ABOUT THE UPSL
Founded in 2011, the United Premier Soccer League now stands as the largest and most competitive pro-development league in North America. The league was started in Santa Ana, California by Leonel Lopez, with 10 teams. Today the league has nearly 400 clubs competing nationwide.
The league occupies the 4th tier of the US Soccer pyramid, just below the three professional tiers in the pyramid.
The mission is to provide a strong and consistent platform which provides opportunity and projects from the grassroots of the game advancing to the highest levels.
VISION
To be the foundation of the U.S. Soccer development pyramid with over 100 profitable teams in over 100 communities; in turn, doing our part to help the United States become a soccer nation and win a World Cup.