Professional soccer is here in central Kentucky.
WHO WE ARE
Lexington Sporting Club is a professional and youth soccer club, whose goal is to connect the community through the world’s game. The professional men’s team is in its first season in the USL Championship, competing against clubs from around the country. In 2024, Lexington launched their women’s professional team, meaning Lexington SC now have fully formed player pathways from U7 through the pro ranks for both male and female athletes.
The Club’s ecosystem features more than 1,400 players within its youth and academy systems, making up over 100 teams competing in local, regional and national leagues. Lexington SC is fully invested in player experience, and has developed its pre-professional route through inclusion in the USL Academy, Girls Academy and other elite youth platforms, as well as USL W League and USL League Two (in 2024).
Lexington SC in the process of finishing the construction of the Club’s formal stadium, performance center and training fields. A seven-field, state-of-the-art complex off of Athens Boonesboro Rd. was recently opened as the home of Lexington SC.
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.