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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league. At the top of the United States league system, it is the country's primary competition for women's soccer. The NWSL was established in 2012 as a successor to Women's Professional Soccer (2007–2012). The league began play in 2013 with eight teams; four of which ...
Major League Soccer is the top-level men's professional soccer league in the United States. As of the league's 2025 season, MLS has 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada. The league began play in 1996, its creation a requirement by FIFA for awarding the United States the right to host the 1994 World Cup.
Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada; Deloitte Football Money League; Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs; Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams; Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes; List of largest sports contracts; List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
The fifth biggest professional sports league is Major League Soccer (MLS), which will have 30 teams when the 2025 season begins. While soccer is very popular globally, it had struggled to become established in Canada and the United States with several professional leagues starting and folding before MLS was founded in 1996.
MLS Next Pro is in the third tier of the United States men's soccer league system. It currently consists 29 teams: ten in the Southern United States, seven in the Western United States, six in the Midwestern United States, four in the Northeastern United States, and one each in Eastern and Western Canada.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Based on revenue, the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS). At $16 billion in revenue, the NFL is the most valuable sports league in the world.
PLL – Premier Lacrosse League (United States) [major] Merged with the competing Major League Lacrosse in December 2020, with the merged league operating as the PLL. ALL - American Lacrosse League (United States) [low minor/club] UWLX - United Women's Lacrosse League (United States) WPLL - Women's Professional Lacrosse League (United States)