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70-639: Oklahoma City FC may also refer to: Oklahoma City FC (NPSL) , a soccer team that played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). Oklahoma City FC (WPSL) , a soccer team playing in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Oklahoma City FC (NASL) , a proposed soccer team in the North American Soccer League (NASL) OKC Energy FC , a soccer team playing in

140-753: A USL Pro expansion franchise and became the first MLS club to enter its reserve team into the USL Pro. USL Pro nearly doubled the number of teams in the league for 2015 in large part due to MLS franchises following the path taken by the LA Galaxy II . Seven MLS clubs announced the purchase of a USL Pro franchise for their reserve team. These MLS franchises joined four independent expansion teams that were previously announced for Colorado Springs, St. Louis, Tulsa, and Austin. Additionally, Orlando City sold its franchise rights to Louisville interests, which unveiled Louisville City FC on June 3, 2014, as an affiliate of

210-712: A USL Pro franchise. On September 18, 2014, the Colorado Rapids announced an affiliation partnership with the Charlotte Independence. On January 16, 2015 New York City FC announced that it would have an affiliate relationship with the Wilmington Hammerheads and the Chicago Fire announced their affiliation with St Louis. On February 9, 2015, FC Dallas announced it would add Arizona United SC as its USL Pro affiliate. As

280-635: A competing group, managed by another Oklahoma City-based sports group, Prodigal, LLC. With Prodigal, LLC's impending bid before the Division III USL Pro, Oklahoma City FC instead concentrated on obtaining an expansion franchise in the Division II NASL in April 2013. Oklahoma City FC's organizational plans met with some initial success on June 17, 2013, by obtaining the rights to lease Oklahoma City's Taft Stadium (a venue for which

350-769: A different ownership). On December 10, 2021, the USL Championship approved a new ownership group for USL Championship club Austin Bold FC. The new ownership group consists of Donnie Nelson , Neil Leibman, and Bobby Epstein. The team has not participated since the 2021 USL Championship season as it actively seeks relocation to another city in Texas. On January 27, 2022, the USL officially awarded USL Pro Iowa an expansion team to be based in Des Moines, Iowa , that would join

420-705: A hiatus, while the Whitecaps FC 2 were folded after its parent team in Vancouver decided to no longer run its own development team and affiliated with the new Fresno expansion. Four teams left the USL top flight after the 2018 season. The ownership group of FC Cincinnati was awarded an MLS franchise that started play under the FC Cincinnati name in 2019. Penn FC , the Richmond Kickers, and Toronto FC II voluntarily dropped to USL League One ,

490-466: A month earlier renewing their lease with the school district for Taft Stadium. After OKC announced that they would impose another hiatus for the 2023 USL Championship season , they have since come out with a new majority ownership group, Echo Investment Capital that would build a stadium in Bricktown with part of the money reserved from the city's MAPS 4 penny tax initiative , with plans to return for

560-411: A new 5,000-seat stadium. On August 7, 2023, North Carolina FC majority owner Steve Malik announced that the club would come back from USL League One to the USL Championship starting from the 2024 season. On August 24, 2023, San Diego Loyal ownership announced that the team would shut down at the end of the season due to an inability to find a "viable near- and long-term stadium solution". and

630-700: A new team crest and kit. Oklahoma City FC was slated to join the NASL in 2015, which led the amateur team to also switch leagues to the National Premier Soccer League . Prodigal announced its franchise branding as the Oklahoma City Energy in November 2013. This gave Oklahoma City two approved franchises for future play: USL Pro's Energy starting in 2014, and NASL's Oklahoma City FC starting in 2015. In March 2014, one of

700-716: A new third-level league that United Soccer Leagues launched in 2019. The Kickers and Toronto FC II began League One play in 2019; Penn FC suspended professional operations for 2019 and announced that it would resume play in League One in 2020, but it never did, as the team is now defunct with now employers on payroll. In addition, the announced hiatuses for both the Rhinos and Orlando City B became permanent departures. The Rhinos originally announced they would extend their hiatus through 2019 before resuming play in League One in 2020, but ended up not resuming play until 2022, by which time

770-595: A press conference, revealing the name of the new league before its official announcement. With this disclosure, the Dutch Lions were the first confirmed team in USL Pro for its inaugural 2011 season. Alongside the announcement of the new league, the Richmond Kickers revealed they would be moving to USL Pro for 2011. With the departure of the Portland Timbers to MLS in 2011 and the defection of

