There are just two weeks left in the 2026 USL Championship regular season, Soccer America presents a team-by-team look at the 25 teams. It is an important season for the USL, which has plans to launch USL Premier in 2028 with promotion and relegation. Teams in the USL Championship are expected to form the core of USL Premier, the new top tier. The fate of several USL Championship teams, though, is uncertain amidst stadium problems and poor support.
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.
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Crest Cup: U.S. Soccer is launching women’s cup
U.S. Soccer is launching a national women’s cup: the Arthur M. Blank Crest Cup. The date for launch will be determined later. The competition will be a single-elimination knockout format. At stake: • A prize pool of more than $1.5 million;• Pathway to qualification for the Concacaf W Champions Cup. “Women’s soccer continues to be one of […]
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American soccer fan base surges
American soccer’s fan base has grown to 75.2 million in July 2026 from 66.8 million in July 2025, according to Nielsen’s proprietary Fan Insights data report. That is the World Cup effect: an increase of 12 percent. That’s more than the previous five years combined, according to Nielsen, a 10.9% leap from May 2020 to May 2025. The size of the fan base puts the USA right behind Brazil as the world’s largest soccer countries where the men’s national team is a regular World Cup participant.
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Soccer America’s MLS Guide
MLS’s roster freeze took effect on Saturday. Here are all the summer moves. Soccer America’s MLS Guide also includes available 2026 General Allocation Money and updated roster profiles — which players teams have designated for premium slots, including TAM players. Also: Local media and radio to follow.
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Americans Abroad (England): Adams’ Bournemouth and Robinson’s Fulham sink
American veterans Tyler Adams and Antonee Robinson will have to help dig their respective teams out of early holes. Bournemouth’s 5-1 loss to Chelsea dropped it near the bottom of the Premier League with only three points after six games. Last-place Fulham is also winless after conceded twice in the final moments and lost 2-1 at Ipswich Town. In the Championship, the situation is brighter for Americans at second-place Middlesbrough and fourth-place Stoke City.
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Americans Abroad (France): Bryan Reynolds shows off attacking skills for Rennes
Bryan Reynolds had two assists in the second as Rennes beat Auxerre 4-1 to move into a tie with Lille for second place in Ligue 1 just one point behind Monaco. Reynolds, the youngest Homegrown signing when he joined FC Dallas in 2016 at the age of 15, has been in Europe since 2021.
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Americans Abroad (Spain): Alex Freeman has near-flawless performance vs. Real Madrid
No returning USMNT player impressed more during the four-win window than Alex Freeman at right back. He returned to Spain for his biggest test yet at Villarreal. He cost the Yellow Submarine the goal in a 1-0 loss but otherwise impressed with his play at right back. Elsewhere, Johnny Cardoso had a great game in a Atlético Madrid win.
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College Soccer: NCAA vote boosts plan for Division I men’s soccer calendar switch
The move to split the NCAA Division I men’s season across the fall and the spring received a boost on Wednesday. The NCAA Division I Cabinet affirmed the Division I Men’s Soccer Oversight Committee’s plan to shift the playing season in men’s soccer to a year-round model in 2027-28. it should not be assumed the proposal is a done deal, though. In a 30-day rescission period, schools and conferences can step in. Only if two-thirds of DI members do not rescind the rule change will the long-sought switch take effect.
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Concacaf Nations League: USA will face Haiti in quarterfinals
The USA will face Haiti in the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals Nov. 14 and Nov. 17. Where the Haiti home game will be played remains to be see. FIFA does not allow Haiti to play on home soil. (The U.S. leg will be played in Cincinnati.) The Nations League final eight was completed when a late goal by 20-year-old Californian Matt Evans gave Guatemala a 1-0 win over Jamaica.
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The USMNT 8: What’s behind the new wave of teen stars
Never have so many young players broken into the USMNT in such spectacular fashion and at the same time as have the eight teenagers who have debuted in the extended fall window. All but one player has earned at least one start. And four players have scored, producing six of the 11 goals in the […]