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2025 WPSL ALIGNMENT AND ROSTER OF TEAMS ANNOUNCED AT AGM

 

OKLAHOMA CITY (1/25/2025) — The Women’s Premier Soccer League unveiled its conference alignment for the 2025 season today during the league’s Annual General Meeting in Oklahoma City. The 2025 WPSL season will feature a league-record 150 teams, with 31 expansion and returning teams that did not play in 2024. 

 

Teams are divided into Central, East, South, and West regions, with each region featuring four conferences. Larger conferences are split into geographical divisions, with division winners facing off in a conference championship match. Conference winners or representatives will meet in regional playoffs. Division and regional playoffs are hosted on a predetermined rotating basis with winners of each advancing to the WPSL National Championships in Stillwater, Okla. July 20.  

 

The 2025 season brings several regional and conference shifts with the goal of keeping travel to a minimum while creating natural geographical rivalries. 

 

The Central Region sees the addition of the Lone Star Conference, featuring teams from central and south Texas, moving from the South Region last season, and the formation of the North Lakes Conference, featuring teams from Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin divided into the Lake Michigan and Land of Lakes divisions. 

 

The South Region welcomes 11 new and returning teams with the re-introduction of the Gulf Coast Conference featuring teams Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, split into Bayou and Panhandle divisions. Teams from northern Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee will make up the Magic Music and Scenic Peach divisions which will compete for the Southeast Conference title. 

 

In the West Region, the SO Cal Conference, featuring 11 teams from northern Los Angeles to south of San Diego, will no longer feature divisional play, pitting each team against all other conference foes once in the 10-game schedule. 

 

The East Region retains is structure from last season with its main shifts coming from team movement across conferences.

 

The full 2025 season schedule will be released in March, with regular season play beginning in early May. The WPSL season runs May through July. 

 

 

2025 Conference Alignment

(*Expansion; **Returing; !2024 Conference Champion; #2024 Region Champion; ^2024 WPSL National Champion)

 

CENTRAL REGION

Lone Star Conference

Austin Rise FC!# (Austin, Texas)

Corinthians FC of San Antonio* (San Antonio, Texas)

FC Dallas** (Frisco, Texas)

Fort Worth Vaqueras (Fort Worth, Texas)

Futbolera Select (Houston, Texas)

SouthStar FC (Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas)

The Houston Aces (Houston 

 

Midwest Conference

Gateway Division

FC Pride!# (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Junction FC (Urbana, Ill.)

Lou Fusz Athletic (St. Louis, Mo.)

Missouri Reign (Columbia, Mo.)

Peoria City* (Peoria, Ill.)

 

Heartland Division

FC Wichita (Wichita, Kan.)

KC Courage (Kansas City, Mo.)

Oklahoma City FC (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Side FC 92 (Tulsa, Okla.)

Sunflower State FC (Kansas City, Kan.)

Union KC! (Kansas City, Mo.)

 

Mountain Conference

Rockies Division

Colorado Blizzard FC (Denver, Colo.)

Colorado Pride! (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Indios Denver FC (Denver, Colo.)

Northern Colorado Rain FC* (Windsor, Colo.)

PSD Academy (Denver, Colo.)

 

Wasatch Division

City SC Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Griffins FC (Salt Lake City, Utah)

La Roca FC (Ogden, Utah)

MetaSport FC* (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Utah Avalanche (Ogden, Utah)

Utah Surf (Provo, Utah)

 

North Lakes Conference

Lake Michigan Division

Bavarian United SC** (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Chicago House AC (Chicago, Ill.)

Chicago KICS Football Club (Chicago, Ill.)

FC Milwaukee Torrent! (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Green Bay Glory (Green Bay, Wis.)

Milwaukee City A.F.C.* (Milwaukee, Wis.)

 

Land of Lakes Division

Joy AC (Minneapolis/St. Paul Minn.)

Manitou F.C. (Minneapolis/St. Paul Minn.)

Mankato United Soccer Club (Mankato, Minn.)

Minnesota Dutch Lions FC (Rochester, Minn.)

Minnesota Thunder (Minneapolis/St. Paul Minn.)

MN Bliss FC (Minneapolis/St. Paul Minn.)

Salvo SC (Minneapolis/St. Paul Minn.)

St. Croix Soccer Club (St. Croix, Minn.)

 

EAST REGION

Great Lakes Conference

Great River Division

Beadling Soccer Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Columbus Eagles FC (Columbus, Ohio)

Corktown WFC (Detroit, Mich.)

FC Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)

Greater Toledo Futbol Club (Toledo, Ohio)

 

Lake Erie Division

BC United (Binghampton, N.Y.)

Erie FC (Erie Pa.)

Niagara 1812! (Buffalo, N.Y.)

RNY FC (Rochester, N.Y.)

 

Metropolitan Conference

Brooklyn City F.C. (New York, N.Y.)

Clarkstown Soccer Club!# (New York, N.Y.)

Downtown United Soccer Club (New York, N.Y.)

Force FC New York (New York, N.Y.)

New York Athletic Club (New York N.Y.)

New York Dutch Lions FC (Long Island, N.Y.)

STA (Newark, N.J.)

SUSA FC (Long Island, N.Y.)

 

Mid-Atlantic Conference 

Colonial Division

Delaware Ospreys (Wilmington, Del.)

