ABOUT USL CHAMPIONSHIP

Since its launch in 2011, United Soccer League’s (USL) Championship has quickly become the fastest-growing professional soccer league in North America. USL Championship aims to bring professional soccer to fans in communities across the country and currently comprises 26 teams across two conferences for the 2025 season.

Competing in communities with populations between 100,000 and over 2.6 million residents, the USL Championship has brought the professional game to millions of people who previously had no access to a local professional soccer club. As the nationally-sanctioned second division of American soccer, the USL Championship is focused on launching new clubs in diverse markets that possess strong local ownership groups, a proven appetite for the sport, and stadiums that properly showcase soccer’s unique ability to unite communities and use the sport as a vehicle for good.

As part of the largest professional soccer organization in North America, the USL Championship benefits from the USL’s growing global reach in several ways, including USL Productions, the organization’s cutting-edge broadcast and production facility established in 2015.

Based in Tampa, Fla., the USL supports its clubs through a dedicated staff of more than 60 executives in vital business areas including – Broadcasting, Sponsorship, Communications, Competition, League Operations, Merchandise Licensing, Team Services and more.

Through the USL Championship, the USL will continue to lead the future growth of the ‘beautiful game’ in North America by cultivating and encouraging authentic local support for its clubs and helping those clubs to become beloved resources in their communities.