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WPSL Pro

planned professional women's soccer league in the United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ130302344
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WPSL Pro is a planned professional women's soccer league at the second level of the United States league system, setting one level below the National Women's Soccer League and USL Super League.

History

Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) announced the formation of the WPSL Pro on February 8, 2023. The league was planned as a Division III Professional League, that would start in 2025. The WPSL announced that WPSL Pro will help provide new avenues of development for players, coaches, and staff. The league plans for ten teams the first year, with a goal of 24 teams by 2030.

In August 2023, WPSL Pro announced they had received their first five letters of intent (LOIs). The teams were Oklahoma City FC, Sioux Falls City FC, SouthStar FC, Austin Rise FC, and The Town FC. In February 2024, Georgia Impact FC signed their LOI, becoming the sixth team to do so. With Georgia Impact FC joining WPSL Pro, it will become the first team with a youth to professional pipeline in the league. In addition, by becoming the sixth team, Georgia Impact FC puts the WPSL Pro in a position to meet the minimal sanctioning guidelines. Later in February 2024, AC Houston Sur signed a LOI with WPSL Pro, becoming the seventh overall team and third team from Texas to commit to the new league.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023, 2025, 2030, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2023. The account is most persuasive where WPSL, planned and professional can be independently traced.
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