List of soccer clubs in the United States

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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[]

Five 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) and the second level is the USL Championship. The third level leagues are USL League One, the National Independent Soccer Association and MLS Next Pro. The USL Championship and USL League One are operated by the United Soccer League, which also operates the semi-professional USL League Two.

Major League Soccer (MLS)[]

See also: Expansion of Major League Soccer

As of 2022, MLS has 28 clubs. Charlotte FC joined the league in 2022 and St. Louis City SC is scheduled to join in 2023. Sacramento Republic FC had intended to join MLS in 2023, but its MLS bid was placed on indefinite hold after the team's lead investor Ron Burkle pulled out of the deal.[1]


Team City Stadium Capacity Joined
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC Atlanta, Georgia Mercedes-Benz Stadium 71,000 2017
Charlotte FC Charlotte, North Carolina Bank of America Stadium 75,523 2022
Chicago Fire FC Chicago, Illinois Soldier Field 61,500 1998
Columbus Crew Columbus, Ohio Lower.com Field 20,000 1996
D.C. United Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 1996
FC Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio TQL Stadium 26,000 2019
Inter Miami CF Miami, Florida Initial: DRV PNK Stadium (Fort Lauderdale)
Permanent: Miami Freedom Park (TBD) 		18,000
25,000 		2020
CF Montréal* Montreal, Quebec Saputo Stadium 20,801 2012
New England Revolution Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 20,000 1996
New York City FC New York City, New York Yankee Stadium 30,321 2015
New York Red Bulls Harrison, New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000 1996
Orlando City SC Orlando, Florida Exploria Stadium 25,500 2015
Philadelphia Union Chester, Pennsylvania Subaru Park 18,500 2010
Toronto FC* Toronto, Ontario BMO Field 30,000 2007
Western Conference
Austin FC Austin, Texas Q2 Stadium 20,500 2021
Colorado Rapids Commerce City, Colorado Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,061 1996
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium 20,500 1996
Houston Dynamo FC Houston, Texas PNC Stadium 22,039 2006
LA Galaxy Carson, California Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 1996
Los Angeles FC Los Angeles, California Banc of California Stadium 22,000 2018
Minnesota United FC Saint Paul, Minnesota Allianz Field 19,400 2017
Nashville SC Nashville, Tennessee Initial: Nissan Stadium
Permanent: Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium (2022) 		68,143
27,500 		2020
Portland Timbers Portland, Oregon Providence Park 25,218 2011
Real Salt Lake Sandy, Utah Rio Tinto Stadium 20,213 2005
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, California PayPal Park 18,000 1996
Seattle Sounders FC Seattle, Washington Lumen 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
Future teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Joining League
St. Louis City SC[2] St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis City stadium 22,500 2023
  • * – Team based in Canada

USL Championship[]

The United Soccer League is the parent organization for the USL Championship (USSF Division II), USL League One (applied for USSF Division III sanctioning), USL League Two, and the youth Super Y-League.

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Atlanta
Atlanta
Birmingham
Birmingham
Charleston
Colorado Springs
Detroit
El Paso
El Paso
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Hartford
Hartford
Indy
Indy
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Loudoun
Loudoun
Louisville
Louisville
Memphis
Memphis
Miami
Miami
Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay
New Mexico
New York
New York
Oakland
Oklahoma City
Orange County
Orange County
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley
Sacramento
Sacramento
San Antonio
San Diego
Tampa Bay
Tulsa
Queensboro
Iowa
Iowa
Locations of announced teams in the USL Championship
  • Blue pog.svg MLS-owned club
  • Red pog.svg MLS-affiliated club
  • Green pog.svg no MLS affiliation
  • Orange pog.svg on hiatus
  • Yellow pog.svg future team


Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined Head coach MLS affiliate
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United 2 Kennesaw, Georgia Fifth Third Bank Stadium[i] 8,318 2017 2018 Wales Jack Collison Atlanta United FC
Birmingham Legion FC Birmingham, Alabama Protective Stadium[i] 47,100 2017 2019 United States Tom Soehn
Charleston Battery Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Patriots Point Soccer Complex[ii] 3,900 1993 2011 United States Conor Casey
Detroit City FC Hamtramck, Michigan Keyworth Stadium[i] 7,933 2012 2022 England Trevor James
Hartford Athletic Hartford, Connecticut Dillon Stadium[ii] 5,500 2018 2019 England Harry Watling
Indy Eleven Indianapolis, Indiana Carroll Stadium[i] 10,524 2013 2018 England Mark Lowry
Loudoun United FC Leesburg, Virginia Segra Field[ii] 5,000 2018 2019 United States Ryan Martin D.C. United
Louisville City FC Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium[ii] 11,700 2014 2015 United States Danny Cruz
Memphis 901 FC Memphis, Tennessee AutoZone Park[iii] 10,000 2018 2019 United States Ben Pirmann
Miami FC Miami, Florida Riccardo Silva Stadium[i] 20,000 2015 2020 Wales Anthony Pulis
New York Red Bulls II Montclair, New Jersey MSU Soccer Park[ii] 5,000 2015 vacant New York Red Bulls
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Highmark Stadium[ii] 5,000 1998 2011 United States Bob Lilley
Tampa Bay Rowdies St. Petersburg, Florida Al Lang Stadium[iii] 7,227 2008 2017 Scotland Neill Collins
FC Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma ONEOK Field[iv] 7,833 2013 2015 Nigeria Michael Nsien
Western Conference
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Colorado Springs, Colorado Weidner Field[ii] 8,000 2013 2015 United States Brendan Burke Colorado Rapids
El Paso Locomotive FC El Paso, Texas Southwest University Park[iii] 9,500 2018 2019 Australia John Hutchinson
LA Galaxy II Carson, California Dignity Health Track Stadium[i] 10,000 2014 vacant LA Galaxy
Las Vegas Lights FC Las Vegas, Nevada Cashman Field[iii] 9,334 2017 2018 United States Steve Cherundolo Los Angeles FC
Monterey Bay FC Seaside, California Cardinale Stadium 6,000 2021 2022 Canada Frank Yallop
New Mexico United Albuquerque, New Mexico Rio Grande Credit Union Field[iii] 13,500 2018 2019 United States Zach Prince
Oakland Roots SC Oakland, California Laney College Stadium[i] 5,500 2018 2021 United States Jordan Ferrell
Orange County SC Irvine, California Championship Soccer Stadium[ii] 5,000 2010 2011 England Richard Chaplow
Phoenix Rising FC Chandler, Arizona Wild Horse Pass[ii] 10,000 2014 United States Rick Schantz
Rio Grande Valley FC Edinburg, Texas H-E-B Park[ii] 9,400 2015 2016 Colombia Wilmer Cabrera
Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento, California Heart Health Park[ii] 11,569 2012 2014 England Mark Briggs
San Antonio FC San Antonio, Texas Toyota Field[ii] 8,296 2016 Canada Alen Marcina New York City FC
San Diego Loyal SC San Diego, California Torero Stadium[i] 6,000 2019 2020 United States Landon Donovan
  MLS-affiliated
  MLS-owned

Future teams[]

Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joining Head coach MLS affiliate
Planned Expansion Clubs
Queensboro FC Queens, New York New stadium at York College[v] 7,500 2019 2023
[3] Buffalo, New York TBD 10,000 2019 2023
USLC Rhode Island[4] Pawtucket, Rhode Island Riptide Stadium[v] 7,500 2020 2022
[5] Des Moines, Iowa Pro Iowa Stadium[6] 8,000 1994 2024[6]

On hiatus[]

Team City Stadium Capacity Joined Notes
OKC Energy FC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Taft Stadium 7,500 2014 Will return for the 2023 season[7]

