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Another women’s soccer team is coming to Washington — and Audi Field

Starting in August, a yet-to-be-named D.C. franchise, which counts D.C. United as a major investor, will begin play in a new women’s circuit.

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The NWSL's Washington Spirit already call Audi Field home. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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The amount of women’s pro soccer played at Audi Field is about to increase. But in an odd arrangement, two teams from competing leagues — one part-owned by D.C. United, the other with long-standing ties to the MLS club — will both use the stadium.

United, which owns Audi Field, has been leasing the 20,000-capacity venue and its training facility to the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League.