Franklin Park

The race to rebuild White Stadium in time for Boston’s new professional women’s soccer team to start its inaugural season in March 2026 began this week,

Cost overruns and a persistent local opposition led to allusions to the ill-fated Boston 2024 Olympics plan Wednesday when Boston Mayor Michelle Wu took questions about the city’s plan to renovate White Stadium in Franklin Park and make it the home for a National Women’s Soccer League team. The city and Boston Unity Soccer Partners LLC, a for-profit company, say...

Like last year, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, her staff and local volunteers are once again cleaning up Franklin Park here in Dorchester.

Boston sports teams are certainly not strangers to hanging up championship banners. Now, another sports team is coming to New England to try and bring even more titles to the region. A brand new women’s professional soccer team will call George R. White Stadium in Franklin Park home, after the National Women’s Soccer League awarded Boston the rights to...