USL League One[]

Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined Head coach
Current teams
Central Valley Fuego FC Fresno, California Fresno State Soccer Stadium 1,000 2020 2022 Mexico Jaime Ramirez
Charlotte Independence[8] Charlotte, North Carolina Memorial Stadium 10,500 2014 2022 United States Mike Jeffries
Chattanooga Red Wolves SC East Ridge, Tennessee CHI Memorial Stadium 5,500 2018 2019 United States Jimmy Obleda
Forward Madison FC Madison, Wisconsin Breese Stevens Field 5,000 2018 2019 United States Matt Glaeser
Greenville Triumph SC Greenville, South Carolina Legacy Early College Field 4,000 2018 2019 United States John Harkes
North Carolina FC Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 2006 2021 United States John Bradford
Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Windsor, Colorado Future Legends Complex 6,000 2021 2022 Libya Éamon Zayed
Union Omaha Papillion, Nebraska Werner Park 9,023 2019 2020 United States Jay Mims
Richmond Kickers Richmond, Virginia City Stadium 22,611 1993 2019 United States Darren Sawatzky
South Georgia Tormenta FC Statesboro, Georgia Optim Health System Field 3,500 2015 2019 Scotland Ian Cameron
FC Tucson Tucson, Arizona Kino North Stadium 3,200 2010 2019 United States Jon Pearlman

Future teams[]

Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joining Head coach
Planned expansion teams
Fort Wayne FC Fort Wayne, Indiana Shield's Field 3,200 2019 2023 United States Mike Avery
Lexington, Kentucky UK Soccer Complex 3,370 2021 2023 vacant
USL1 Spokane Spokane, Washington Downtown Spokane Stadium 5,000 2021 2023 vacant

Location map[]

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South Georgia
South Georgia
Tucson
Greenville
Greenville
Madison
Madison
Richmond
Richmond
Chattanooga
Omaha
North Carolina
Charlotte
Charlotte
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
Central Valley
Central Valley
Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado
Spokane
Lexington
Lexington
USL League One clubs
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National Independent Soccer Association[]

Launched in 2019, NISA is a USSF third division league independent from USL.

Team City Stadium Capacity Founded First season Head coach
Spring 2022 clubs[9]
AC Syracuse Pulse Syracuse, New York Onondaga Community College 2,000 2021 2022 Portugal Cláudio Garcia
Albion San Diego San Diego, California Canyon Crest Academy Stadium 5,000 2017 2019 France Alex Gontran
Bay Cities FC Redwood City, California Terremere Field 3,500 2021 2022
California United Strikers FC Irvine, California Championship Stadium 5,000 2017 2019 United States Don Ebert
Chattanooga FC Chattanooga, Tennessee Finley Stadium 20,668 2009 2020 United States Rod Underwood
Chicago House AC Bridgeview, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 2020 Fall 2021
Flower City Union Rochester, New York Marina Auto Stadium 13,768 2020 2022
Los Angeles Force Santa Ana, California Valley High School Stadium[a] 5,000 2019 2019 Brazil Thales Peterson
Maryland Bobcats FC Boyds, Maryland Maryland SoccerPlex 4,000 2016 2021 Nigeria Samuel Okpodu
Michigan Stars FC Washington, Michigan Barnabo Field 1982 2020 Germany Alexander Strehmel
New Amsterdam FC Hempstead, New York Hofstra University Soccer Stadium 1,600 2020 2020 Senegal Bouna Coundoul
Stumptown AC Matthews, North Carolina Sportsplex at Matthews 5,000 2019 2019
Valley United FC Phoenix, Arizona GCU Stadium 6,000 2020 2022 United States Adrian Gaitan
Clubs on hiatus
New York Cosmos[10] Uniondale, New York Mitchel Athletic Complex 5,000 2010 2020 United States Carlos Mendes
  1. ^ Played two home matches at Championship Stadium in Irvine
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Syracuse
Albion SD
Bay Cities
California United
California United
Chattanooga
Chicago
Chicago
Flower City
Los Angeles
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam
New York
New York
Stumptown
Stumptown
Valley United
Locations of announced clubs
  • Red pog.svg Spring 2022 club
  • Blue pog.svg Future club
  • Green pog.svg Club on hiatus