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840-679: A professional team in the North American Soccer League (NASL) – Division II in the American soccer pyramid  – beginning with the 2015 season. It was also to be called the Oklahoma City FC . Oklahoma City FC initially intended to pursue a franchise in the United Soccer Leagues ' Professional Division (USL Pro) in 2013. The USL, however, also received an expansion franchise bid from

910-460: A provisional status because its membership decreased below the 12-team minimum. Following the 2017 season, the USL gained two more NASL teams: Indy Eleven and North Carolina FC . For the 2018 season, the NASL's provisional sanctioning was not renewed by U.S. Soccer, while the USL was granted full sanctioning under Division II on a year-to-year basis. The NASL sued U.S. Soccer, asking a court to order U.S. Soccer to grant NASL Division II status, but

980-404: A result, all 20 MLS teams for the 2015 season were either fielding their own team in the USL Pro or were affiliated with an independent USL Pro club. The league also announced in 2015 that the league would be divided into two conferences. Teams would play a 28-game schedule with 22 games against all the teams in their conference, and the teams would be further assigned to four-club subdivisions for

1050-580: A team, subsequently named Toronto FC II , for the 2015 season. Whitecaps FC 2 joined USL Pro the next day. After discussing plans for a USL Pro team in 2015, then postponing those plans in September, the New York Red Bulls announced that their USL Pro team, New York Red Bulls II would begin play in 2015. MLS affiliations were announced for the remaining MLS teams that did not have an affiliation in 2014 and did not elect to purchase

1120-600: Is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began play in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) as a Division II league since 2017, placing it under Major League Soccer (Division I) in the hierarchy. The USL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida . The league is owned and operated by United Soccer League and was formed as result of

1190-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oklahoma City FC (NPSL) Oklahoma City was awarded a franchise team in the USL Premier Development League on February 14 (Valentine's Day), 2013. The ownership group included OKC Pro Soccer LLC (established by Oklahoma City businessman Tim McLaughlin) and Sold Out Strategies (managed by Oklahoma City native Brad Lund). This

1260-469: Is unenforceable. The litigation is currently pending. USL Pro awarded its expansion franchise to the Prodigal group on July 2, 2013. Shortly thereafter, the NASL awarded an expansion franchise to Sold Out Strategies on July 25, 2013. Sold Out Strategies announced on April 7, 2014, that its NASL team would be named Oklahoma City FC – the same as its affiliated amateur franchises – and unveiled

1330-415: The 2027 USL Championship season . On December 6, 2021, Major League Soccer announced MLS Next Pro , a Division III league that would begin play in 2022. The MLS–USL partnership that started in 2014 came to an end: all MLS clubs with reserve teams in USL Championship or USL League One would be moving their affiliated teams to MLS Next Pro by 2023, with the exception of Loudoun United FC (although under

1400-641: The Charleston Battery , would be joining USL Pro for its launch in 2011. On September 30, 2010, nearly two months following the team's own announcement of a "USL Pro Championship Division" move, the USL formally announced Dayton Dutch Lions FC would join USL Pro. On October 4 and 7, 2010, the USL revealed two USL-2 clubs, the Charlotte Eagles and the Harrisburg City Islanders (later known as Penn FC ), would be making

1470-803: The Philadelphia Union with the Harrisburg City Islanders , D.C. United with the Richmond Kickers and the New England Revolution with the Rochester Rhinos . Each MLS club will eventually be expected to either affiliate with a USL Pro team or operate an independent reserve team in the league. The Houston Dynamo announced that they would be partnering with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2014. However, this partnership between

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1540-579: The Puerto Rico Islanders to the NASL from USL-1, the Austin Aztex were the only remaining USL-1 team not yet a part of USL Pro. On September 22, 2010, the "Caribbean Division" of USL Pro was announced, with teams from Puerto Rico and Antigua and Barbuda signing on to compete in the league. With the addition of Puerto Rico United to the league and "Caribbean Division", league representatives expressed their intent to see expansion in

1610-562: The 2014 season to join MLS as an expansion team for the 2015 season. The Los Angeles Blues were rebranded as Orange County Blues FC on February 5, 2014. The Phoenix FC franchise was revoked and replaced with Arizona United SC on March 13, 2014. In what would become a major trend, on January 29, 2014, the LA Galaxy announced the creation of LA Galaxy II, a reserve team within the club's existing development structure. The Galaxy purchased

