Overview
- Opening Day on June 7 saw the Talons take on the Bandits in Rosemont, Illinois, while the Volts faced the Blaze in Wichita, Kansas
- Four teams—Bandits, Blaze, Talons and Volts—will play a 24-game barnstorming schedule across 10 cities before the top two meet in a best-of-three championship at the University of Alabama from July 26–28
- Major League Baseball has made a strategic investment in the AUSL and will distribute games on MLB Network alongside broadcasts on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+
- Commissioner Kim Ng, the former Miami Marlins general manager, leads the league with advisory and front-office roles filled by Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman, Jessica Mendoza and other softball legends
- The league’s rosters feature Olympic medalists and NCAA standouts such as Montana Fouts, Bri Ellis and Lexi Kilfoyl, and AUSL will shift to a city-based model in 2026