NWSL package rankings: Which membership has one of the best jersey for 2026 season?

You understand the 2026 NWSL season is getting nearer when groups formally unveil their jerseys. All 16 golf equipment have a brand new package to debut, with two new enlargement sides rolling out 4 shirts between them. Some might be primaries, others might be secondaries, however most are third possibility kits, and that is the place the enjoyable is available in for a number of golf equipment. 

Right now’s soccer package tradition is partially about honoring a membership’s historical past, however that is not all. On this period, it is about ensuring you are doing that whereas maintaining with present developments to mix with wearability. These days, followers aren’t simply sporting jerseys on gamedays; they’re a part of on a regular basis wardrobes and even a type of expression, relying on how one opts to type them.

So naturally, with all that in thoughts, I’m completely going to rank the 2026 NWSL kits. What does that imply? What’s the hip standards – no, not that one — that might be used to evaluate them? Properly, for starters, it’s going to simply be me and my eyeballs and what I take into consideration them. 

The reality is that, in contrast to final 12 months’s rollout, the place the vast majority of the kits simply appeared aggressively advantageous, the third package choices are an opportunity for some enjoyable, so I will be searching for that too. Significance or particular that means would possibly tip the scales a bit bit, however I am not tremendous keen on 50 other ways to call shades of blue or inexperienced.  

Whereas I’m an advocate for membership retailers to supply shorts and group socks to fandoms, the groups’ complete “uniform” is not going to matter to me right here. What does the shirt seem like? Does it look extra like a soccer package or a warm-up outfit? Are you able to put on it exterior of a matchday, and can it look cool on gamers and on supporters? That is about it. 

With that, let’s get to rating the 2026 NWSL kits, and do not forget — you’ll be able to watch choose NWSL video games this season on Paramount+.

1. Seattle Reign: The Surge (third)

Really a love-it-or-hate-it sort of package, and by god, this random author on the web loves it. In case your group is one which sits on the cool aspect of the colour spectrum, you are forward of the sport as a result of cool colours are, properly, cool. Seattle does an excellent job of throwing it method again to their early shades and paying homage to their “highlighter” kits with delicate accents.

Mixed with a daring, form of random geometric sample, it is delivering on third package ideas typically — enjoyable, complicated, and possibly even soccer mothers and dads will put on it alongside their children. Mia Fishel will look cool scoring targets in it, and the informal fan can have sufficient aptitude within the package to pop exterior of gamedays. 

2. Kansas Metropolis Present: Storm package (third)

It is laborious to make a package that everybody, whether or not on the pitch or within the stands, will look good in. However the 2025 NWSL Protect winners did simply that. The roster is gonna look edgy of their new Storm kits, a darkish navy jersey with teal currents working throughout it. 

The numbers are additionally in Kansas Metropolis’s iconic teal hue, and although it is a third package, it is precisely the kind of jersey you will wish to see your group in usually for those who’re a fan. An amazing colour combo that makes the crest pop with its small hints of crimson, and the main points are supposed to symbolize precisely what a water present is with steady motion all through.

3. Chicago Stars FC: Gameday DNA package (major)

Chicago lastly have the package that matches their rebrand and might be the one jersey within the rollout that claims “soccer package” the second you take a look at it. Is it a Serie A aspect? Is it a Liga MX group? No, it is Chicago’s NWSL group, Stars FC, and they’re sporting a shirt that’s one way or the other each fashionable and basic. 

It nonetheless would not beat their 2019 “elevated” package in my guide, nevertheless it’s a fantastic begin for this subsequent period. Gone are the long-lasting 4 crimson stars throughout the chest, and that is advantageous; they belong on the flag, the place the membership borrows a few of its imagery from. Together with the striping, the vertical strains slim as they head outward, similar to bars on town’s flag. 

4. Angel Metropolis FC: Flare package (major)

I have to preface this by saying that I believe heart crests are dumb. Except they’re used to commemorate a group’s achievements — World Cup wins, Continental tournaments — go away them the place they’re imagined to be, on the left-hand aspect of the shirt. That being mentioned, congrats to Angel Metropolis FC, who made positive the package was so good that it bumped them close to the highest.