1680-438: The 2015 season forced the team to relocate to a high school facility. The team was intended to return in 2017, pending construction of a new, soccer-specific stadium. However, stadium and ownership issues continued to plague the franchise, and they did not return. Expansion continued for the 2017 season with Reno 1868 FC , which had been announced during the 2015 season as the 28th franchise, starting play. On October 25, 2016,

1750-483: The 2015 season, USL announced several expansion teams for the 2016 season. The 25th franchise was awarded to Lone Star, LLC and the team would be named Rio Grande Valley FC . In a first for the USL, the team has a "hybrid" affiliation with the Houston Dynamo , who are responsible for the tactical part of the club, while the ownership group, Lone Star, is responsible for operations and management. FC Cincinnati

1820-541: The 2020 season; Chicago and East Bay were both announced to launch by 2021, but were indefinitely put on hold when they had issues in securing stadium plans. Following the end of the 2019 season, three teams left the USL Championship. Nashville SC was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise, Fresno FC announced that they would not be returning to Fresno, and Ottawa Fury FC announced that they would be suspending operations after not receiving sanctioning to remain in USL by CONCACAF and U.S. Soccer . An expansion team

1890-509: The 2022 USL Championship season. The decision came after Energy FC's home field at Taft Stadium, which is owned and operated by the Oklahoma City Public Schools, would undergo major renovations that directly overlap with the 2022 USL Championship season and will resume play for the 2023 USL Championship season in its temporary home at Taft Stadium. This came after OKC Energy FC reached an historic agreement only roughly

1960-521: The 2026 season. On December 14, 2023, the USL awarded an expansion team to USL Palm Beach with the intent to bring USL Championship and Super League teams to Palm Beach County, Florida , with a goal for the Super League side to kick off by 2025. On December 18, 2023, Rio Grande Valley FC Toros announced they were ceasing all soccer and business operations, officially ending their eight-year business partnership with USL . On March 7, 2024, it

2030-509: The 5,000-seat Zions Bank Stadium was built in Herriman, Utah . Both the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC created their own USL Pro squads, Portland Timbers 2 and Seattle Sounders FC 2 on October 14, 2014. The Montreal Impact announced that it would field a USL Pro team in September 2014. On November 18, 2014, FC Montreal officially joined the league. On November 20, 2014, Toronto FC announced that it would also field

2100-632: The American and National Divisions saw their top three teams advance for an inter-divisional playoff, while the top two teams in the International Division played off against each other to reach the semi-finals. The four remaining teams were re-seeded for a single semi-final match, again with the higher seed hosting, leading up to a single match for the USL Cup . In all playoff matches the highest seeded team hosted. The first league game

2170-512: The American and National Divisions. Due to the removal of the International Division, the revised playoff format featured the top four teams in each of the two divisions. The two division playoff winners met in the USL Pro Championship at the home venue of the team with the better record. Following the 2011 season, USL Pro announced with the release of the 2012 season schedule that F.C. New York would not be returning to play, with

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2240-483: The Caribbean to play two games while hosting International Division competition for two games. International Division teams played each team in their division four times (twice home, twice away, totaling 16 games) while traveling to face American or National Division opponents in four games and hosting those opponents for four games. The original playoff format saw eight teams compete in a one-game quarterfinal. Both

2310-460: The NASL announced that a new club called Rayo OKC would begin play in the 2016 season. The new team was majority-owned by Raúl Martín Presa, the owner of Rayo Vallecano then of La Liga, with a minority stake owned by Oklahoma native Sean Jones. Rayo OKC was managed by the former owners of Oklahoma City FC franchise, Sold Out Strategies. However, Rayo OKC would only last one season in the NASL. USL Pro The USL Championship ( USLC )

2380-461: The NASL folded. Saint Louis FC folded at the end of the 2020 season. At the time, the city was set to receive an MLS franchise, with St. Louis City SC ultimately starting play in 2023. A spokesperson for SLFC told Sports Illustrated in August 2020, "The ownership decided that with the financial impact of COVID-19 and MLS on the horizon, it didn't make sense to continue operations." Also at

2450-909: The NASL’s future in OKC." In an interview published on August 10, 2015, NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson told the Telegraph that the league had moved on from the Oklahoma City franchise. On August 21, 2015, ESPN's Dermot Corrigan reported that La Liga , the first division in Spain, had given approval for one of their teams to purchase stock in Oklahoma City FC. La Liga team Rayo Vallecano has expressed interest in purchasing majority stock in NASL Oklahoma City FC. On November 10, 2015,

