The 2026 season is the inaugural season of Boston Legacy FC as a professional women's soccer team. The club plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of soccer in the United States. Boston Legacy FC play their home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Summary
The team launched in the 2026 NWSL season, alongside Denver Summit FC, which brought the NWSL to 16 teams.
On March 3, 2025, the club announced the hiring of Edward Gallagher as their first director of player recruitment. On March 26, 2025, the club announced the hiring of Domènec Guasch as general manager.
In May 2025, the team announced they would play their full first season at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, as White Stadium renovations have not been completed. Seven of the team's fifteen home matches were scheduled to be played at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, due to scheduling conflicts at Gillette Stadium during the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.
On June 25, 2025, the club announced that they had hired Filipa Patão as the club's inaugural head coach.
On July 2, 2025, Annie Karich became the first ever signing for Boston Legacy FC.
In June 2026, the team broke ground on a 30,000-square-foot training facility in Brockton that was scheduled to open by the end of 2026, with an all-seasons bubble dome to be completed in January 2027.
The club had planned to move all matches to White Stadium in Boston in 2027, but following a protracted legal challenge by the Emerald Necklace Conservatory and local residents that ended with a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision on August 19, 2026, the club instead planned to move home matches to Centreville Bank Stadium in 2027 and to White Stadium in 2028.
Squad
Player
Out on loan Nation Player
Competitions
Regular season
Regular season standings
Results summary
Results by matchday
March
April
May
July
August
September
October and November
Statistics
Appearances and goals Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
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Transactions
Transfers in
DatePlayerPrevious clubFee/notesJuly 2, 2025 Annie KarichMF SC FreiburgTransfer, first ever club signingJuly 10, 2025 Aissata TraoréFW FC Fleury 91TransferJuly 31, 2025 Alba CañoMF BarcelonaTransferAugust 11, 2025 Aleigh GamboneMF Glasgow CityTransferAugust 22, 2025 Bárbara OlivieriFW Houston DashTradeOctober 1, 2025 Chloe RickettsMF Houston DashTransferOctober 3, 2025 Amanda GutierresFW PalmeirasTransferDecember 3, 2025 Sophia LowenbergMF Boston CollegeTransferDecember 8, 2025 Laís AraújoDF BenficaTransferDecember 15, 2025 Casey MurphyGK North Carolina CourageFree agentDecember 17, 2025 Laurel IvoryGK Kansas City CurrentFree agentDecember 22, 2025 Ella StevensFW Gotham FCFree agentDecember 26, 2025 Amanda AllenFW Orlando PrideTransferDecember 29, 2025 Sammy SmithFW BreiðablikTransferJanuary 2, 2026 Bianca St-GeorgesMF Utah RoyalsFree agentJanuary 5, 2026 Nicolette HernándezDF Club AméricaFree agentJanuary 6, 2026 KakáDF São PauloTransferJanuary 7, 2026 Jorelyn CarabalíDF Brighton & Hove AlbionTransferJanuary 8, 2026 Fauzia NajjembaFW Dynamo MoscowTransferJanuary 14, 2026 Nichelle PrinceFW Kansas City CurrentTradeFebruary 12, 2026 Josefine HasboMF Gotham FCTradeJune 17, 2026 Lilly RealeDF Gotham FCTraded for $350,000 in allocation money and $50,000 in intraleague transfer fee funds.July 1, 2026 Deja DavisDF Paris FCFree agent
Loans in
Start dateEnd datePlayerLoaning clubFee/notesApril 6, 2026July 1, 2026 Sam AngelDF Chicago Stars FCMutual option between clubs to extend to end of season
Loans out
DatePlayerLoaned toFee/notesJuly 10, 2026 Sophia LowenbergMF Brooklyn FCLoaned through the end of the 2026 calendar year.
References
See also 2026 National Women's Soccer League season 2026 in American soccer