Is there a free NWSL API?

Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.

Which NWSL endpoints are available?

Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters, athletes, news, schedule / weeks. Not available or not verified: box score (limited), odds (not verified), win probability (not available), injuries (not available), ncaa tournament (not available).

Does the NWSL API include betting odds?

Not currently. No upcoming games to check when verified. The odds endpoint returns data: null with a message when a game has no odds.

Does it include NWSL injuries?

No. The injuries endpoint returned no records for NWSL when we checked, so treat injuries as not available for this league.

Can I get NWSL score updates pushed instead of polling?

Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to usa.nwsl.

NWSL API

Realtime Sports API serves NWSL games through the same REST endpoints and JSON schema as every other league, using sport=soccer and league=usa.nwsl. You get the current scoreboard, live scores, game detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters and news. Not currently available or not verified for this league: betting odds, injuries, player box-score stats. Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA.

Slugs: sport=soccer
league=usa.nwsl
Teams: 16
Season (from data): 2026 NWSL Regular Season
In the scoreboard now: 3 games

Recent NWSL results

NWSL games from the API
Date	Away	Home	Time / Result	Venue
Sun, Oct 4	Washington Spirit	Houston Dash	3 - 2 Final	Shell Energy Stadium · Houston, Texas
Sun, Oct 4	Denver Summit FC	Chicago Stars FC	3 - 0 Final	Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium · Evanston
Sun, Oct 4	Angel City FC	Gotham FC	1 - 1 Final	Sports Illustrated Stadium · Harrison, New Jersey

From the /events endpoint for this league, refreshed every few minutes. Times are US Eastern. Full NWSL schedule

Live example

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/usa.nwsl/events?limit=1"

Response captured from live data at 2026-10-05 02:12 UTC (refreshed every few minutes). Long arrays are trimmed; meta.rateLimit values are illustrative for a Free key.

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "401854019",
      "uid": "s:600~l:8301~e:401854019",
      "name": "Angel City FC at Gotham FC",
      "shortName": "LA @ GFC",
      "date": "2026-10-04T17:00Z",
      "status": {
        "state": "post",
        "completed": true,
        "period": 2,
        "clock": "90'+7'",
        "detail": "FT",
        "halftime": false,
        "firstHalfEnded": true
      },
      "homeTeam": {
        "id": "15364",
        "name": "Gotham FC",
        "abbreviation": "GFC",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXQAOWRMQEENcUx1GVQ9FBw4XFl0E",
        "color": "a9f1fd",
        "alternateColor": "000000",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 1
      },
      "awayTeam": {
        "id": "21422",
        "name": "Angel City FC",
        "abbreviation": "LA",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXQAOWRMQEENcUx1GVgtCAwgXFl0E",
        "color": "202121",
        "alternateColor": "898c8f",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 1
      },
      "competition": {
        "attendance": 13475,
        "neutralSite": false,
        "conferenceCompetition": false,
        "divisionCompetition": false,
        "playByPlayAvailable": true,
        "highlightsAvailable": false
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "9606",
        "name": "Sports Illustrated Stadium",
        "city": "Harrison, New Jersey",
        "indoor": false,
        "grass": false
      },
      "notes": [],
      "season": {
        "year": 2026,
        "displayName": "2026 NWSL",
        "type": {
          "id": "1",
          "name": "Regular Season",
          "abbreviation": "2026 NWSL"
        },
        "week": {}
      },
      "broadcasts": [
        {
          "network": {},
          "type": "TV"
        },
        {
          "network": {},
          "type": "TV"
        }
      ],
      "officials": []
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "rateLimit": {
      "limit": 125,
      "remaining": 124,
      "reset": 1793491200000
    }
  }
}

NWSL endpoints

Checked against live data on 2026-10-04. Paths are relative to /api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/usa.nwsl.

