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On September 8, 2010, the United Soccer Leagues formally announced the creation of USL Pro in a press release. [3] Prior to the official announcement of the new league, on August 11, 2010, the Dayton Dutch Lions FC revealed they would be joining the "USL-Pro Championship Division (former USL-2)" at a press conference, revealing the name of the new league before its official announcement. [4]
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.
United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of soccer leagues in the United States of America. It operates both men's and women's leagues, both professional. Men's leagues currently organized are the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the youth league, USL Youth. A women's league, the USL W League, began play in 2022. [1]
The 2025 USL Championship season will be the 15th season of the USL Championship and the eighth season under Division II sanctioning. 24 teams in two conferences will compete in the regular season. [1] Lexington SC joined from USL League One. Memphis 901 FC withdrew because it was unable to secure construction of a soccer-specific stadium.
The 2025 USL Cup is the second edition of the USL Cup (known as the USL Jägermeister Cup for sponsorship reasons). The competition is open to all clubs in USL Championship and USL League One . Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC , the winner of the 2024 USL Cup , had their franchise agreement with the United Soccer League terminated and are unable ...
The USL Championship was granted second division sanctioning by the United States Soccer Federation in January 2017, leaving the third tier of American soccer unoccupied. . From 1996 to 2009, the United Soccer League operated leagues at the lower divisions under various names, including the USL Second Division in the third tier
On June 21, 2021, Major League Soccer announced the creation of a new professional league which would begin play in 2022. MLS has applied to the United States Soccer Federation for the league to be sanctioned as a Division III professional league, the same level currently occupied by USL League One and the National Independent Soccer Association and one level below the USL Championship. [2]
Founded and beginning play in 1999, [7] [8] the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. [9] Since 2013, the Riverhounds have played their home games at the 5,000-seat Highmark Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium located in Station Square. [10] Their current head coach is Bob ...