List of soccer clubs in the United States

This is a list of soccer clubs in the United States. For clarity, teams based outside the United States that play in USSF-recognized leagues are also listed below, with their home country noted.

Men's soccer clubs

Three professional leagues of soccer teams are sanctioned by the Professional Division of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF or U.S. Soccer). The top level league is Major League Soccer (MLS). The second level consists of the North American Soccer League (NASL) and United Soccer League (USL), the latter of which will be rebranded as the USL Championship for 2019. The future USL Championship is operated by United Soccer Leagues (note the plural), which also operates the fourth-level USL League Two (formerly the Premier Development League) and has announced plans to create USL League One in 2019, which will slot between the USL Championship and USL League Two. The National Premier Soccer League is another nationwide semi-professional league below the third division.

Major League Soccer (MLS)

MLS currently has 23 clubs. As early as 2013, the league expressed a desire to expand to 24 teams by 2020.[1] A 24th team is now set to start play in 2019, and two more are planned to start play in 2020.

Team City Stadium Capacity Joined
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium1 71,000 2017
Chicago Fire Bridgeview, Illinois Toyota Park 20,000 1998
Columbus Crew SC Columbus, Ohio MAPFRE Stadium 19,968 1996
D.C. United Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 1996
Montreal Impact* Montreal Saputo Stadium 20,801 2012
New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 20,000 1996
New York City FC New York City Yankee Stadium 30,321 2015
New York Red Bulls Harrison, New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000 1996
Orlando City SC Orlando, Florida Orlando City Stadium 25,500 2015
Philadelphia Union Chester, Pennsylvania Talen Energy Stadium 18,500 2010
Toronto FC* Toronto, Ontario BMO Field 30,000 2007
Western Conference
Colorado Rapids Commerce City, Colorado Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 1996
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium 20,500 1996
Houston Dynamo Houston, Texas BBVA Compass Stadium 22,039 2006
LA Galaxy Carson, California StubHub Center 27,000 1996
Los Angeles FC Los Angeles, California Banc of California Stadium 22,000 2018
Minnesota United FC Minneapolis TCF Bank Stadium 50,805 2017
Portland Timbers Portland, Oregon Providence Park 21,144 2011
Real Salt Lake Sandy, Utah Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 2005
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California Avaya Stadium 18,000 1996
Seattle Sounders FC Seattle CenturyLink Field 39,419 2009
Sporting Kansas City Kansas City, Kansas Children's Mercy Park 18,467 1996
Vancouver Whitecaps FC* Vancouver, British Columbia BC Place 22,120 2011
  • * – Team based in Canada

North American Soccer League (NASL)

Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined
California United FC Fullerton, California Titan Stadium 10,000 2017 2018
Jacksonville Armada FC Jacksonville, Florida Hodges Stadium 9,400 2013 2015
Miami FC Miami Riccardo Silva Stadium 20,000 2015 2016
New York Cosmos Brooklyn, New York MCU Park 7,000 2010 2013
Puerto Rico FC Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 22,000 2015 2016
San Diego 1904 FC San Diego, California Torero Stadium 6,000 2017 2018

United Soccer Leagues (USL)

    Locations of announced teams for the 2018 United Soccer League season
    MLS-owned club; MLS-affiliated club; no MLS affiliation; future club;

    United Soccer Leagues is the parent organization for the United Soccer League (USSF Division II; to be known as the USL Championship from 2019 forward), the Premier Development League (PDL) (to be known as USL League Two from 2019), and the youth Super Y-League.

    Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined
    Eastern Conference
    Atlanta United 2 Lawrenceville, Georgia Coolray Field 10,427 2017 2018
    Bethlehem Steel FC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Goodman Stadium 16,000 2015 2016
    Charleston Battery Charleston, South Carolina MUSC Health Stadium 5,100 1993 2011
    Charlotte Independence Matthews, North Carolina Sportsplex at Matthews 2,300 2014 2015
    FC Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Nippert Stadium 35,061 2015 2016
    Indy Eleven Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium 70,000 2013 2018
    Louisville City FC Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Slugger Field 8,000 2014 2015
    Nashville SC Nashville, Tennessee First Tennessee Park 10,000 2016 2018
    New York Red Bulls II Montclair, New Jersey MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field 3,000 2015
    North Carolina FC Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 2006 2018
    Ottawa Fury FC* Ottawa, Ontario TD Place Stadium 24,000 2011 2017
    Penn FC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania FNB Field 6,187 2004 2011
    Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Highmark Stadium 3,500 1999 2011
    Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 22,000 1993 2011
    Tampa Bay Rowdies St. Petersburg, Florida Al Lang Stadium 7,227 2008 2017
    Toronto FC II* Toronto, Ontario BMO Field 30,000 2014 2015
    Western Conference
    Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Colorado Springs, Colorado Weidner Field 5,000 2013 2015
    Fresno FC Fresno, California Chukchansi Park 12,500 2017 2018
    LA Galaxy II Carson, California StubHub Center Track Stadium 2,000 2014
    Las Vegas Lights FC Las Vegas, Nevada Cashman Field 9,334 2017 2018
    OKC Energy FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Taft Stadium 7,500 2013 2014
    Orange County SC Irvine, California Champion Stadium 5,000 2010 2011
    Phoenix Rising FC Scottsdale, Arizona Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex 6,200 2014
    Portland Timbers 2 Portland, Oregon Providence Park 21,144 2014 2015
    Real Monarchs SLC Herriman, Utah Zions Bank Stadium 5,000 2014 2015
    Reno 1868 FC Reno, Nevada Greater Nevada Field 9,013 2015 2017
    Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Edinburg, Texas H-E-B Park 9,400 2015 2016
    Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento, California Papa Murphy's Park 11,569 2012 2014
    Saint Louis FC Fenton, Missouri Toyota Stadium 5,500 2014 2015
    San Antonio FC San Antonio, Texas Toyota Field 8,296 2016
    Seattle Sounders FC 2 Tacoma, Washington Cheney Stadium 6,500 2014 2015
    Swope Park Rangers Overland Park, Kansas Shawnee Mission District Stadium 6,150 2015 2016
    Tulsa Roughnecks FC Tulsa, Oklahoma ONEOK Field 7,833 2013 2015
    • * – Team based in Canada

