SAN FRANCISCO — The new Women's Professional Soccer League will open its first season when the Washington Freedom play the Los Angeles Sol on March 29 at Carson, Calif.

The U.S. has not had a major professional women's league since the Women's United Soccer Association folded in September 2003 after its third season.

Natasha Kai, a Kahuku High and University of Hawai'i alum, is scheduled to play in the league for Sky Blue FC (New Jersey). http://www.skybluesoccer.com/

Three home openers in the seven-team league will be April 5, the league said Tuesday, with the Boston Breakers at the FC Gold Pride in Santa Clara, Calif.; the Sol at Sky Blue FC in Bridgewater, N.J.; and the Chicago Red Stars at the Saint Louis Athletica in Edwardsville, Mo.

On April 11, Athletica is at the Breakers in Cambridge, Mass., and the Red Stars are at the Freedom in Germantown, Md. The final home opener is April 19, when Sky Blue is at the Red Stars in Bridgeview, Ill.

The remainder of the schedule will be announced in February.