Endpoint	Path	NWSL	Notes
Live scores	/events/live	Available
Events (scoreboard)	/events	Available
Event detail	/events/{eventId}	Available
Play-by-play	/events/{eventId}/plays	Available
Box score	/events/{eventId}/boxscore	Limited	Team totals and period scores only; player stats are not returned.
Odds	/events/{eventId}/odds	Not verified	No upcoming games to check when verified.
Win probability	/events/{eventId}/winprobability	Not available
Teams	/teams	Available
Rosters	/teams/{teamId}/roster	Available
Athletes	/athletes/search	Available
Injuries	/injuries	Not available
News	/news	Available
Schedule / weeks	/seasons/{season}/schedule	Available
NCAA tournament	/seasons/{season}/tournament	Not available
Webhooks	/webhooks	Available
WebSocket	/websocket/auth	Available

Schedules are by date, not week: use /events for the current scoreboard and /seasons/{season}/schedule for a season. Week parameters return SCHEDULE_WEEKS_NOT_SUPPORTED.
Soccer play-by-play is a stream of match events (passes, shots, fouls, cards); box scores carry team totals and period scores without player rows.

Event object fields

Every NWSL game in the events, live and schedule endpoints uses the same Event object as other leagues.

Field	Type	Notes
id	string	Event id; use it with the detail, plays, box score and odds endpoints.
uid	string
name	string	Full matchup name.
shortName	string	Abbreviated matchup, e.g. "AWAY @ HOME".
date	string	Start time, ISO-8601 UTC.
status	EventStatus	state (pre, in, post), completed, period, clock and display detail.
homeTeam	EventTeam	id, name, abbreviation, colors, logo (proxied), record, score, winner.
awayTeam	EventTeam	Same shape as homeTeam.
competition	object	attendance, neutralSite, conference/division flags, playByPlayAvailable.
venue	object	Venue id, name, city, state, indoor, grass (null when unknown).
notes	string[]	Headline notes, e.g. round or rivalry names.
season	object	year, type (preseason/regular/postseason) and week where the league uses weeks.
broadcasts	object[]	TV/stream networks for the game.
officials	object[]	Game officials when published.
odds	Odds	Only with includeOdds=true and when the game has odds.

Code samples

curl

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/usa.nwsl/events?limit=5"

JavaScript (fetch)

const res = await fetch("https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/usa.nwsl/events?limit=5", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RSA_API_KEY}` }
});
const { success, data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.rateLimit);

Python (requests)

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/soccer/leagues/usa.nwsl/events?limit=5",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['RSA_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["data"])

MCP prompt (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT)

Using the Realtime Sports MCP server (https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp), call get_events with sport "soccer" and league "usa.nwsl" and list the games it returns with start times, status and scores for NWSL.

Connect the hosted MCP server first: setup guide. Each tool call counts as one API call.

Rate limits and pricing

Plan	Price	Calls	Rate	WebSocket	Webhooks
Free	$0	125/mo (1,000 first 30 days)	1/s	500 msgs/mo	No
Starter	$29/mo ($290/yr)	10,000/mo	5/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Growth	$49/mo ($490/yr)	25,000/mo	10/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Pro	$99/mo ($990/yr)	50,000/mo	20/s	100,000 msgs/mo	25,000/mo
Scale	$299/mo ($2,990/yr)	500,000/mo	100/s	500,000 msgs/mo	100,000/mo

Every successful REST call counts as one call. Over the limit you get HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. No SLA. Full pricing.

29 leagues monitored live: NFL, college football, NBA, men's college basketball, MLB, NHL and 23 soccer competitions.

FAQ

Is there a free NWSL API?: Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.
How fresh is the NWSL data?: Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA. It is not intended for in-play betting that needs sub-second data.
Which NWSL endpoints are available?: Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters, athletes, news, schedule / weeks. Not available or not verified: box score (limited), odds (not verified), win probability (not available), injuries (not available), ncaa tournament (not available).
Does the NWSL API include betting odds?: Not currently. No upcoming games to check when verified. The odds endpoint returns data: null with a message when a game has no odds.
Does it include NWSL injuries?: No. The injuries endpoint returned no records for NWSL when we checked, so treat injuries as not available for this league.
Can I get NWSL score updates pushed instead of polling?: Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to usa.nwsl.