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football">Confederation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Level on pyramid</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Relegation</a> to</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wpsl.info">Official site</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Current: <a href="/wiki/2012_WPSL_Elite_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 WPSL Elite League season">2012 WPSL Elite Season</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite)</b> was a women's semi-professional soccer league created by the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">Women's Premier Soccer League</a> (WPSL) to support the sport in the United States, both from continued interest by WPSL teams in professionalism and as a response to the suspension (and ultimate demise<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inaugural_season">Inaugural season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inaugural season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite_season" title="2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season">2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season</a></div> <p>For the 2012 season, the league featured former WPS teams, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Breakers" title="Boston Breakers">Boston Breakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Red_Stars" title="Chicago Red Stars">Chicago Red Stars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York_Flash" title="Western New York Flash">Western New York Flash</a>, in addition to many WPSL teams primarily located in the northeast and midwest regions of the United States. Six of the eight teams were considered fully professional<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the actual status of several teams has been disputed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western WPSL teams were expected to join the Elite League starting in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right;font-size:85%;"> <caption><b>WPSL Elite Champions</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Coach</th> <th>Runner-Up </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite_season" title="2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season">2012</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_New_York_Flash" title="Western New York Flash">Western New York Flash</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aaran_Lines" title="Aaran Lines">Aaran Lines</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Red_Stars" title="Chicago Red Stars">Chicago Red Stars</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012_Teams">2012 Teams</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2012 Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Home </th> <th>Pro-am </th> <th>Joined </th> <th>Founded </th> <th>Previous leagues </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/ASA_Chesapeake_Charge" title="ASA Chesapeake Charge">ASA Chesapeake Charge</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ASA_Chesapeake_Charge" title="ASA Chesapeake Charge">Multiple locales in MD.</a></i> </td> <td>NCAA compliant </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Breakers_(WPSL_Elite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Breakers (WPSL Elite)">Boston Breakers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>professional </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Red_Stars" title="Chicago Red Stars">Chicago Red Stars</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisle,_Illinois" title="Lisle, Illinois">Lisle, Illinois</a> </td> <td><i>disputed</i> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/F.C._Indiana_(W-League)" class="mw-redirect" title="F.C. Indiana (W-League)">FC Indiana Lionesses</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </td> <td>professional </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">W-League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Mutiny" title="New England Mutiny">New England Mutiny</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agawam,_Massachusetts" title="Agawam, Massachusetts">Agawam, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><i>disputed</i> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Fury" title="New York Fury">New York Fury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hempstead_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Hempstead (town), New York">Hempstead, New York</a> </td> <td>professional </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fever_(WPSL)" title="Philadelphia Fever (WPSL)">Philadelphia Fever</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fever_(WPSL)" title="Philadelphia Fever (WPSL)">Multiple locales in N.J. & PA.</a></i> </td> <td>NCAA compliant </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><i>none</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Western_New_York_Flash" title="Western New York Flash">Western New York Flash</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> </td> <td>professional </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_expansion">League expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: League expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the announcement of the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> (NWSL), a Western conference of the league was planned to begin competition in 2013. Five teams - the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_WFC_SeaLions" title="San Diego WFC SeaLions">San Diego WFC SeaLions</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_Vikings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Los Angeles Vikings (page does not exist)">Los Angeles Vikings</a>, the <a href="/wiki/California_Storm" title="California Storm">California Storm</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_Breeze" title="Bay Area Breeze">Bay Area Breeze</a>, and an unnamed team from <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> - were reportedly committed to joining. Three other cities - Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston - had also voiced interest in joining WPSLE. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hiatus">Hiatus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hiatus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Breakers" title="Boston Breakers">Boston Breakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Red_Stars" title="Chicago Red Stars">Chicago Red Stars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_New_York_Flash" title="Western New York Flash">Western New York Flash</a> joined the NWSL for the 2013 season. Also, the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Mutiny" title="New England Mutiny">New England Mutiny</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Fury" title="New York Fury">New York Fury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fever_(WPSL)" title="Philadelphia Fever (WPSL)">Philadelphia Fever</a> opted to return to the WPSL. </p><p>Originally, it was leaked that five teams were slated to join the <a href="/wiki/ASA_Chesapeake_Charge" title="ASA Chesapeake Charge">ASA Chesapeake Charge</a> and <a href="/wiki/FC_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Indiana">FC Indiana</a> in the 2013 of WPSL Elite. Later, the WPSL Elite website revealed six teams - the Charge, FC Indiana, the California Storm, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Aces" title="Houston Aces">Houston Aces</a>, <a href="/wiki/NJ/NY_Gotham_FC" title="NJ/NY Gotham FC">Jersey Sky Blues</a>, and the San Diego SeaLions - would take place in the "WPSL Elite League Cup", a series of games played in addition to regular WPSL games; the Houston Aces even had these games on the schedule page of their website. However, organization apparently fell through, and the WPSL-Elite was ultimately disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the six teams, two (Indiana and Jersey) did not rejoin WPSL for the <a href="/wiki/2013_WPSL_season" title="2013 WPSL season">2013 season</a>. The other four all won their respective divisions and made it to their regions' respective finals (as did the New England Mutiny). There were unfulfilled plans to revive the WPSL Elite for the 2014 season.