona opened an office in the city of New York with hopes of potentially creating a women’s team to begin play in the NWSL, as well as start new partnerships with sponsors and begin projects to boost their image in the United States as mentioned in a statement from Barcelona. There is no timetable set on when they would create a team and there are no guarantees that they would be given one.

Club President Josep Maria Bartomeu speaks

In a statement released by FC Barcelona, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu had this to say; "The idea is to create a team that can take part in the National Women's Soccer League that will help us to promote the club.”

“The women’s football league here is very interesting,” Bartomeu said. “We’re thinking about the option, in the future, of having our own team here, to compete at the maximum level, and to help us become more well known.”

So far NWSL has yet to respond to these comments made by FC Barcelona.

An NWSL game at Providence Park in Portland, OR | Source: nwslsoccer.com
An NWSL game at Providence Park in Portland, OR | Source: nwslsoccer.com

FC Barcelona would be good for the NWSL

It’s not every day that you have one of the most successful clubs in the world of soccer wanting to possibly join a league in the United States. In 2013, Manchester City and MLS got together and created New York City FC.

To have a club as powerful as FC Barcelona wanting to join the NWSL is a sign that the league is on the rise. The NWSL already has tons of players with worldwide appeal such as Alex Morgan, Amandine Henry and Lisa de Vanna, who recently signed with the Orlando Pride, to name a few.

Adding a worldwide name like Barcelona to the league would only bring more attention to the league and could possibly get other star players to come to the United States.

VAVEL NWSL will have more updates as this story progresses.

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Chris Blakely
Chris is an American sports journalist based out of Seattle, Washington. Co-Editor of the soccer section of VAVEL USA. He also is the leading editor of VAVEL USA's NWSL section.