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USL W League

Women's professional soccer league in the United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The USL W League (USLW) is a women's soccer league in the United States. It began play in May 2022 and follows the USL W-League, a similar league that existed from 1995 to 2015. It is currently not sanctioned by the US Soccer Federation, meaning that it does not have a position in the US soccer pyramid. As of the 2026 season, the current champions are Salmon Bay FC.

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The public source identifies “USL W League” as women's professional soccer league in the United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around League, Women's and professional.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 1995, 2015, 2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with League, Women's and professional providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “USL W League” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.