New Women's League and the Power of Three Plans were announced Wednesday for the launch of yet another Division 1 women's professional soccer league in the United States, the third such effort over the past decade or so. But this one has a twist. The as-yet unnamed eight-team circuit -- with teams in New Jersey, western New York, Boston, Washington, Kansas City, Chicago, Seattle and Portland -- will garner major support from the soccer associations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The league is the successor to the Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer, both of which ceased operation after only three seasons. "We had 11 groups that were vetted and we decided to start with eight teams," Sunil Gulati, the president of US Soccer, said during a telephone conference call. The model that will be used will have US Soccer running the front office of the league and funding up to 24 national team players, three per team. Canada, which will host the next Women's World Cup, in 2015, will pay the salaries of up to 16 of its national team players with the Mexican federation chipping in to foot the bill for up to 12 of its national team players. Four of the teams, New Jersey, Western New York, Boston and Chicago, were part of W.P.S., which folded last year before the United States went to London and won its second consecutive Olympic gold medal. The Portland club will be operated by Merritt Paulson, who also operated the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. Most details remain to be worked out, like how many games the teams will play and in what stadiums, though officials said the new league will try to avoid expensive venues like Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill,, where the Chicago Red Stars played previously. Discussions are underway with several potential national sponsors and a television partner. Gulati added that Soccer United Marketing, the marketing arm of M.L.S., is likely to be involved, as it was with W.P.S. "The real story is that we are trying to create an economic model that is sustainable," Gulati said. We are subsidizing the private sector to make their investments smaller. The season is scheduled to begin in March or April and run through September/October. The league will make provisions for FIFA's international dates leading up to the 2015 World Cup and also provide time for national team residency camps in all three countries. At present, many of the top female players in the United States are signed to contracts with the American federation and are expected to be part of the new league. After two previous failures, do you think there is a sustainable market for women's professional soccer in the United States?