Soccer in Canada is the most popular sport in terms of participation rate. According to FIFA's Big Count, over 2.6 million people played in Canada in 2006. Professional soccer in Canada is played in Major League Soccer, the Canadian Premier League and the United Soccer League. Canada also has many semi-professional and amateur soccer leagues. Canada's men's and women's national soccer teams are ranked 59th and 6th respectively in the FIFA World Rankings, as of September 1, 2021.
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Bermuda, and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league features 83 teams for 2021, split into twelve regional divisions across four conferences. Unofficially, it is considered to be the fourth tier of competition, behind Major League Soccer, USL Championship, USL League One and NISA, and roughly equal with National Premier Soccer League. USL League Two is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
The National Premier League, also known for sponsorship purposes as the Red Stripe Premier League, is sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation as the top division for men's association football in Jamaica. Contested between 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Jamaica's regional Super Leagues where the two lowest placed teams are relegated to their corresponding local second division league.
Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League.
North Shields Football Club is a football club based in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. They have reached the 1st round of the FA Cup twice in their history: in 1933–34 and 1982–83. Following their promotion from Northern League Division Two, they currently compete in Northern League Division One. They also won the FA Amateur Cup at Wembley in 1969, beating Sutton United. In the 2014–15 season, North Shields repeated their 1969 success by defeating Glossop North End at Wembley in the final of the FA Vase.
St George FC, commonly called Saints or Budapest, is a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in the St George district in the south of Sydney. The club was founded by Hungarian immigrants in 1957 as Budapest Club and by 1965 was renamed to St. George-Budapest Club.
The Eastern Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The ten teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Portland, St. Ann, St. Mary and St. Thomas.
The Captain's Bakery Western Confederation Super League is a second division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The twelve teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of Hanover, St. James, Trelawny and Westmoreland.
Lovel Palmer is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays as a defender and midfielder for the Des Moines Menace in the Premier Development League.
Jermaine Omar Taylor is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Austin Bold in the USL Championship.
Ryan Andre Oniel Thompson is a Jamaican former footballer who is the head coach for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship.
The Jamaican football league system is the national football competition system in Jamaica. It is organized by the Jamaica Football Federation.
Highgate United F.C. is a Jamaican football team playing in the second tier of Jamaican football.
Darren Dimitri Mattocks is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Phoenix Rising FC and the Jamaica national football team.
Cavalier Soccer Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston, which currently plays in the Jamaica National Premier League.
Oniel David Fisher is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a right-back and midfielder for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and the Jamaica national team.
Brenton Griffiths is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a defender.
Leon Patrick Bailey is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Jamaica national team.
Kevaughn Frater is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Nof HaGalil.
Peter-Lee Vassell is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for USL Championship club Indy Eleven and the Jamaica national team.