MLS Next Pro[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Shared facility; not a soccer-specific stadium
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Soccer-specific stadium
  3. ^ a b c d e Baseball park
  4. ^ Baseball park
  5. ^ a b Soccer specific stadium
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Atlanta
Atlanta
Colorado
Columbus
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Los Angeles
Loudoun
Loudoun
New England
NYCFC II
Red Bulls
Red Bulls
North Texas
Orlando
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Portland
Salt Lake City
Rochester
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Louis
Tacoma
Tacoma
Toronto
Toronto
Locations of announced teams in MLS Next Pro (with Wikipedia articles)
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  • Red pog.svg Western Conference
  • Green pog.svg future club


Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded Joined Head coach Affiliate
Eastern Conference
Chicago Chicago, Illinois 2021 2022 Chicago Fire FC
Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 2021 2022 FC Cincinnati
Columbus Crew 2 Columbus, Ohio Historic Crew Stadium 19,968 2021 2022 Columbus Crew
Fort Lauderdale CF Fort Lauderdale, Florida DRV PNK Stadium 18,000 2019 2022 Darren Powell Inter Miami CF
New England Revolution II Foxborough, Massachusetts Gillette Stadium 20,000 2019 2022 Clint Peay New England Revolution
New York City New York City, New York 2021 2022 New York City FC
Orlando City B Kissimmee, Florida Osceola County Stadium 5,400 2015 2022 Orlando City SC
Philadelphia Union II Chester, Pennsylvania Subaru Park 18,500 2015 2022 Marlon LeBlanc Philadelphia Union
Rochester New York FC West Henrietta, New York Empire United Soccer Complex 1996 2022 Bruno Baltazar
Toronto FC II Toronto, Ontario BMO Training Ground 1,000 2014 2022 Mike Muñoz Toronto FC
Western Conference
Colorado Rapids 2 Commerce City, Colorado 2021 2022 Colorado Rapids
Houston, Texas 2021 2022 Houston Dynamo FC
Minnesota Saint Paul, Minnesota 2021 2022 Minnesota United FC
North Texas SC Arlington, Texas Choctaw Stadium 48,114 2018 2022 Eric Quill FC Dallas
Portland Timbers 2 Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro Stadium 7,600 2014 2022 Cameron Knowles Portland Timbers
Real Monarchs Herriman, Utah Zions Bank Stadium 5,000 2014 2022 Jámison Olave Real Salt Lake
San Jose San Jose, California 2021 2022 San Jose Earthquakes
Sporting Kansas City II Kansas City, Kansas Children's Mercy Park 18,467 2015 2022 Paulo Nagamura Sporting Kansas City
St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri 2021 2022 St. Louis City SC
Tacoma Defiance Tacoma, Washington Cheney Stadium 6,500 2014 2022 Wade Webber Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia 2021 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Future teams[]

Team[11] Location Stadium Capacity Founded Joining Current League Afilliate
Atlanta United 2 Kennesaw, Georgia Fifth Third Bank Stadium 8,318 2017 2023 USL Championship Atlanta United FC
Austin TBD TBD – – none Austin FC
Charlotte TBD TBD – – none Charlotte FC
LA Galaxy II Carson, California Dignity Health Sports Park 5,000 2014 USL Championship LA Galaxy
Los Angeles TBD TBD – – none Los Angeles FC
Loudoun United FC Leesburg, Virginia Segra Field 5,000 2018 USL Championship D.C. United
Nashville TBD TBD – – none Nashville SC
New York Red Bulls II Montclair, New Jersey MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field 5,000 2015 USL Championship New York Red Bulls

Women's soccer clubs[]

National Women's Soccer League[]

See also: NWSL expansion

As of the upcoming 2022 season, the National Women's Soccer League has 12 clubs.[12] Former commissioner Jeff Plush announced that the league 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 National Women's Soccer League teams in the near future.[13] In May 2017, FC Barcelona announced that it had approved a plan to launch an expansion team in the league as soon as 2018,[14] but those plans have yet to materialize.

