Exclusive: USL expanding to Bay Area
Photo credit: San Francisco Informer
The United Soccer League is expanding into another prominent West Coast market.
A club in the San Francisco Bay Area is the league’s latest expansion club, multiple sources confirmed to Soc Takes. The league will announce the club Monday afternoon.
The club is expected to start playing as early as 2020 or 2021.
The addition of the Northern California club will continue the growth of the league’s presence on the west coast. Las Vegas and Fresno joined the league as 2018 expansion clubs.
The club will also fill a potential Division II geographical void in Northern California. The North American Soccer League’s San Francisco Deltas folded after their inaugural 2017 season, and the USL’s Sacramento Republic are the frontrunners for upcoming Major League Soccer expansion.
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