List of soccer clubs in the United States


This is a list of soccer clubs in the United States. For clarity, teams based outside the United States that play in USSF-recognized leagues are also listed below, with their home country noted.

Men's soccer clubs

Three professional leagues of soccer teams are sanctioned by the Professional Division of the United States Soccer Federation. The top level league is Major League Soccer, the second level is the USL Championship, and the third level is USL League One. The USL Championship and USL League One are operated by the United Soccer League, which also operates the semi-professional USL League Two.

Major League Soccer (MLS)

MLS currently has 26 clubs. As early as 2013, the league had expressed a desire to expand to 24 teams by 2020. FC Cincinnati entered the league for the 2019 season as the 24th team, and Nashville SC and Inter Miami CF began play in the 2020 season, as the 25th and 26th teams. Austin FC and a Charlotte are scheduled to begin play in the 2021 season, and St. Louis and Sacramento Republic FC expansion franchises plan to join the league in 2022.
The United Soccer League is the parent organization for the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the youth Super Y-League.

Future teams

USL League One

National Women's Soccer League

The National Women's Soccer League currently has nine clubs. Former commissioner Jeff Plush announced that the league planned to expand to 14 teams by 2020. At the time, Plush suggested that the league was in varying stages of talks with a dozen different potential expansion groups, including some from MLS organizations. In April 2016, MLS commissioner Don Garber stated that half of MLS teams could be running National Women's Soccer League teams in the near future. In May 2017, FC Barcelona announced that it had approved a plan to launch an expansion team in the league as soon as 2018, but those plans have yet to materialize.
The league's next confirmed expansion will be in 2021, when a new team in Louisville, Kentucky is scheduled to start play as Racing Louisville FC.


;Current teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityFoundedJoined
Chicago Red StarsBridgeview, IllinoisSeatGeek Stadium20,00020062013
Houston DashHouston, TexasBBVA Stadium7,00020132014
North Carolina CourageCary, North CarolinaWakeMed Soccer Park10,00020092013
Orlando PrideOrlando, FloridaExploria Stadium25,50020152016
Portland Thorns FCPortland, OregonProvidence Park25,21820122013
OL ReignTacoma, WashingtonCheney Stadium6,50020122013
Sky Blue FCHarrison, New JerseyRed Bull Arena25,00020072013
Utah Royals FCSandy, UtahRio Tinto Stadium20,21320172018
Washington SpiritWashington, D.C.Audi Field20,00020122013
Washington SpiritLeesburg, VirginiaSegra Field5,00020122013
Washington Spirit''Boyds, MarylandMaryland SoccerPlex5,20020122013

;Future teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityFoundedJoining
Racing Louisville FCLouisville, KentuckyLynn Family Stadium14,00020192021

Indoor soccer clubs

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)