I believe a major black package with simply the correct quantity of element is nice, and the group delivered one to rejoice its fifth anniversary as a membership. A cool design that mirrors a sol picture and a nod to the pink (sol rosa) accents all through the package. You add the quantity 5 as a substitute of the letter S within the membership’s slogan “VOLEMO5,” and it is a easy twist that works. 

5. Gotham FC: Woman Liberty package (third)

Commiserations to all of the New Jersey trustworthy on the market. If Gotham weren’t totally separating themselves from the Backyard State in identify (they dropped NJ/NY in entrance of their moniker final season), they definitely at the moment are with this extraordinarily, undeniably, New York Metropolis package. 

Inside Gotham’s third package is a not-so-hidden picture of the Statue of Liberty’s head. Wrapped in shades of blue and orange, NYC’s flag colours, the nearer you get, the blurrier it turns into. However that is the place the enjoyable strains come into play. The farther away you go, Woman Liberty pops up like a 90’s magic eye 3D puzzle you do not have to pressure your eyes to see. Not for you? That is okay. Champion sentiment means they get to rock what they need. 

6. Racing Louisville FC: Disco package (third)

Do you know that Louisville makes greater than bourbon and baseball bats? At one level, they produced 90% of the world’s disco balls through the disco period, and this third package is a shout-out to that point. 

It is artistic, out-of-the-box look signifies that as a substitute of only a easy design outlining a disco ball, Racing’s package is a literal reflection. You see splashes of purple and inexperienced hues all through the package, like lights hitting a mirrored globe, outlined by black borders. The pleasure mark “Made in Looavul” is a good way to verify of us put respect in your identify. An amazing package and sentiment for a membership that is coming off its first playoff look. 

7. Orlando Pleasure: Unity package (secondary)

Talking of sentimental, Orlando Pleasure’s secondary package tugs on the heartstrings, and in the event that they did not, they may not be this excessive on the rankings. 

At first look, you are a bit confused as to why the Pleasure’s purple goes lacking for a mixture of pastels, and that is a bummer, however then you definitely be taught the importance, and you may’t assist however recognize it. The package is a commemoration of the 10-year remembrance of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Gone is the everyday purple of the Pleasure; it is simply trim colour right here. As a replacement is a white base with gentle pastel ribbons and a purple “unity” dove as a delicate pleasure mark.

It is completely a message that everybody ought to get behind, and one which strikes me as a member of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Although in a time the place issues really feel muted, and even shushed, I might’ve liked to see the Pleasure lean into what they’re truly making an attempt to honor right here. A proud, vibrant neighborhood. I hope we get one other one among these and maintain it loud. Preserve dancing, Orlando. 

8. Washington Spirit: Spirit in Bloom package (major)

Followers of the membership will lastly really feel heard and seen because the Spirit roll out a cherry blossom package that supporters have clamored for. I, too, was hopeful we might sometime see a Spirit cherry blossom package, and now it is right here. A jersey to function the district’s iconic cherry blossom bushes and combines a darkish inexperienced hue that is meant to symbolize the Potomac River.

I’m a bit disillusioned that the crest cannot actually be seen, because it will get a bit misplaced within the sample. Just like Gotham, the blossoms appear to bloom a bit higher the additional away you see them, and the pink numbers can even stand out. Get nearer, and it is a bit paint-by-numbers. It is undoubtedly miles away from what Spirit kits used to seem like, and it retains that darkish inexperienced hue that made its method into Spirit gear simply final season. 

9. North Carolina Braveness: Grow to be package (third)

I am going to simply be frank, hate the identify, however love the idea. This jersey is meant to be the third element of the Braveness’s rally cry marketing campaign, “the place to be,” and after earlier kits “Consider” and “Belong.” Yeah, I do not get it both, dude, simply give me a cool package. Lastly, the Braveness have finished it with this Venus flytrap-themed package. 

It is such a cool idea that it makes me much more irritated that it is simply referred to as “Grow to be” and never one thing else like Audrey or actually even simply the Venus flytrap package. The flytrap is native to North Carolina, and its define will be seen all through the complete two shades of blue package. The brilliant pink trim on the sleeves additionally outlines the crest and different areas of the package for further element. 

