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Women's Professional Lacrosse League The Women's Professional Lacrosse League (WPLL) was a women's lacrosse league in the United States. The league was formally composed of five teams: the Brave, Command, Fight, Fire, and Pride. The league announced on February 27, 2020, that it wou ...

(WPLL) professional women's

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team based in

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. They played in the WPLL beginning with the 2018 WPLL season. In the 2018 season, the five teams in the WPLL played on a

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format, with all five teams playing at a single venue. After cancelling the 2020 season in April due to the

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, the league announced on August 6, 2020, that it would be closing down.

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