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Possible_revival">Possible revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Possible revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the <a href="/wiki/2015_WPSL_season" title="2015 WPSL season">2015 WPSL season</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Real_Salt_Lake_Women" title="Real Salt Lake Women">Real Salt Lake Women</a> advertised that they would be participating in a 12-team WPSL Elite with 10 regular season games per team.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the suggested WPSL Elite season suggested by the Houston Aces in 2013, though, the season did not appear to materialize. However, after the regular WPSL playoffs, a WPSL Elite Final was played between RSL Women and the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Nighthawks" title="San Francisco Nighthawks">San Francisco Nighthawks</a>, which was hosted and won by RSL.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No official qualification to the match was ever announced, and the match score was not published on the WPSL site for weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further talk of officially reviving the WPSL Elite has continued in the wake of the folding of the <a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">W-League</a> in the fall of 2015, though signs point to both Zanelli and a majority of WPSL teams against the idea of a tiered WPSL.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RSL and Houston would join the newly formed <a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">United Women's Soccer</a> before the beginning of its inaugural 2016 season,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> joining former WPSLE member the Mutiny in the new league. FC Indiana similarly joined UWS the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playing_structure">Playing structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League_Elite&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Playing structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Elite League featured a standard home-and-away <a href="/wiki/Double_round_robin" class="mw-redirect" title="Double round robin">double round robin</a> format, with a separate postseason from the regular WPSL playoffs. 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Professional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Major_League_Soccer" title="History of Major League Soccer">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup_playoffs" title="MLS Cup playoffs">Playoffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup" title="MLS Cup">MLS Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Championship" title="USL Championship">USL Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USL_Championship_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="USL Championship Final">USLC Final</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_League_One" title="USL League One">USL League One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Independent_Soccer_Association" title="National Independent Soccer Association">NISA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Next_Pro" title="MLS Next Pro">MLS Next Pro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Amateur</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USL_League_Two" title="USL League Two">USL League Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NISA_Nation" title="NISA Nation">NISA Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Soccer_League" title="National Premier Soccer League">NPSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmopolitan_Soccer_League" title="Cosmopolitan Soccer League">CSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Eastern Premier Soccer League">EPSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Premier_League" title="Evergreen Premier League">EPLWA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_Premier_League" title="Gulf Coast Premier League">GCPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_League_for_Clubs" title="The League for Clubs">The League for Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Premier_League" title="Midwest Premier League">MWPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Premier_League" title="Ohio Valley Premier League">OVPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Soccer_Football_League" title="San Francisco Soccer Football League">SFSFL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Premier_Soccer_League" title="United Premier Soccer League">UPSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League_of_Pennsylvania" title="United Soccer League of Pennsylvania">USLPA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Association_(1884%E2%80%931924)" title="American Football Association (1884–1924)">AFA (1884–1924)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_of_Professional_Football" title="American League of Professional Football">ALPF (1894)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Premier_Soccer_League" title="American Premier Soccer League">APSL (2015–2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_Football_League" title="National Association Football League">NAFL (1895–1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1921%E2%80%931933)" title="American Soccer League (1921–1933)">ASL (1921–1933)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%931983)" title="American Soccer League (1933–1983)">ASL (1933–1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_Football_League" title="North American Soccer Football League">NASFL (1946–47)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_Association" title="United Soccer Association">USA (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(1967)" title="National Professional Soccer League (1967)">NPSL (1967)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL (1968–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Soccer_League_(1984%E2%80%9385)" title="United Soccer League (1984–85)">USL (1984–85)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Soccer_Alliance" title="Lone Star Soccer Alliance">LSSA (1987–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Soccer_League_(1988%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Soccer League (1988–89)">ASL (1988–89)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Soccer_Alliance" title="Western Soccer Alliance">WSA (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Second_Division" title="USL Second Division">USL 2nd (1990–2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Soccer_League" title="American Professional Soccer League">APSL (1990–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_(1995%E2%80%932004)" title="A-League (1995–2004)">A-League (1996–2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_First_Division" title="USL First Division">USL 1st (2005–2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USSF_Division_2_Professional_League" title="USSF Division 2 Professional League">D2 Pro (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_of_America" title="Premier League of America">PLA (2015–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(2011%E2%80%932017)" title="North American Soccer League (2011–2017)">NASL (2011–2017)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Major Arena Soccer League">MASL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League_2" title="Major Arena Soccer League 2">MASL2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Arena_Soccer_League_3" title="Major Arena Soccer League 