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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.
The United States Youth Soccer Association (USYS) was founded in 1974 with a modest base of 100,000 registered players. The organization's primary goal was to create a structured environment for youth soccer in the United States, promoting the sport at the grassroots level and providing opportunities for young athletes to grow and compete in a supportive, organized system.
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 ...
Pages in category "Youth soccer leagues in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The United States Soccer Federation's State Soccer Associations are the local governing bodies of soccer in the United States. State Soccer Associations exist to govern all aspects of soccer in the United States. They are responsible for administering club and player registration as well as promoting development amongst those bodies and referees.
MLS Next (stylized as MLS NEXT) is a youth soccer league in the United States and Canada that is managed, organized, and controlled by Major League Soccer. It was introduced by the league in 2020. It is a successor to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The system covers the under-13, under-14, under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-19 age groups.
The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is one of the two main national organizations in youth soccer in the United States for children aged 4 through 19. [7] AYSO was established as a non-profit soccer organization in Torrance (a suburb of Los Angeles, California) at Jefferson Elementary School in 1964 [ 8 ] with nine teams.
Both the W-League and the WPSL were considered the premier women's soccer leagues in the United States at the time but eventually fell to a "second-tier" level upon the formation of the Women's United Soccer Association. The W-League grew as large as 41 teams in 2008, but its membership fell rapidly from that point on, and the league folded ...