USL LEAGUE ONE COMING 2023
ABOUT USL LEAGUE ONE
Since its launch in 2017, United Soccer League’s (USL) League One has quickly become the fastest growing professional soccer league in North American. USL League One aims to bring professional soccer to fans in communities across the country and currently comprises 11 teams for the 2022 season while Northern Colorado FC (Windsor, CO) and Central Valley Fuego FC (Fresno, CA) will join for 2022. In 2020, League One completed its second successful season, with Greenville Triumph SC being crowned League One Title-Winners in October.
Competing in communities with populations between 150,000 and one million residents, League One has brought the professional game to millions of people who previously had no access to a local professional soccer club. As the nationally-sanctioned third division of American soccer, League One 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, League One 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. Every League One match is shown live nationally on ESPN+, making the league’s high standard of professional soccer visible to fans around the country.
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 League One, 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.