3">MASL3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Indoor_Soccer_(2022-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Indoor Soccer (2022-present)">MLIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Soccer League (2021)">NISL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Premier Arena Soccer League">PASL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Western Indoor Soccer League">WISL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">NASL (1975–76, 1979–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(1978%E2%80%931992)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)">MISL (1978–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(1984%E2%80%932001)" title="National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)">NPSL (1984–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Continental Indoor Soccer League">CISL (1993–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="Eastern Indoor Soccer League">EISL (1997–98)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="World Indoor Soccer League">WISL (1998–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2001%E2%80%932008)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)">MISL (2001–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Soccer_League" title="American Indoor Soccer League">AISL (2003–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xtreme_Soccer_League" title="Xtreme Soccer League">XSL (2008–09)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2008%E2%80%932014)" title="Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014)">MISL (2008–2014)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Futsal leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Futsal" title="Major League Futsal">MLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Futsal_League" title="Professional Futsal League">PFL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cup competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_Cup" title="U.S. Open Cup">U.S. Open Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Cup" title="USL Cup">USL Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amateur_Cup" title="National Amateur Cup">National Amateur Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Steinbrecher_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Hank Steinbrecher Cup">Hank Steinbrecher Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Open_Cup_for_Arena_Soccer" title="United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer">U.S. Open (indoor)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Amateur_Football_Association_Cup" title="American Amateur Football Association Cup">AAFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Cup" title="American Cup">American Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cup" title="Lewis Cup">Lewis Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States women's national soccer team">Senior</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_women%27s_international_soccer_players" title="List of United States women's international soccer players">players</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-23 soccer team">U23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-20 soccer team">U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-19_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-19 soccer team">U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-18_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-18 soccer team">U18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="United States women's national under-17 soccer team">U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_girls%27_national_under-15_soccer_team" title="United States girls' national under-15 soccer team">U15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="United States women's national futsal team">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_deaf_soccer_team" title="United States women's national deaf soccer team">Deaf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outdoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Professional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">NWSL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_Challenge_Cup" title="NWSL Challenge Cup">NWSL Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_Shield" title="NWSL Shield">NWSL Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWSL_playoffs" title="NWSL playoffs">Playoffs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Super_League" title="USL Super League">USL Super League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPSL_PRO" title="WPSL PRO">WPSL PRO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Amateur</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USL_W_League" title="USL W League">USL W League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">UWS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Premier_League" title="Ohio Valley Premier League">OVPL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Indoor leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Soccer_League_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Indoor Soccer League (2021)">NISL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Arena_Soccer_League" title="Premier Arena Soccer League">PASL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Futsal leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Futsal" title="Major League Futsal">MLF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SheBelieves_Cup" title="SheBelieves Cup">SheBelieves Cup</a></li> <li><a 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(2001–2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS (2009–2011)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WPSL Elite (2012)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Youth_Soccer_Organization" title="American Youth Soccer Organization">AYSO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elite_Clubs_National_League" title="Elite Clubs National League">ECNL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Federation_of_State_High_School_Associations" title="National Federation of State High School Associations">NFHS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Youth_Soccer_Association" title="United States Youth Soccer Association">USYSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Y_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Y League">Super Y League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Next" title="MLS Next">MLS Next</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USL_Academy_League" class="mw-redirect" title="USL Academy League">USL Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US_Youth_Soccer_National_Championships" title="US Youth Soccer National Championships">US Youth Soccer National Championships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By city</th><td 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American soccer transfers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_broadcasting_contracts_in_the_United_States#Soccer" title="Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States">Broadcast rights</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soccer_America" title="Soccer America">Soccer America</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Soccer_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Soccer 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_basketball" title="Women's basketball">Basketball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">WNBA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_Basketball_Association" title="Women's American Basketball Association">WABA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Basketball_Development_Association" title="Women's Basketball Development Association">WBDA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Athletes_Unlimited_Basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletes Unlimited Basketball">Athletes