10. Boston Legacy: First Mild (major) and Widespread Floor kits (secondary)

Congrats to Boston on making it to the center of the rankings, and that is completely a praise. Many enlargement groups of the previous had been solely capable of submit colour templates, and whereas the First Mild package can come off easy, that is not a foul factor. I assumed the Widespread Floor jersey was just a bit too color-run-marathon paint splatters for me, however I really like that it is truly meant to symbolize Boston’s neighborhoods.  

The outer pleasure mark provides one other good stage of element to commemorate the inaugural season and the Franklin Park Zoo close to White Stadium, that includes two bears holding a soccer ball to honor Legacy’s first 12 months. If I am going with one, I am rocking the first package, an nearly neon inexperienced vibe that is not too blinding and enhances Boston’s crest. 

10. Bay FC: Poppy package (third)

Bay FC opted to make some easy adjustments for a contemporary look, and it really works. After an inaugural season with Darkish navy’s and delicate gray’s, and only a poppy colour as extra of an accent, the Poppy package is actually all poppy. The main points within the package are a bridge sample, however my favourite is the flip of the crest. It isn’t the everyday group crest, however simply the letters B. F. C. in an nearly gothic-looking script, and I believe that is cool for a group that desires to be one of the best effing membership.

11. Houston Sprint: Houston Chronicles package (third)

I can not consider I will say this, however I form of miss when the Houston Sprint had been the orange group. I am being dramatic since they nonetheless have an orange package, however final 12 months’s secondary, and now this 12 months’s third possibility, the place’s love? I additionally am gonna contradict myself and say that even for a 3rd package, it is nearly acquired an excessive amount of happening.

There’s a picture of the Houston Chronicle constructing, there’s magnolia flowers, there’s paisley patterns, geometric textiles, and there is a shout-out to “House Metropolis” to reference NASA. It is a map, but additionally not likely. That is the place the blue colorway most likely works right here. I think about lots of these patterns and pictures go lacking in an orange hue, and now that I sort all of it out, it’s going to most likely develop on me. 

Additionally, the Most cancers contact on the jersey, which has been a staple on their kits, all the time deserves reward.

13. San Diego Wave FC: Balboa Park package (third)

Hopefully, the Balboa Park package being a 3rd jersey possibility means there might be extra time for the “del sol” package to exist, as a result of sadly, it falls a bit brief, given the bar was set so excessive by the earlier package. I really like the trim on this jersey a lot, a nod to the tile work at Balboa Park’s fountain, and I want there was a method it was included extra all through the package as a result of it goes lacking in any other case. 

14. Portland Thorns FC: Electrical Bloom package (major)

Like Houston, I miss when Portland had been the crimson group. The membership has drifted into extra shades of crimson than simply the colour itself, and this package isn’t any totally different. It performs up the truth that thorns are certainly on roses, and now they’re even incorporating yellow roses. The colours are listed as voltage yellow roses and atomic pink.

I do actually like the way in which the membership crest seems on this package and do marvel if it might look this good on a special jersey, however possibly all the weather collectively are what makes it work. 

15. Denver Summit: Evergreen (major) and Summit Snow (secondary) kits

One other enlargement aspect that launched two kits, Denver Summit, completely nails the colorway with their jerseys however falls brief in a lot else. 

You understand a jersey is just too plain or common when the package info particulars are extra vivid than what’s truly on the shirt. It simply form of seems like they ran out of time or may solely decide a template, and would possibly as properly go along with one that would exhibit the membership colours. That is not unusual. There are many enlargement sides who’ve arrived similarly.

Denver have a fantastic membership identify and an excellent colour scheme, which hopefully means higher kits sooner or later. Let’s examine these notorious mountains on a package sometime. They might even take some inspiration from their current crossover promotion with the Denver Nuggets.

16. Utah Royals: Swarm package (third)

Have you ever ever gone to a live performance or pageant, and also you’re simply within the second vibing, and also you occur to stroll towards the bogs, however a safety guard yells at you for making an attempt to go left when you must’ve turned proper? They’re mad that they are working the occasion, and irritated that you just’re having enjoyable, and level you within the different route with their massive, daring, yellow lettering? That is what that is for me, sadly. 

It is giving killjoy ops, so it is a move for me. However as a result of it’s a black package, that are often winners in my guide, it’s going to doubtless promote and be a favourite amongst followers. I do hope the Bee theme will be revisited as a result of I would really wish to see what the Royals may do with a bumble bee sort of fashion that does not go lacking with a lion’s head.