The league's most recent expansion took place in 2021, with a new team in Louisville, Kentucky starting play as Racing Louisville FC.[15] Two teams are set to start play in 2022–Angel City FC in Los Angeles[16] and San Diego Wave FC in San Diego. The San Diego team had originally been announced for Sacramento, California,[17] but was placed on indefinite hold due to the issues surrounding the city's attempted MLS bid. The NWSL and the backers of the Sacramento bid then shifted their focus to San Diego,[18] and on June 8, 2021, the NWSL officially announced that the San Diego team would start play in 2022 with former United States women's national soccer team head coach Jill Ellis as president.[19]

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Angel City
Angel City
Red Stars
Red Stars
Dash
Dash
Current
Courage
Reign
Reign
Pride
Pride
Thorns
Thorns
Racing
Racing
Gotham
Gotham
Wave
Spirit
Locations of National Women's Soccer League teams.
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Current teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Joined
Angel City FC Los Angeles, California Banc of California Stadium 22,000 2020 2022
Chicago Red Stars Bridgeview, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 2006 2013
Houston Dash Houston, Texas PNC Stadium 7,000[a] 2013 2014
Kansas City Current Kansas City, Kansas Children's Mercy Park 18,467 2020 2021
NJ/NY Gotham FC Harrison, New Jersey Red Bull Arena 25,000 2007 2013
Montclair, New Jersey MSU Soccer Park[b] 5,000
North Carolina Courage Cary, North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park 10,000 2009 2013
Orlando Pride Orlando, Florida Exploria Stadium 25,500 2015 2016
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Oregon Providence Park 25,218 2012 2013
Racing Louisville FC Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium 15,304[c] 2019 2021
OL Reign Seattle, Washington Lumen Field 10,000[d] 2012 2013
San Diego Wave FC San Diego, California Torero Stadium[e] 6,000 2021 2022
Washington Spirit Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 2012 2013
Leesburg, Virginia Segra Field 5,000
  1. ^ Full capacity is 22,039, but the Dash has always limited ticket sales to 7,000.
  2. ^ Used for Gotham's home matches in the season-opening NWSL Challenge Cup.
  3. ^ Capacity includes standing-room sections; seated capacity is 11,700.
  4. ^ Full capacity is 68,740, but OL Reign will initially limit ticket sales to 10,000, with the potential to open more of the stadium depending on demand.
  5. ^ Wave FC will move within San Diego to Snapdragon Stadium (capacity 35,000) in 2023.

Indoor soccer clubs[]

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)[]

By city[]