2520-407: The Prodigal group also bid). The USL, however, considered Oklahoma City FC's attempt to start an NASL franchise to be a breach of its non-compete agreement with the USL's Premier Development League , and issued a cease and desist letter against Oklahoma City FC. Oklahoma City FC's owners subsequently filed a lawsuit against the USL on June 28, 2013, seeking a declaration that the non-compete clause

2590-538: The Riverhounds and Dynamo was dissolved after just one year. Following the conclusion of the 2013 season, VSI Tampa Bay folded after only one season, along with founding league member Antigua. In December 2012, Sacramento announced it would begin play in 2014 as an expansion team, and in July 2014, USL announced that Oklahoma City would also join USL in 2014. Orlando City announced that it would leave USL after

2660-630: The USL Championship for the 2022 USL Championship season, becoming the third NISA team to join the league after Miami FC and Oakland Roots SC . On December 2, 2021, Charlotte Independence decided to drop down to the third tier USL League One for 2022, with the goal of better serving its youth players, as well as the fact that a new expansion franchise in the city Charlotte FC was joining Major League Soccer that season, with whom several Independence players had signed for. On December 3, 2021, Oklahoma City Energy FC announced that it would temporarily suspend soccer operations and would not compete in

2730-528: The USL Championship since Beshoff, the owner of Fresno, was able to retain franchise rights after Fresno ceased operations due to lack of securing construction of a soccer-specific stadium , and landed the franchise in Monterey Bay at Cardinale Stadium on the campus of California State University, Monterey Bay in Seaside, California . On November 13, 2021, it was announced that Detroit City would join

2800-539: The USL Pro structure. The stated goals of this partnership are to improve North American player development, strengthen league competition, build long-term ties between the leagues and expand the audience for both the leagues and developing players. While the 2013 season would feature partnered competitions between USL Pro and MLS Reserve teams, four Major League Soccer clubs opted to affiliate with an existing USL Pro team, agreeing to loan at least four MLS players to their affiliate: Sporting Kansas City with Orlando City ,

2870-503: The USL added two teams from the North American Soccer League (NASL): the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury FC . This was the first time a club moved from the NASL to the USL. The Montreal Impact also announced that it would fold its USL team, FC Montreal , in favor of affiliating with Ottawa Fury FC . On August 31, 2016, Kyle Eng sold his majority share of Arizona United SC to an investment group led by Berke Bakay and

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2940-490: The USL announced that it would transfer the franchise rights of the Loyal. The announcement came three months after Major League Soccer announced a San Diego expansion team that would begin play in 2025 as San Diego FC . The club's final game was a 4–3 extra-time playoff quarterfinal loss to Phoenix Rising , the eventual playoff champions. On November 29, 2023, it was announced that Milwaukee's expansion would be deferred to

3010-519: The USL awarded an expansion team to USL Milwaukee , set to begin play in 2025 with plans to build an 8,000-seat stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . On July 12, 2023, the USL awarded an expansion team to Ozark United FC with the intent to bring USL Championship and Super League teams to Rogers, Arkansas , with a goal for the Championship and Super League sides to kick off by 2026 and play in

3080-465: The USLC in the 2021 season. On November 6, 2020, Reno 1868 FC announced it was ceasing operations as a result of the financial and operational impacts of COVID-19. On January 10, 2021, North Carolina FC club chairman Stephen Malik announced that the club would make a "strategic move" to USL League One . On February 1, 2021, Monterey Bay FC , which is a continuation of USLC's Fresno FC , joined

3150-639: The United Soccer League (USL) Rayo OKC , a soccer team that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oklahoma City FC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oklahoma_City_FC&oldid=796746944 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

3220-444: The addition of Puerto Rico United to the league, marking the last of the 15 teams that would compete in USL Pro in its inaugural 2011 season. On September 14, 2010, United Soccer Leagues President Tim Holt expressed the desired structure for the league to launch with 14–18 teams across four specific geographic areas in 2011, expansion to 22–26 teams by 2013, and 28–32 teams by 2015. Following USL Pro's first annual general meeting,

3290-508: The club had changed its name to Rochester New York FC and joined the new third-level MLS Next Pro . Orlando City B resumed play in 2019 in League One. The league also approved several other expansion locations in Austin , Birmingham , Memphis , Chicago, Oakland East Bay, Hartford , Albuquerque , El Paso , Loudoun County, Virginia , and San Diego . All of these teams began play in 2019 except for San Diego, which began play in

3360-457: The end of the 2020 season, two MLS clubs, the Philadelphia Union and Portland Timbers , withdrew their reserve sides, Philadelphia Union II and Portland Timbers 2 , from the United Soccer League system. The proposed East Bay club's bid had faltered due to stadium issues and its USL franchise rights were purchased by Oakland Roots SC , which had previously played in NISA, who started play in

3430-680: The former National and American Divisions being dissolved to form a single, eleven-team league table. Two expansion teams joined for the 2013 season: Phoenix FC and the VSI Tampa Bay FC . On January 23, 2013, the United Soccer Leagues and the Major League Soccer announced a multi-year agreement to integrate MLS Reserve League play with USL Pro teams, first through team affiliations and "interleague" play, but eventually fully merging MLS Reserves into

3500-581: The jump to USL Pro for 2011. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds were added as the 9th official team on October 22, 2010. October 25, 2010, saw the addition of the Rochester Rhinos who had previously committed to the NASL , along with expansion team Orlando City SC (formerly the Austin Aztex FC of USL-1) after new ownership secured and moved the team from Texas to Florida. On November 9, 2010, former USL-2 side Wilmington Hammerheads officially joined

3570-587: The league as the 12th team, followed on November 17, 2010, by F.C. New York . The expected number of teams to launch league play in 2011 was announced as 18–20, alongside the announcement of the Wilmington Hammerheads joining the league. The Los Angeles Blues , associated with the successful women's Pali Blues organization, was added on December 7, 2010, with a message of future "Western Conference" growth into 2012. The "Caribbean Division" of USL Pro grew to four teams on December 9, 2010, with

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3640-498: The league confirmed it would debut with 16 teams playing a 24-game regular season schedule in 2011, with planned growth for 20–24 teams to start the 2012 season. USL Pro debuted in 2011, starting with 15 teams playing a 24-game regular season schedule. American and National Division teams played a home-and-away series against all opponents from the two divisions (totaling 18 games), and 2 additional regional rivalry matches, with each team making an additional trip to either Los Angeles or

3710-526: The league in the 2024 season. The team's majority owner is Kyle Krause, who has been the majority owner of USL League Two side Des Moines Menace since 1998. On July 14, 2022, the USL announced a group that intended to bring USL Championship and Super League teams to New Orleans, Louisiana , with a goal for the Championship side to kick off by 2025. On August 12, 2022, ground was broken in Pawtucket, Rhode Island , on Tidewater Landing Stadium that will be

3780-553: The merger of their USL First (USL-1) and Second Divisions (USL-2), following the 2010 season which saw neither the USL-1 nor the North American Soccer League (NASL) receive Division II sanctioning from the USSF, resulting in the temporary USSF Division 2 Pro League . United Soccer Leagues stated that the merger would strengthen the league's position within the American professional soccer landscape through stability, commercial growth and

3850-615: The new MLS side. The United Soccer Leagues announced that the Charlotte Eagles would drop to its Premier Development League (PDL), now known as USL League Two , while selling their franchise rights to another Charlotte group, which formed Charlotte Independence for play beginning in 2015. Finally, on December 11, 2014, the Dayton Dutch Lions self-relegated to play in the PDL starting in 2015. During 2014 and early 2015,

3920-558: The other six games with an eye towards geographic rivalries between clubs. On February 10, 2015, United Soccer Leagues announced a branding change for the league. It would now be called the United Soccer League or "USL" for short. They introduced a new logo and branding, and stated their intention to apply for Division II status within the United States Soccer Federation hierarchy. During

3990-545: The partners in Oklahoma City FC, Tim McLaughlin of OKC Pro Soccer LLC, bought a 50% ownership stake in the rival franchise. Reportedly, McLaughlin controlled the lease rights to Taft Stadium, and the Energy therefore announced its intention to move to Taft Stadium for the 2015 season after its inaugural 2014 season at Bishop McGuinness High School 's Pribil Stadium. Remaining owner Brad Lund of Sold Out Strategies indicated that this development "does not impact Oklahoma City FC’s or

4060-522: The permanent home of Rhode Island FC . The team began play in the 2024 season in Smithfield, Rhode Island, as the construction is completed in Pawtucket. On August 30, 2022, the USL announced that a group of investors had formed to bring USL Championship and USL Super League expansion teams to Jacksonville, Florida , with the goal for the Championship side to kick off in 2025. On October 19, 2022,

