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The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a top-flight professional women's soccer league in the United States. It shares first-division status with the USL Super League. As of 2024, the league has 14 teams and uses a schedule that runs from spring to fall within a single calendar year. [1]
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.
J.League All-Star Soccer: Special competitions: Recently, the name of the competition has been changed and many irregular events are held as charity matches. All Japan Adults Football Tournament: Non-league cup: Also known as the Zensha or Shakaijin Cup; Only the teams from 5th-tier league and below participate can enter this cup.
The top-level men's league is Major League Soccer (MLS) and the second level men's league is the USL Championship. The third level men's leagues are USL League One, the National Independent Soccer Association, and MLS Next Pro. At the semi-professional level, the USL League Two and the National Premier Soccer League have teams.
The league was a part of the United States Adult Soccer Association. It began its first season of play in 2015 as the Great Lakes Premier League, and at the end of the 2017 season its member clubs moved to form the Midwest Conference of the United Premier Soccer League. [1]
The National Amateur Cup progresses from state competitions through regional competitions, resulting in national tournament. [2]Starting with the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, the winner of the previous year's National Amateur Cup qualifies for the U.S. Open Cup tournament proper, bypassing the local qualification process.
Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it is the 15th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. This season was the first in which the NWSL has been fully self-governing.
[10] [11] It began expanding again in 2005 and more teams built their own soccer-specific stadiums; [12] the league reached 16 teams in 2010 and grew further to 20 teams in 2015 and 26 teams in 2020. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] As of 2024 [update] , 22 of the league's 29 teams play in soccer-specific stadiums that range in capacity from 18,000 to 30,000 ...