And the league’s big offseason deals won’t suddenly propel the NWSL to “major league” status in the sports-saturated USA. Weaknesses They don’t have much postseason experience, their last appearance was in 2012, and their offense, while good, isn’t going to scare anybody. The creation of his role marked a dramatic change of strategy by US Soccer. As always with the NBA, there are some teams that are essentially eliminated before opening tip, and.