NWSL teams gear up for the start of the 2017 season

Team bonding, new jerseys, photo shoots and more

With just a few days left before the NWSL season, let’s check in on how the teams are spending the time off the field….

Portland Thorns FC took a team bonding trip to the Oregon coast recently. Lucky for us–they posted a fun video of their outing.

Highlights include: a history lesson about Lewis & Clark, a hike to the beach and the team encountering a flooded bridge.

Elsewhere around the NWSL:

Sky Blue FC takes you behind the scenes of their photo shoot.

Seattle Reign FC unveiled their 2017 kits last night and also showed off their new scarves.

Your 2017 Reign FC alternate kits. #LetItReign pic.twitter.com/SJ6aPr4JfC — Seattle Reign FC (@ReignFC) April 12, 2017

New scarves. New kit. New season. See you April 15. ? #LetItReign pic.twitter.com/xFBeaRa6A8 — Seattle Reign FC (@ReignFC) April 12, 2017

North Carolina, too, offered fans an early look at their new jerseys.

Picture day for the squad ? How bout those kits? ?⚽️ pic.twitter.com/80Vrn7FlSU — NC Courage (@TheNCCourage) April 10, 2017

Photo shoot time!!! Excited for our first game of the season on Saturday!! #NCCourage ❤??? @TheNCCourage pic.twitter.com/AjUENUONAG — Jessica McDonald (@Jess_Mac14) April 10, 2017

The Red Stars’ photo shoot looks like it was a lot fun:

Photoshoot day means eating ? & boomerangs. pic.twitter.com/bYywQGeB3c — Chicago Red Stars (@chicagoredstars) April 11, 2017

FC Kansas City debuted their new jerseys — Welcome back, Amy Rodriguez and Sydney Leroux!

New year, new home kits. See us in them Sunday as #WeRepKC pic.twitter.com/4Vcq30NKQA — FC Kansas City (@FCKansasCity) April 14, 2017

Stephanie Labbé’s dog, Rio, crashed her shoot:

Rio getting his beauty rest before media day with @lifetimetv ?? pic.twitter.com/lkEkHx589k — Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) April 12, 2017

He was too shy to do his segment for @lifetimetv alone so I jumped in with him. ?❤ pic.twitter.com/IH0jvpr79E — Stephanie Labbé (@stephlabbe1) April 12, 2017

The Boston Breakers took you behind the scenes of their team photos:

And that's a wrap on photo day! ? pic.twitter.com/VOd2ADlf19 — BostonBreakers (@BostonBreakers) April 10, 2017

The Orlando Pride did as well:

What goes into a gameday intro video? We went behind the scenes for a look. ? Full Video on LN: https://t.co/r5jPWgdugN pic.twitter.com/kN61RTJZCo — Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) April 11, 2017

Dash players made calls to fans in Houston: