AN OPEN LETTER TO CLUBS

Fellow clubs,

Whether you’ve been running a lower-level club for a decade or this is your first year kicking a ball, we all have two things in common:  We’re all looking for the best place to build and grow our clubs.

Our organizations are bonded together by a unique set of difficulties that define our existence. Every year, we face numerous challenges to launch our seasons. The fuel for our clubs is passion, and it takes countless hours of work from heroic volunteers to create memorable experiences for our players and community members.

None of us entered lower-level soccer to play politics. We’re here because we’re builders. We’ve built clubs, we’ve built communities – and we deserve to be a part of a stable league that treats ownership groups like partners and works on behalf of clubs to help them grow into whatever they dream of becoming. 

When artificial barriers are created by leadership of a league, it does not help grow the game. It does not help galvanize community leaders to start their own clubs. It does not help build a more inspiring future.

And this is why we are abandoning our current league to build a new league.  

We have a vision for lower-level soccer in the United States – a vision driven by the principles of creativity and partnership, transparency and integrity.  Imagine a league where clubs are not just participants, but proud co-owners of the organization they help build. This vision will come to life through the establishment of “The League for Clubs,” or simply “The League,” an organization focused on producing sustainable and profitable clubs while offering unparalleled opportunities to share in the success they create. Together, we will build a brighter, more equitable soccer landscape.

Forged through a partnership between the ownership of the WPSL (the leading women’s amateur league) and existing men’s clubs who seek an alternative to the confines of existing lower-level leagues, “The League” will be a summer amateur league that begins play in early May and concludes with a national championship in early August. We will be affiliated with USASA and offer benefits such  as insurance, registration, referees, and a path to the US Open Cup. Our inaugural season will kick off in the Spring/Summer of 2025.

The best way to grow the game in the US is to help to build the league you want to play in. This is your chance. We hope you’ll join us in 2025.