4130-406: The professional development of soccer in four main regions throughout the United States and Canada. On September 8, 2010, the United Soccer Leagues formally announced the creation of USL Pro in a press release. Prior to the official announcement of the new league, on August 11, 2010, the Dayton Dutch Lions FC revealed they would be joining the "USL-Pro Championship Division (former USL-2)" at

4200-501: The region continue, with an eventual 8-team "Caribbean Conference". With the inclusion of a team from Los Angeles, this division eventually became the International Division. On September 22, 2010, USL announced that Sevilla FC Puerto Rico and River Plate Puerto Rico would be joining USL Pro in 2011 alongside Antigua Barracuda FC as part of the building blocks of a Caribbean division. On September 28, 2010, USL announced that one of their flagship clubs and reigning 2010 USL-2 Champions,

4270-411: The request was denied by the trial court, and denied again by the appeals court. The USL's expansion efforts continued in the 2018 season with the additions of Nashville SC , Las Vegas Lights FC , Fresno FC (affiliated with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ) and Atlanta United 2 (owned by Atlanta United FC ). The league also lost Orlando City B and the Rochester Rhinos , which each announced

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4340-479: The team moved to the National Premier Soccer League and they competed in the South Central Conference of the South Region in the 2014 NPSL season . The team played at Oklahoma City University Stars Field . Amateur games in 2013 took place at Stars Field at Oklahoma City University . It was announced that for the 2015 season professional games would be played at Yukon's Miller Stadium and Academy games will be played at Oklahoma City's Casady School . The club

4410-407: The various MLS clubs in conjunction with the USL announced seven new franchises that would be owned or controlled by MLS team ownership, and would all begin play in 2015. On September 10, 2014, Real Salt Lake revealed the name of their previously announced USL Pro affiliate team would be Real Monarchs , and confirmed that the team would begin play in 2015. The team played at Rio Tinto Stadium until

4480-461: Was added as the 26th franchise and Bethlehem Steel FC , in the Lehigh Valley area and owned by the Philadelphia Union , became the 27th, Orlando City B (owned by Orlando City SC ) as the 29th, the Swope Park Rangers (owned by Sporting Kansas City ) as the 30th, and San Antonio FC as the 31st. The Austin Aztex announced that they would go on hiatus for the 2016 USL season on October 2, 2015. Floods damaging House Park midway through

4550-450: Was announced for the New York City borough of Queens to be named Queensboro FC . On December 11, the Ottawa Fury announced the sale of its franchise rights to the ownership group of Miami FC , with Miami set to participate in the 2020 USL Championship season. This marked the entrance of another former NASL team into the league, with Miami having previously spent time in NPSL and the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) after

4620-426: Was announced that Brooklyn FC, originally vying for a spot in League One, would instead move their efforts to try to get a team in the Championship by 2025, along with getting their women's side to play in the inaugural USL Super League season in 2024, both playing at Maimonides Park , the home also to baseball's Brooklyn Cyclones . In August 2024, the USL announced that Lexington SC would move from League One to

4690-403: Was exploring the possibility of building a riverfront 9,000–14,000 seat soccer-specific stadium in downtown Oklahoma City. As of January 25, 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The ownership group of Oklahoma City FC, OKC Pro Soccer LLC and Sold Out Strategies, was also approved to field

4760-538: Was played on April 2, 2011. The Richmond Kickers defeated Orlando City SC 2–0 at Richmond's City Stadium . Stanley Nyazamba scored the first goal in the 35th minute on a penalty kick . On May 10, 2011, early in the league's inaugural season, the league announced that it was dropping the three Puerto Rican clubs from the USL Pro schedule. The PRSL clubs were dropped due to economic and ownership issues. The two remaining International Division teams – Antigua Barracuda FC and Los Angeles Blues – were re-aligned into

4830-448: Was rebranded as Phoenix Rising FC . Ivory Coast Soccer Legend Didier Drogba later purchased a share of the team and played the final two seasons of his career there. On January 6, 2017, the U.S. Soccer board of directors voted to grant provisional Division II status to the USL for the 2017 season, placing the league on the same tier as the North American Soccer League . The NASL was also downgraded from Division II sanctioning to

4900-420: Was where the team competed for one season in the Southern Conference as part of the Mid South Division. The team played their home games at Oklahoma City University's Stars Field. They finished 3rd in their division with an 8–4–2 record, missing the playoffs in their inaugural and only PDL season. They missed out on a playoff spot by three points. Following their one season in the USL Premier Development League,

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