2026 NWSL Challenge Cup

The 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup will be the seventh edition of the NWSL Challenge Cup, a women's soccer competition organized by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The match will be the third Challenge Cup to be played in the super cup format as a one-off game. It will feature Gotham FC, champions of the 2025 National Women's Soccer League, and Kansas City Current, 2025 NWSL Shield winners. The match will be played on June 26, 2026 (having originally been originally announced for February 20, 2026), and will be held at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Columbus Crew, an MLS team. ^[1][2][3] It will be the first time the NWSL has played in Columbus.^[1] A month after the announcement of the match being moved to Columbus, the NWSL awarded Columbus with an expansion team.^[4]