Among the sounds of tweeting birdsongs and roaring airplanes taking off from the nearby airport, a group of 20-odd women start their day bright and early at 7:30 a.m., and kick off their soccer practice in Davie.

Their team, Fort Lauderdale United FC, is the only professional women’s soccer team in South Florida.

In their first season last year, the team made it to the final but lost to Tampa Bay Sun FC. This year, they’re determined to win the championship.

“ I mean, anything short but winning is not kind of our standard,” head coach Ali Rogers told WLRN.

The team forms part of the USL Super League or Gainebridge Super League, which was established in September 2021 and started its first season last year as the highest level of the United States soccer league system.

Fort Lauderdale’

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