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The Sacramento Kings of the NBA (shown playing at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento) are the state capital’s only major professional sports team. There are many professional sports teams based in California, participating in sports such as baseball, American football, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, and ultimate.
Its indoor league folded in 1998. The USISL adopted its current name, the USL, in 1999. In 2011, a number of USL clubs broke away to form the North American Soccer League, necessitating the merger of its two pro leagues into one. The USL also took ownership of the Major Indoor Soccer League, though it and the W-League would fold by 2015 ...
On July 12, 2023, the USL awarded an expansion team to a team that would later be called Ozark United FC [154] with the intent to bring USL Championship and Super League teams to Rogers, Arkansas, with a goal for the Championship and Super League sides to kick off by 2026 and play in a new 5,000-seat stadium. [155]
Several years after the formation of the North American Soccer League in 1968, the Los Angeles Aztecs joined NASL as an expansion team in 1974, and played from 1974 until 1981, folding after the 1981 season. The team featured international superstars such as George Best and Johan Cruyff. The team was at its most popular in 1979 and 1980 ...
The Eugene team will be operated by the same group behind Lane United FC, but the team identity will be completely rebranded. In August 2024, the USL announced that Lexington SC would be moving from League One to the Championship. [55] In October 2024, the league granted expansion teams to Corpus Christi, Texas, and Boise, Idaho.
At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams. Two professional women's soccer leagues are sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, both at the top level— the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which has operated since 2013, and the USL Super League (USLS), which started play in the 2024–25 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.
Below is a list of all the teams that ever have, or will, play in the Premier Development League or USL League Two. Abbotsford 86ers Select (2000); Abbotsford 86ers (1999); Abbotsford Athletes in Action (1998)