High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Women`s United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world`s first women`s soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States. The league suspended operations on September 15, 2003, shortly after the end of its third season, after making cumulative losses of around US $100 million.