:Manchester Freedom#cite ref-sochi 3-1

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{{Short description|Football team in the Independent Women's Football League}}

{{USFootball team

| logo = ManchesterFreedom.PNG

| pixels = 200px

| founded = 2001

| league = Independent Women's Football League

| history = New Hampshire Freedom (2001-2004)
Manchester Freedom (2005-2011)

| stadium = West Memorial Field

| city = Manchester, New Hampshire

| colors = green, gold, black

| owner = Ray Simoneau

| coach = Jim Gallatto

| championships = 0

| titles = 1 (2007){{cite web|author=|url=https://www.nysharksfootball.com/2007/07/14/new-york-28-manchester-0-2/|url-status=dead|title=New York 28 @ Manchester 0|date=14 July 2007|website=New York Sharks|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200925165421/https://www.nysharksfootball.com/2007/07/14/new-york-28-manchester-0-2/|archive-date=25 September 2020|access-date=22 June 2025}}

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The Manchester Freedom was an American football team in the Independent Women's Football League based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Home games were played at West Memorial Field on the campus of Manchester High School West.{{cite news|last=Zhe|first=Mike|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/sports/2004/05/23/gridiron-girls/50252679007/|title=Gridiron girls|date=23 May 2004|website=Seacoast Online|access-date=22 June 2025}}

Russian women's national hockey team member Yekaterina Pashkevich played several seasons for the club.

Julie Carignan and Jen Pirog were attached to the team in 2010, when they played for the U.S. team that won the nation's first International Federation of American Football Women’s World Championship.{{cite news |title=Manchester players help Team USA tackle history |url=https://www.keenesentinel.com/sports/local_sports/manchester-players-help-team-usa-tackle-history/article_4e97c54b-a6d8-5b13-bc50-fb3bfe958b49.html |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Keene Sentinel |date=7 July 2010 |language=en}} Despite the presence of national team players on its roster, the team only won one game in the 2010 season.

The team improved to 4-4 in 2011. The Freedom disbanded after the 2011 season.{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Steve |title=From football in Manchester to women's hockey in Sochi, Russian trailblazer has had long career |url=https://www.unionleader.com/sports/from-football-in-manchester-to-womens-hockey-in-sochi-russian-trailblazer-has-had-long-career/article_284ba48e-b4e8-5aed-a908-943ca32927be.html |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Union Leader |agency=Reuters |date=12 February 2014 |language=en}}{{Better source needed|date=June 2025|reason=Team appears to have officially ceased operations in August 2013, not in 2011}}

Freedom running back and linebacker Kimberly Boroyan was named to the league's All-Star team in 2007, 2009, and 2011.{{cite news |last1=Hurley |first1=Christopher |title=Melrose native Kim Boroyan heads to IWFL All-Star Game |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/melrose-free-press/2011/07/28/melrose-native-kim-boroyan-heads/64921176007/ |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Melrose-Free Press |date=28 July 2011}}