Pop. Rank Metropolitan Area Major League Soccer USL Championship USL League One National Independent Soccer Association MLS Next Pro NWSL
1 New York New York Red Bulls
New York City FC 		New York Red Bulls II[a]
Queensboro FC[b] 		New York Cosmos
New Amsterdam FC 		New York (NYCFC reserve side) NJ/NY Gotham FC
2 Los Angeles LA Galaxy
Los Angeles FC 		LA Galaxy II[a]
Orange County SC 		California United Strikers FC
Los Angeles Force 		Los Angeles (LAFC reserve side)[b] Angel City FC
3 Chicago Chicago Fire FC Chicago House AC Chicago (Fire reserve side) Chicago Red Stars
4 Dallas–Fort Worth FC Dallas North Texas SC
5 Houston Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo 2 Houston Dash
6 Washington, D.C. D.C. United Loudoun United FC[a] Maryland Bobcats FC Washington Spirit
7 Philadelphia Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union II
8 Miami Inter Miami CF Miami FC Fort Lauderdale CF
9 Atlanta Atlanta United FC Atlanta United 2[a]
10 Boston New England Revolution New England Revolution II
11 Phoenix Phoenix Rising FC Valley United FC
12 San Francisco-Oakland Oakland Roots SC Bay Cities FC
14 Detroit Detroit City FC Michigan Stars FC
15 Seattle Seattle Sounders FC Tacoma Defiance OL Reign
16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minnesota United FC Minnesota (MUFC reserve side)
17 San Diego San Diego Loyal SC San Diego 1904 FC San Diego Wave FC
18 Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Rowdies
19 Denver Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 2
21 St. Louis St. Louis City SC[b] St. Louis (City SC reserve side)
22 Orlando Orlando City SC Orlando City B Orlando Pride
23 Charlotte Charlotte FC Charlotte Independence Stumptown AC Charlotte (CFC reserve side)[b]
24 San Antonio San Antonio FC
25 Portland, Oregon Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2 Portland Thorns FC
26 Sacramento Sacramento Republic FC[c]
27 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
28 Austin Austin FC Austin (Austin FC reserve side)[b]
29 Las Vegas Las Vegas Lights FC
30 Cincinnati FC Cincinnati Cincinnati (FCC reserve side)
31 Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City II Kansas City Current
32 Columbus Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 2
33 Indianapolis Indy Eleven
35 San Jose San Jose Earthquakes San Jose (Earthquakes reserve side)
36 Nashville Nashville SC Nashville (NSC reserve side)[b]
41 Oklahoma City OKC Energy FC
42 Raleigh-Cary North Carolina FC North Carolina Courage
43 Memphis Memphis 901 FC
44 Richmond Richmond Kickers
45 Louisville Louisville City FC Racing Louisville FC
47 Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake Real Monarchs [d]
48 Hartford Hartford Athletic
50 Birmingham Birmingham Legion FC
51 Rochester Flower City Union Rochester New York FC
53 Tucson FC Tucson
55 Tulsa FC Tulsa
56 Fresno Central Valley Fuego FC
58 Omaha Union Omaha
60 Greenville–Spartanburg Greenville Triumph SC
61 Albuquerque New Mexico United
65 Edinburg Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
67 El Paso El Paso Locomotive FC
70 Ventura 1000 Oaks FC[b]
74 Charleston, SC Charleston Battery
79 Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
82 Des Moines USL Pro Iowa[e]
87 Madison Forward Madison FC
91 Syracuse AC Syracuse Pulse
99 Spokane USL1 Spokane[b]
101 Chattanooga Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Chattanooga FC
109 Lexington, KY USL1 Lexington[b]
124 Salinas Monterey Bay FC
131 Fort Wayne Fort Wayne FC[b]
135 Savannah Tormenta FC[f] Savannah Clovers FC[b]
151 Fort Collins Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC
  1. ^ a b c d Moving to MLS Next Pro in 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Currently scheduled to begin play in 2023.
  3. ^ Initially planned to cease USL operations after the 2022 season, with the name to be taken over by a new MLS side in the city. However, the MLS team has been indefinitely postponed.
  4. ^ The city's former NWSL team, Utah Royals FC, ceased operations after the 2020 season; its player-related assets were transferred to a group in the Kansas City area that will start fielding an expansion team in 2021. Once the sale of the Royals' parent, Real Salt Lake, is completed, the new owners have the option to reestablish the Royals franchise in 2023.
  5. ^ Currently scheduled to begin play in 2024.
  6. ^ Tormenta FC is based from Statesboro, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro Combined Statistical Area.

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Bogert, Tom (August 20, 2019). "MLS awards expansion team to St. Louis". MLSSoccer.com. MLS Digital. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
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