The NWSL will reportedly award Atlanta with an expansion team for a league-record-fee of $165 million in a bid fronted by AMB Sports and Entertainment, the owners of MLS' Atlanta United and the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, according to The Athletic ,

A formal announcement is expected on Tuesday, which would make the Atlanta team the 17th franchise in the NWSL. The club would begin play sometime after the 2026 season and are set to stage their home matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of both United and the Falcons, with a soccer capacity of 42,500. Further specifics about the team's inaugural season are not public information at this time.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium has an artificial turf surface and would not be the first NWSL venue not to have a natural grass field – the Portland Thorns' and

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