The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States.
The U.S. State of Kentucky is currently home to two professional soccer teams: Louisville City FC, which plays in the USL Championship, and Racing Louisville FC, which plays in the NWSL. Kentucky has had professional sports teams in its past, such as the Louisville Brecks/Colonels of the NFL in the early 1920s.
The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a North American professional indoor soccer league. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. Fans are drawn to the high skilled and fast paced action as well as high scoring games.
Erie Commodores FC is an American soccer team based in Erie, Pennsylvania which competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a nationwide amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home matches at Saxon Stadium on the campus of Mercyhurst University. In 2021, the Commodores added a pro-am women's team to play in United Women's Soccer. They also added men's and women's teams to the Ohio Valley Premier League for the 2022 season.
Louisville Lightning was a soccer team based in Louisville, Kentucky. They joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2009. They were confirmed as an expansion team in August of that year and began playing in November of the same year. The Lightning played three full seasons in the PASL before going on hiatus after the 2011–12 season. In a March 2013 interview, team owner Ted Nichols said that low attendance at games placed "somewhat of a financial drain" on the organization and that the team was "in a bit of a hiatus". In early 2020, the team was briefly revived and officially ceased operations in early 2021.
The Louisville Lightning were an American professional indoor soccer team based at the Mockingbird Valley Soccer Club in Louisville, Kentucky. They joined the Professional Arena Soccer League in 2009 and suspended operations in 2012 after three full seasons.
The 2012–13 US Open Arena Soccer Championship is the fifth edition of an open knockout style tournament for arena/indoor soccer. In this edition, teams from the Professional Arena Soccer League, Premier Arena Soccer League, and other independent indoor soccer teams participate in the tournament.
The Cincinnati Dutch Lions FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and playing home games in the suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky. Founded in 2013, the team played in USL League Two. The club went into hiatus during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Dayton Dynamo were a soccer organization based in Dayton, Ohio. After taking off the 2018 season in the hopes of returning in 2019 in a more professional league, those ambitions never came into place and around midway through 2019, the team ceased operations. They last played in the National Premier Soccer League in the fourth tier of American soccer.
Ohio is home to many professional and college sports teams. The metropolitan areas of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus are home to major league professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer.
USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championship and other leagues. As of 2023, the league has 12 teams who play 32 regular season games, followed by playoffs.
Terique David Mohammed is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Lexington in USL League One.
Kings Hammer FC is a pre-professional soccer club that plays in Cincinnati, Ohio and based in Covington, Kentucky competing in the Great Lakes Division in USL League Two.
Irakoze Donasiyano is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Oakland Roots in the USL Championship. Born in Tanzania, he represents the Burundi national team.
The 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper will feature teams from both professional and amateur teams in the United States soccer league system.
Evansville Legends FC is an American soccer club based in Evansville, Indiana. The team was founded in 2021 by Steve McCullough and competes in the River Conference of the Ohio Valley Premier League. The Legends play their home games on Old National Bank Field at Goebel Soccer Complex.
Lexington Sporting Club is an American professional soccer team based in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 2021 as an USL expansion side, the team their season in 2023. The team competes in USL League One, in the third division of the United States soccer league system, and temporarily plays its home matches at Toyota Stadium at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. The club's permanent stadium is being constructed just off Athens Boonesboro Road near Interstate 75.
The 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 108th edition of the oldest soccer tournament in the United States. The tournament proper featured both professional and amateur teams in the United States soccer league system.
The 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the upcoming 109th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the knockout domestic cup competition of American soccer. Houston Dynamo were the defending champions.
The 2023 Lexington SC season was the club's first season since their establishment on October 5, 2021. The club made its league debut in the USL League One as well as its domestic cup debut in the U.S. Open Cup.
Enrico del Rosario (Northern Kentucky FC), 2021-present, Northern Mariana Islands National Team 
Manny Adjei, 2021-present, U.S. 6 National Team [5] 
Kalu Abass (Northern Kentucky FC), 2021-present, member of MASL Cincinnati Swerve [6] 
Paul Nicholson (Kings Hammer SC), 2020, retired who played in the United Soccer League from 2011 to 2017.
