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.
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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.