Unlimited</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1996%E2%80%931998)" title="American Basketball League (1996–1998)">American League</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_Basketball_Association_(1984)" title="Women's American Basketball Association (1984)">WABA (1984)</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Basketball_Association" title="Women's Basketball Association">WBA</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Basketball_League" title="National Women's Basketball League">NWBL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Basketball_League" title="Women's Professional Basketball League">WBL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division II</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division III</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Basketball_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Basketball Championships">NAIA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U_Sports_women%27s_basketball" title="U Sports women's basketball">U Sports</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey#Women's_ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Professional_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Professional Women's Hockey League">PWHL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Women%27s_Ice_Hockey_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament">NCAA Division I</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="NCAA Division III women's ice hockey">NCAA Division III</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U_Sports_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="U Sports women's ice hockey">U Sports</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Canadian Women's Hockey League">CWHL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Western_Women%27s_Hockey_League" title="Western Women's Hockey League">WWHL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Premier_Hockey_Federation" title="Premier Hockey Federation">PHF</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">Soccer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">NWSL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/USL_Super_League" title="USL Super League">USL Super League</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Soccer_League" title="Women's Premier Soccer League">WPSL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Soccer" title="United Women's Soccer">UWS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liga_MX_Femenil" title="Liga MX Femenil">Liga MX</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liga_Mexicana_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Femenil" title="Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil">LIMEFFE</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Women%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship">NCAA Division I</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Women%27s_Soccer_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Women's Soccer Championship">NAIA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U_Sports_women%27s_soccer" title="U Sports women's soccer">U Sports</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Soccer" title="Women's Professional Soccer">WPS</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_United_Soccer_Association" title="Women's United Soccer Association">WUSA</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_League_Soccer" title="Women's League Soccer">WLS</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WPSL Elite</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/USL_W_League" title="USL W League">USL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/USL_W-League_(1995%E2%80%932015)" title="USL W-League (1995–2015)">USL (1995)</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><i><a href="/wiki/Northern_Super_League" title="Northern Super League">Northern Super League</a> (beginning play in 2025)</i></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Softball" title="Softball">Softball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Athletes_Unlimited_Softball" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletes Unlimited Softball">Athletes Unlimited</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Fastpitch_Professionals" title="Association of Fastpitch Professionals">AFP</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Fastpitch" title="Women's Professional Fastpitch">WPF</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_softball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I softball tournament">NCAA Division I</a> (<a href="/wiki/Women%27s_College_World_Series" title="Women's College World Series">WCWS</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NAIA_Softball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAIA Softball Championship">NAIA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/National_Pro_Fastpitch" title="National Pro Fastpitch">NPF</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gridiron_football" title="Gridiron football">Gridiron<br />football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Football_Conference" title="Women's National Football Conference">WNFC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">WFA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Women%27s_Football_League" title="United States Women's Football League">USWFL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Maritime Women's Football League">MWFL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Western_Women%27s_Canadian_Football_League" title="Western Women's Canadian Football League">WWCFL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Women%27s_League" title="American Football Women's League">AFWL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Independent_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Independent Women's Football League">IWFL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Legends_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Legends Football League">LFL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LFL_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="LFL Canada">LFL Canada</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Football_Association" title="National Women's Football Association">NWFA</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_American_Football_League" title="Women's American Football League">WAFL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Association_(2002%E2%80%9303)" title="Women's Football Association (2002–03)">WFA</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_League" title="Women's Football League">WFL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Football_League" title="Women's Professional Football League">WPFL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rugby_union" title="Women's rugby union">Rugby union</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Elite_Rugby" title="Women's Elite Rugby">WER</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_League_Rugby" title="Women's Premier League Rugby">WPL</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_lacrosse" title="Women's lacrosse">Lacrosse</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/United_Women%27s_Lacrosse_League" title="United Women's Lacrosse League">UWLX</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Lacrosse_League" title="Women's Professional Lacrosse League">WPLL</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Athletes_Unlimited_Pro_Lacrosse" title="Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse">Athletes Unlimited</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Lacrosse_League" title="Women's Lacrosse League">WLL</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_volleyball" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's volleyball">Volleyball</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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