League vs League
NHL vs NWSL
National Hockey League versus National Women's Soccer League — a side-by-side breakdown of two very different worlds of pro sports, plus the tools to compare their teams and players by the numbers.
Head to head
Ice Hockey
Sport
Soccer
1917
Founded
2012
32
Teams
14
October – June
Season
March – November
Goals
Scoring
Goals
3 × 20 min
Game length
2 × 45 min
Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews
Stars today
Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman, Alex Morgan
Ice Hockey
NHL
National Hockey League
Fastest team sport, playing for the Stanley Cup.
Since 191732 teamsOctober – June
Soccer
NWSL
National Women's Soccer League
The top flight of U.S. women's soccer.
Since 201214 teamsMarch – November
Take it further
Compare teams & players from either league
CompariSport pulls real, historical stats going back decades. Pick 2–4 teams or players and see who leads every stat.