    Future teams:

    Premier Development League (PDL 2017)

    USA States with PDL teams are highlighted in red, Canadian Provinces with PDL teams are in dark red

    National Premier Soccer League (NPSL 2018)

    College soccer (NCAA)

    Division I
    Division II
    Division III

    Women's soccer clubs

    National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

    The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) currently has nine clubs.[2] Former commissioner Jeff Plush announced that the NWSL planned to expand to 14 teams by 2020. At the time, Plush suggested that the league was in varying stages of talks with a dozen different potential expansion groups, including some from MLS organizations. In April 2016, MLS commissioner Don Garber stated that half of MLS teams could be running NWSL teams in the near future.[3] In May 2017, FC Barcelona announced that it had approved a plan to launch an expansion team in the league as soon as 2018.[4]

    Locations of teams for the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season.
    Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined
    Chicago Red Stars Bridgeview, Illinois Toyota Park 20,000 2006 2013
    Houston Dash Houston, Texas BBVA Compass Stadium 7,000 2013 2014
    North Carolina Courage Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 2009 2013
    Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida Orlando City Stadium 25,500 2015 2016
    Portland Thorns FC Portland, Oregon Providence Park 20,438 2012 2013
    Seattle Reign FC Seattle Memorial Stadium 6,088 2012 2013
    Sky Blue FC Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000 2007 2013
    Utah Royals FC Sandy, Utah Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 2017 2018
    Washington Spirit Boyds, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex 5,200 2012 2013

    United Women's Soccer

    Women's Premier Soccer League

    College soccer (NCAA)

    Division I
    Division II
    Division III

    Indoor soccer clubs

    Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)

    By city

    Pop. Rank Metropolitan Area Major League Soccer NASL United Soccer League NWSL
    1New York New York Red Bulls
    New York City    		 New York Cosmos New York Red Bulls II Sky Blue FC
    2Los Angeles LA Galaxy
    LAFC    		 California United FC LA Galaxy II
    Orange County SC
    3Chicago Chicago Fire USL Chicago Chicago Red Stars
    4Baltimore–Washington D.C. United Loudoun United FC Washington Spirit
    5San Francisco Bay Area San Jose Earthquakes USL East Bay
    6Boston, Massachusetts New England Revolution
    7Dallas-Fort Worth FC Dallas
    8Philadelphia Philadelphia Union Bethlehem Steel
    9Miami Inter Miami CF Miami FC
    10Houston Houston Dynamo Houston Dash
    11Atlanta Atlanta United FC Atlanta United 2
    13Seattle Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC 2 Seattle Reign FC
    14Phoenix Phoenix Rising FC
    15Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minnesota United FC
    17Denver Colorado Rapids
    18San Diego San Diego 1904 FC
    19Portland Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2 Portland Thorns FC
    20Orlando Orlando City SC Orlando Pride
    21Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Rowdies
    22St. Louis Saint Louis FC
    23Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
    24Charlotte Charlotte Independence
    25Sacramento Sacramento Republic FC
    26Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake Real Monarchs Utah Royals FC
    27Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Swope Park Rangers
    28Columbus Columbus Crew SC
    29Indianapolis Indy Eleven
    30San Antonio San Antonio FC
    31Las Vegas Las Vegas Lights FC
    32Cincinnati FC Cincinnati[lower-alpha 1]
    33Raleigh-Durham North Carolina FC North Carolina Courage
    35Austin Austin Bold FC
    36Nashville MLS Nashville Nashville SC
    39Jacksonville Jacksonville Armada FC
    40Louisville Louisville City FC
    41Hartford Hartford Athletic
    45Oklahoma City OKC Energy FC
    46Memphis Memphis 901 FC
    47Birmingham Birmingham Legion FC
    48Richmond Richmond Kickers
    49Harrisburg Penn FC
    53Albuquerque USL New Mexico
    54Tulsa Tulsa Roughnecks FC
    55Fresno Fresno FC
    59El Paso El Paso USL
    67McAllen Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
    75Charleston Charleston Battery
    82Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
    93Reno Reno 1868 FC
    1. ↑ FC Cincinnati will cease USL operations at the end of the 2018 season. The ownership group has been granted a franchise by MLS that will start play under the FC Cincinnati name in 2019.

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "Major League Soccer to expand to 24 teams by 2020 season, says Commissioner Don Garber". MLSsoccer.com.
    2. ↑ Green, Lauren. "Report: LAFC up next for NWSL expansion in 2018". Excelle Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
    3. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (June 9, 2016). "City Football Group could bring NWSL team to New York". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
    4. ↑ Rosenblatt, Ryan (May 12, 2017). "FC Barcelona approve plans to launch a women's team in NWSL". Fox Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sunshine Conference Expands to Seven Teams" (February 9, 2011). wpsl.info. Retrieved April 15, 2011.

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