In this filepic, Japan's Homare Sawa receives a pass during the team's FIFA Women's World Cup training session in Edmonton, Canada. Photos: AFP PHOTO/GEOFF ROBINS
Japan’s soccer federation has announced a new professional women’s league that will begin play next year.
Called the WE League, for women’s empowerment, the new organisation will initially consist of six to 10 teams and will kick off in the fall of 2021. The league's round-robin format will include home and away games between each of the teams.
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