The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States.
The Chicago Red Stars, also known as the Chicago Stars Football Club, are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) since 2013.
The Western New York Flash was an American women's soccer club based in Elma, New York, that most recently competed in the United Women's Soccer league in 2018. They won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Professional Soccer in 2011, Women's Premier Soccer League Elite in 2012, and the National Women's Soccer League in 2016.
Real Salt Lake Women was an American women's soccer team that was founded in 2008. The team was a founding member of United Women's Soccer league, in the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2008-2015.
Utah Starzz is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1999. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the North Division of the Big Sky Conference. Prior to the 2009 season, they were known as the Utah Spiders.
The Boston Breakers were an American professional women's soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's United Soccer Association, as the Boston area's professional women's soccer team. Boston would eventually be awarded BOS Nation FC in 2023 that would begin play in 2026.
The Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite) was a women's semi-professional soccer league created by the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) to support the sport in the United States, both from continued interest by WPSL teams in professionalism and as a response to the suspension (and ultimate demise) of the WPS.
Women's soccer in the United States has developed quite differently from men's soccer. Until the 1970s, organized women's soccer matches in the U.S. existed only on a limited basis.
Renae Nicole Cuéllar Cuéllar is a professional footballer who last played as a forward. Born in the United States, she represented the Mexico national team.
Laura Jo Heethuis is a soccer coach and former American professional soccer forward. She played for Western New York Flash in the NWSL and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. She is currently the head women's soccer coach and assistant men's soccer coach at Waynesburg University.
Alyssa Lee Mautz is an American former professional soccer forward and midfielder. She played for the Chicago Red Stars of the NWSL from 2013 to 2022, and played on loan to Australian club Perth Glory for the 2018–19 W-League season. She previously played for Sky Blue FC in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), Zorky in the Russian Women's Football Championship and has represented the United States at the U-23 level. She retired from the Chicago Red Stars in 2022 to accept a job as an assistant coach at Texas A&M University.
Melinda Mercado is a former American soccer defender who played for the Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League.
The Houston Aces are an American women's soccer team that was founded in 2012. The Aces participate in the WPSL, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, underneath the NWSL. The Aces play at Albion Campbell Road. They joined the United Women's Soccer league in 2016.
The expansion of the National Women's Soccer League began with the league's sophomore season in 2014, when the league expanded to a ninth team in Houston, and is an ongoing process that currently has seen five expansions, three direct or indirect relocations, and one contraction. The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) was established as the top level of professional women's soccer in the United States in 2013 in the wake of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer.
Jackie Lynn Acevedo Rangel is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a striker.
Adrienne Leigh Jordan is an American soccer player who plays as a full-back for American USL Super League club Fort Lauderdale United.
Bryan Byars is an American soccer player who currently plays as goalkeeper.
Kansas City Current is an American professional women's soccer team playing in Kansas City, Missouri. It was founded as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2021.
The 2023 season was the 111th year of organized competitive soccer in the United States. The season began with friendlies for the men's national team (USMNT) and women's national team (USWNT) in January.
Rebecca Susan Tweed is an English women's football manager and former player who is the head coach of Angel City FC in the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and an assistant coach for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team. She previously served as an assistant coach and interim head coach of NJ/NY Gotham FC.
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