Palm Beach United are an American women's soccer team based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Founded in 2005, they are currently members of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), at the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. They play in the Sunshine Conference.
The Chicago Red Stars is the oldest and most successful United States women's professional soccer club. They are based in Chicago, compete in the National Women's Soccer League and play their home games in SeatGeek Stadium. The team was a founding member of Women's Professional Soccer, and played in the league in 2009 and 2010. After leaving the WPS in December 2010, due to financial issues, the team reorganized and joined the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2011 season. In 2012, the team co-founded and competed in Women's Premier Soccer League Elite, the single year this league existed. In the fall of 2012 the Red Stars with the Boston Breakers and US Soccer, attracted 6 other teams and founded the National Womens Soccer League. Since 2013 the team has been competing in National Women's Soccer League. From 2016-2019 the Chicago Red Stars have made the playoffs of the NWSL and are the first and only team to do so for four consecutive years. 2019 returns most of that playoff roster and in this World Cup year they expect an exciting year at SeatGeek stadim.
The Western New York Flash (WNYF) is an American professional soccer club based in Elma, New York that competes in the United Women's Soccer league. They have 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.
California Storm is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, dropping the city name in favor of California the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States. The team plays in the North Division of the Pacific Conference. The team was a founding member of the W-League, then left in 1998 for the WPSL.
Real Salt Lake Women was an American women's soccer team, 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.
New York Athletic Club is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2005. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the North Division of the East Conference.
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 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.
The Women's Premier Soccer League 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 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 United States existed only on a limited basis. The United States is now regarded as one of the top countries in the world for women's soccer, and FIFA ranked its national team No. 1 in the world after its championship victory in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Brittany Taylor Cameron is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays professionally for the Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which receives support from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), and formerly the Mexican Football Federation (FMF). The Portland franchise is owned by Peregrine Sports LLC, which also owns the Portland Timbers. The Thorns, the Houston Dash, the Orlando Pride, and the Utah Royals are other NWSL teams with Major League Soccer affiliations.
Renae Nicole Cuéllar is a Mexican international footballer who plays as a forward for Icelandic club Stjarnan. A Mexican American, Cuéllar made her debut for the Mexico women's national football team in 2009.
Alyssa Lee Mautz is an American professional soccer forward and midfielder. She plays for Chicago Red Stars of the NWSL, having 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.
Angela Marguerite Salem is an American professional soccer midfielder for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2016-17, she played for the Boston Breakers. She previously played for the Washington Spirit in the NWSL, the Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League, the Atlanta Beat and Sky Blue FC in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, Western New York Flash in the NWSL, and the Finnish club Åland United of the Naisten Liiga.
Melinda Mercado is an American soccer defender currently playing for Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League.
The Houston Aces are a North American women's soccer team founded in 2012. The Aces participate in the UWS West Conference of the UWS, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, underneath the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). UWS is a national league with teams playing in regional conferences. They play at Houston Amateur Sports Park, and also field several academy and youth teams. 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 two expansions and one relocation. 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 Women's United Soccer Association and Women's Professional Soccer. The league has seen two teams fold and one relocate. The 2016 champions Western New York Flash sold their NWSL franchise rights to North Carolina FC the following offseason, with the new owners relocating the NWSL side as the North Carolina Courage. During the next offseason, two-time champions FC Kansas City were sold back to the league and folded, followed immediately by the sale of a franchise slot to Real Salt Lake, and the Boston Breakers folded.
Jackie Lynn Acevedo Rangel is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a striker.
United Women's Soccer is a second-division pro-am women's soccer league in the United States. The league was founded in 2015 as a response to the dual problems of disorganization in the WPSL and of the folding of the USL W-League. The league began play in May 2016 with eleven teams in two conferences. The league currently has 23 teams in 4 conferences.
