https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2021...vwEPpgP0uZOu3L2DrNTWzYMIjbT02VF4heKfQyYN42dJ8 United Soccer League Tuesday announced the Westchester Flames as the latest club to join the USL W League. The New York-based club will compete in the league’s inaugural season in 2022.
https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/news_article/show/1196490 Chicago Dutch Lions FC to Join USL W League and USL League Two for 2022 Season
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2021/12/11/taking-the-helm-barbuto-named-coach-of-ac-syracuse-pulse/ TAKING THE HELM: Barbuto named coach of AC Syracuse Pulse Dec 11, 2021
https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/news_article/show/1199969 Miami AC Expands Its Programming to the USL W League and USL League Two
https://grantwahl.substack.com/p/written-q-and-a-usl-super-league Written Q&A: USL Super League President Amanda Vandervort
A new team in my neck of the woods: https://www.wpslsoccer.com/news/202...-womens-premier-soccer-league-for-2022-season
Question for those in the know with the UWS, WPSL, etc leagues. In my experience, each club that we have been apart of or watched locally has treated these leagues as basically an extension of club soccer, call it u20 if you will, rostering their own 15 yos in lieu of local college players living away from home. I understand housing and logistics come into play. But why purchase a franchise in one of these leagues if your roster is predominantly going to be in high school and for the most part unable to compete with teams who are rostering full grown women with college experience? How frustrating is it for college players to play with high school kids who haven't learned how to pick up the pace of a game? Is it like this all over or is this a regional thing?
My impression was that the high schoolers on these rosters are usually upper-end high schoolers, since most players are college age. And even for the college players, these leagues are basically meant to keep fresh between college seasons, so with the exception of a small number of teams, the actual level of competition isn't top priority? And the teams that do value competition get that training within the team instead of against others in the league (think of the talent mismatch seen in many UEFA pro leagues.) Besides, "purchasing" a franchise in these leagues is dirt cheap.... None of the players are paid, and the intent of heavy regionalization is to keep travel costs way down. But yes, for many of these clubs, the WPSL/UWS team is the most "senior" team of their overall development system, whether that's u20 or u23. At least with UWS, they have the two-league system, where the lower league is geared to u20/u23, leaving the upper league for more semi-pro-aspiration sides.
https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2022/04/07/meet-the-new-boss-schwartz-named-lady-lancers-head-coach/ Adam Schwartz was named head coach of the Rochester Lady Lancers for the United Women’s Soccer season, the team announced on Thursday. Schwartz has been with the club since 2017 as the assistant coach for the NPSL and the Major Arena Soccer League Lancers.