{"id":1692,"date":"2026-06-01T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:03:31","slug":"boston-legacy-fc-is-a-couple-months-into-its-inaugural-season-heres-how-its-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"Boston Legacy FC is a couple months into its inaugural season. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s going."},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the Legacy unlikely to be a NWSL championship contender in Year 1, the club is focused on building a foundation for its future during its inaugural season. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Before the season began, coach Filipa Pat\u00e3o said her focus was on being competitive \u2014 not necessarily winning every game, but approaching every game as though they could. Through 12 matches, Boston is 2-7-3 (9 points) and in 14th place out of 16 teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After the first 2\u00bd months, here\u2019s where the Legacy stand, and what we\u2019ve learned.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Young team has room to grow<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The team\u2019s age and inexperience, as expected, has shown itself. Boston is the second-youngest team in the league, with an average age of 25 years, 89 days. <\/span><\/p>\n

Arguably more consequential than age is a lack of experience. Just 11 of the Legacy\u2019s 25 players had NWSL experience prior to this season \u2014 and one of those 11, Hannah Stambaugh, was on Angel City\u2019s roster but never appeared in a game. <\/span><\/p>\n

The team had about two months of training together prior to the season, and it took a few games for younger players to get used to the level of competition. The Legacy lost five consecutive games to open the season before going unbeaten in five straight. <\/span><\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s progress was perhaps most noticeable to Nicki Hernandez, who was injured in the Legacy\u2019s March 14 opener and didn\u2019t appear in another game until a 2-1 win over Orlando on May 12 \u2014 the fourth contest in Boston\u2019s unbeaten run.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a huge difference today \u2014 not only the fight, but just the intelligence that the girls are bringing,\u201d Hernandez said after that win. \u201cThe girls are tackling and giving everything their all. I\u2019m really proud of coming back to a team like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attendance up to NWSL standard<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Legacy\u2019s attendance has been on par with peer expansion clubs despite not having a permanent home. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Boston played its first six home games at Gillette Stadium, where 30,207 fans filled the lower bowl for the inaugural game. In the games since, however, the team struggled to make the hulking venue look full despite attendance numbers hovering around the league average. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Legacy recently played their first of seven games this at Pawtucket\u2019s Centreville Bank Stadium while the men\u2019s World Cup takes over Gillette, offering the Legacy a glimpse into what their future could look like once renovations are completed at White Stadium. In their first game at the Rhode Island venue, the Legacy drew 9,141. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through seven home games, the club averaged 12,012 fans \u2014 about 2,000 more than the league standard last season. <\/span><\/p>\n

When Bay FC joined the league as an expansion team in 2024, they averaged 14,226 fans through seven home games. Utah \u2014 while not an expansion team, having rejoined the league under new ownership in 2024 after a hiatus \u2014 averaged 10,595 in its first seven home matches.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the Legacy lag behind fellow 2026 expansion club Denver, which through three games has averaged 32,303 fans \u2014 a number inflated significantly by the Summit\u2019s record-breaking home-opener crowd of 63,004.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Playing style still under construction<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As she promised before the season, Pat\u00e3o has instilled a high-pressing, possession-focused style. Though the coach tinkers regularly with the lineup and the formation, the Legacy have taken that identity in stride.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the young team is still settling into the pace and physicality of the NWSL. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Legacy\u2019s hard press has come back to bite them at times, as Boston is the most heavily-penalized team in the league with 174 fouls, 29 more than the next team. The Legacy have received 27 cards (25 yellow, two red), and their May 22 loss to Seattle was the only game this season in which they didn\u2019t receive a card of any color. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different coming from other leagues where some of the fouls aren\u2019t fouls in those leagues, and here they\u2019re calling it as fouls,\u201d defender Annie Karich said after Boston\u2019s 1-0 loss to San Diego on April 3. \u201cWe just have to learn from every game that it\u2019s not going to change, and that that\u2019s how it is here in this league.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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