FC Monmouth (Monmouth County, N.J.)

Fever SC (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Penn Fusion SA (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Real Central NJ (Trenton, N.J.)

SJEB FC! (Philadelphia, Pa.)

 

Commonwealth Division

Hershey FC (Hershey, Pa.)

HEX FC Tempest (Allentown, Pa.)

Keystone FC (Harrisburg, Pa.)

LVU Rush (Allentown, Pa.)

Pennsylvania Classics (Harrisburg, Pa.)

Reading United A.C. (Reading, Pa.)

West-Mont United (Philadelphia, Pa.)

 

Northeastern Conference

Albany Rush* (Albany, N.Y.)

Kingston Capitals* (Hudson Valley, N.Y.)

Merrimack Valley Hawks FC (Boston, Mass.)

New York Shockers (Albany, N.Y.)

Rhode Island Rogues (Providence, R.I.)

Sporting CT (Hartford, Conn.)

 

SOUTH REGION

Atlantic Conference

Carolinas Division

Carolina FC (Raleigh, N.C.)

NCFC* (Raleigh, N.C.)

Port City FC (Wilmington, N.C.)

Soda City* (Columbia, S.C.)

WFC of Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.)

 

The District Division

Alexandria Reds (Alexandria, Va.)

Arlington Soccer (Arlington, Va.)

McLean Soccer (Washington D.C.)

UK FC (Richmond, Va.)

 

Gulf Coast Conference

Bayou Division

Baton Rouge United* (Baton Rouge, La.)

Hattiesburg FC* (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

LA Krew Rush* (Lafayette, La.)

Mississippi Blues SC* (Jackson, Miss.)

Shreveport United* (Shreveport, La.)

 

Panhandle Division

Florida Roots* (Panama City, Fla.)

Gulf Coast United* (Gulfport, Miss.)

Pensacola FC** (Pensacola, Fla.)

Pensacola FC Academy* (Pensacola, Fla.)

Union 10 FC* (Mobile, Ala.)

TLH Reckoning* (Tallahassee, Fla.)

 

Southeast Conference

Magic Music Division

865 Alliance! (Knoxville, Tenn.)

FC Birmingham (Birmingham, Ala.)

Jackson Ignite* (Jackson, Tenn.)

Nashville Rhythm FC (Nashville, Tenn.)

TN Temp FC* (Nashville, Tenn.)

 

Scenic Peach Division

Atlanta Fire United (Atlanta, Ga.)

DECATUR FC (Atlanta, Ga.)

Chattanooga FC (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

Georgia Impact (Atlanta, Ga.)

UFA Gunners (Atlanta, GA)

 

Sunshine Conference

AGC Football, (Miami, Fla.)

FC PrimeTime (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Fla. Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC (Fort Myers, Fla.)

Florida Premier FC* (Tampa Bay, Fla.)

Fusion FC (Sarasota, Fla.)

Jacksonville Armada FC (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Seminole Ice (Orlando, Fla.)

West Florida Flames (Tampa Bay, Fla.)

 

WEST REGION

Desert Conference

Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club (Phoenix, Ariz.)

El Paso Surf (El Paso, Texas)

FC Tucson (Tucson, Ariz.)

PHX Heat FC* (Phoenix, Ariz.)

SC del Sol! (Phoenix, Ariz.)

WPSL Peoria* (Phoenix, Ariz.)

 

Northwest Conference

Portland Thorns FC II (Porteland, Ore.)

Seattle Reign FC (Seattle, Wash.)

Spokane SC Shadow! (Spokane, Wash.)

Vancouver Victory FC (Portland, Ore.)

Westside Metros FC (Portland, Ore.)

 

Pac North Conference

California Storm!#^ (Sacramento, Calif.)

FC Davis (Sacramento, Calif.)

Fresno Freeze FC (Fresno, Calif.)

Iron Rose FC (Roseville, Calif.)

Lamorinda United (Oakland, Calif.)

Nappa Valley 1893 FC (Napa, Calif.)

San Francisco Elite Soccer Club (San Francisco, Calif.)

San Francisco Nighthawks (San Francisco, Calif.)

San Ramon FC (San Francisco, Calif.)

 

So Cal Conference

ALBION San Diego (Sand Diego, Calif.)

Beach Futbol Club! (Long Beach, Calif.)

FC Premier (Los Angeles, Calif.)

LA Surf Soccer Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Rebels Soccer Club (San Diego, Calif.)

San Diego Dons* (San Diego, Calif,)

Dan Diego Parceiro (San Diego, Calif.)

San Diego Strikers (San Diego, Calif.)

So Cal Union FC (Temecula, Calif.)

SoCal Dutch Lions FC (San Diego, Calif.)

Southern California Eagles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

 

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About the Women’s Premier Soccer League

The WPSL is set to open its 27th season in May 2025, remaining the most tenured women’s league in North America. The WPSL continues to operate as the largest women’s soccer league in the world. An all-time high of 141 teams in 34 U.S. states competed in the league’s first division of the 2024 season. Team rosters feature elite collegiate, post-collegiate, international, and standout prep student-athletes. Many of the United States’ most accomplished women’s national team players have played in the WPSL since its inception in 1998, including household names such as Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach, and Brandi Chastain.