Marta, who's been called the female Pele, played in Sweden, not the National Women's Soccer League, which is the third attempt at a North American professional women's soccer league since 1999. The NWSL executive director Cheryl Bailey said in 2013 that players' salaries range from $6,000 to $30,000.he salary cap for each team is reportedly $265,000. The minimum salary within the NWSL this year is $6,842. That is barely half the salary needed to meet the threshold of the Federal poverty line, which is $11,770.