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The 2024 Major League Soccer season was the 29th season of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, and the 46th season overall of a national first-division league in the United States. The league's 29 teams were divided into the Eastern and Western conferences. This was the first season ...
No professional league in any of the major pro sports leagues in the U.S. or Canada uses a system of promotion and relegation. [1] The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation (also known as the USSF or U.S. Soccer), oversees the league system and is responsible for sanctioning professional leagues.
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. [2] [3] It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada. [4] [5] MLS is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
The 2024 season is the 112th season of competitive soccer in the United States. The season began with friendlies for the USMNT and USWNT in January and February. [1] The USMNT competed in the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League, winning for the third straight time, [2] and also competed as the host of the 2024 Copa América. [3]
However, with more regular season matches taking place due to the league being expanded from 12 to 14 teams in 2024, the NWSL decided to scrap the league cup format. [5] Instead, the competition was reformatted to be a one-off super cup match, to be contested by the winners of the NWSL Championship and NWSL Shield from the previous season.
USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019.The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championship and other leagues.
1986 – The original USL is established as the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. 1989 – An outdoor league, known as the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League is added. 1990 – The indoor and outdoor leagues merge, becoming the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League. 1991 – The SISL is renamed the United States Interregional Soccer League.
The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. [1] [2] [3] NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a winter break but have switched to spring-to-fall which is more common in the United States ...