Nadia Caballero is joining Queensboro FC as the USL W League team’s first head coach. The pre-professional women’s soccer league is set to kick off its inaugural season in May.

A former player, Caballero spent 15 years competing for various premier Spanish Clubs, including Sevilla FC. After retiring from the field, she started running non-profit soccer camps at Parade Grounds in New York and coaching the Woodhaven FC girls’ teams to multiple LIJSC Division Championship appearances. Caballero spent the past the past three years with DV7 Academy, where she was Technical Director of the Women’s Program and coach of the champion U11 NYSC/EDP boys’ team.

“I am thrilled to be joining Queensboro FC and could not be more excited to begin building this groundbreaking team,” said Caballero. “The entire organization has demonstrated their commitment to developing women’s soccer and I am honored to be fielding the first-ever Queensboro FC II W team this summer.”

Since the start of her career in Spain, Caballero has been a pioneer of women’s soccer. She joined several previously male-only development teams and successfully lobbied for the Andalusian Soccer Federation to lower the First National Division playing age from 16 to 14.

“We are delighted to have Nadia as the newest member of our league-leading coaching staff here at Queensboro FC,” said Adam Schneider, Queensboro FC Team President. “As a founding member of the USL W League, our club is dedicated to creating an equitable and premier pathway to pro for all players, and Nadia’s passion for the game, excellence as a player and demonstrated coaching expertise will set the tone for the women’s program both here at Queensboro FC and for teams around the league.”

The USL W League aims to enhance the women’s soccer pipeline between college and the pros, providing an option for players who don’t make NWSL rosters to compete professionally without going overseas. The league hired veteran soccer executive Amanda Vandervort as president in October and has at least 30 teams set to begin play across the United States.

Queensboro FC II W is partnered with Queensboro FC, a new professional men’s soccer team in Queens, N.Y. that will compete in the USL Championship beginning in 2023.

The first-ever Queensboro FC W League open tryouts will take place in Mount Vernon, N.Y. on Jan. 15.

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Tryouts for the inaugural QBFC Womens team are on 1/15! This is a summer league for top talent to take their game to the next level and showcase their skills against the best. Think you have what it takes? pic.twitter.com/DI6UjHvIKe

— Queensboro FC (@QueensboroFC) January 6, 2022

The Connecticut Sun is still on the chopping block, with reports surfacing Tuesday that the WNBA made a $250 million offer to buy the team in order to control its final landing place.

The Mohegan Tribe — the Sun's current owners — are reportedly still seeking clarity on the league's preferred relocation destination, after two prospective outside bids stalled in front of the Board of Governors.

Multiple offers remain on the table, including two $325 million bids from groups in Boston and nearby Hartford, Connecticut — as well as a plan to raise capital via minority investments rather than a full sale.

Recent reports point to the league's desire to control the Sun's fate while preserving certain markets for expansion, with the Mohegan Tribe under pressure to bend to the WNBA's interests.

The WNBA offer to buy the Connecticut Sun outright is reportedly part of a larger plan to flip the team to a different prospective ownership group without an additional relocation fee — and rumors say Houston is in the lead.

The Mohegan Tribe already turned down a low-ball bid out of Cleveland, with WNBA later awarding the Northeast Ohio city an expansion team for a $250 million fee.

NBA co-ownership was a clear priority during the league's most recent expansion, with officials now looking to force that strategy onto the Sun's future.

While the No. 1 Minnesota Lynx watch from above, the race for the No. 2 postseason seed is taking center stage, with teams like the No. 4 Phoenix Mercury eyeing 2025 WNBA Playoffs spots as the league nears the regular-season home stretch.

Big Tuesday wins helped boost the No. 2 New York Liberty and No. 5 Las Vegas Aces up the WNBA standings, while the Mercury refused to lose pace with a 98-91 victory over the No. 7 Golden State Valkyries.

"We're just continuing to try to build," Phoenix head coach Nate Tibbetts told reporters afterwards. "We're on the right step, but there's still work to be done."

Multiple talent-stacked teams are continuing to sharpen their form with the 2025 Playoffs looming, with only a half-game currently separating the New York Liberty, Atlanta Dream, Phoenix Mercury, and Las Vegas Aces on the WNBA table.

The Mercury have benefitted a healthy Big Three — Alyssa Thomas, Satou Sabally, and Kahleah Copper — with Copper leading Phoenix's five double-digit scorers by registering 25 points in Tuesday’s win.

"Our support staff has been great and our culture and my teammates have been great in helping me navigate through [early-season injuries] and just being able to get back out there," Copper said this week.

How to watch the Phoenix Mercury this week

The No. 4 Phoenix Mercury will have their work cut out for them on Thursday, when they'll visit Las Vegas to tip off against the surging No. 5 Aces and their eight-game winning streak at 10 PM ET.

Live coverage of the clash will air on Prime.

The No. 9 Sparks haven't given up the fight, with LA sitting just outside the 2025 WNBA playoff picture ahead of Wednesday night's clash with a No. 11 Dallas Wings side facing postseason elimination.

The Sparks have had an up-and-down season, arriving at a 16-18 record with six wins in their last 10 games.

"We control our destiny, so what do we do with it?" LA head coach Lynne Roberts said on Tuesday. "And I love that we're in that spot, but we'll see how competitive we are."

"Obviously we feel like there's some games that we should have and could have won at the beginning of the season early on, but [you] can't change the past," echoed Sparks forward Dearica Hamby. "We have good momentum right now still. We're still in good position to make the playoffs, so just take it a game at a time."

Meanwhile, Dallas will try to stave off joining the last-place Connecticut Sun in playoff elimination, though their draft lottery odds rise with every loss.

The Wings will be even more shorthanded on Wednesday after losing Li Yueru to a season-ending ACL sprain on Friday, with the center now joining star guard Arike Ogunbowale, who is suffering from knee tendinitis, on the sideline.

How to watch the Dallas Wings vs. LA Sparks on Wednesday

The No. 9 Sparks will host the No. 11 Wings at 10 PM ET on Wednesday, with live coverage airing on WNBA League Pass.

The No. 6 Indiana Fever are officially down another guard due to injury, with the team confirming Tuesday that Sophie Cunningham suffered a season-ending right MCL tear during the squad's Sunday matchup against the No. 13 Connecticut Sun.

"If you're going to hurt your knee, that is the best possible case," Cunningham explained on her podcast on Tuesday. "A couple more inches to the left, [I] would've torn a whole bunch more s—t. I'm very thankful for where I am at, so it's all good."

Cunningham posted an average of 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game while shooting 46.9% from the field on the season for Indiana.

In response to losing the seven-season WNBA standout, Indiana signed veteran guard Shey Peddy to a seven-day hardship contract on Tuesday, one day after releasing previous hardship addition Kyra Lambert.

Cunningham became the third Fever guard sidelined with a season-ending injury in less than two weeks, after Indiana lost both Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald to an ACL tear and broken foot, respectively, in the same game on August 7th.

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The trio join superstar guard Caitlin Clark on the Fever's injured list, after the WNBA sophomore's lingering right groin issue has seen her on the bench since before the 2025 All-Star break.

That said, Clark has reportedly been participating in practice this week, ramping up her game fitness as she eyes a return to the 2025 WNBA court.