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The United States soccer league system is a series of professional and amateur soccer leagues based, in whole or in part, in the United States. Sometimes called the American soccer pyramid , teams and leagues are not linked by the system of promotion and relegation typical in soccer elsewhere.
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 ...
The USL operates three divisions within the U.S. soccer pyramid for men’s professional and developmental teams: USL Championship: The second division of professional soccer in the United States, sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. It features clubs across the U.S. and Canada and includes a regular season and playoffs to ...
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 United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 54 state organizations as well as regional, national and state leagues.
Two second-division leagues currently exist: United Women's Soccer began play in May 2016 and as of 2020 features 30 teams in five conferences [97] and the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), started in 1997, features over 115 teams across the United States and Canada (the largest women's soccer league in the world as of 2020). [98]
United States: 1,000 2 LA Galaxy: United States: 925 3 Atlanta United FC: United States: 850 4 New York City FC: United States: 800 5 D.C. United: United States: 700 6 Toronto FC: Canada: 690 7 Austin FC: United States: 680 8 Seattle Sounders FC: United States: 660 9 Portland Timbers: United States: 650 10 Charlotte FC: United States: 625
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.