The USL has awarded a professional men’s franchise to Long Island that intends to begin play in 2028, setting up direct competition with a forthcoming MLS Next Pro club that plans to debut a year earlier. The USL League One team will play its home matches at Hofstra Univ.’s James M. Shuart Stadium, which is located less than a mile away from The Island FC’s planned stadium at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y.
Portland-Madison*: 6,256 (+0.61%)
Omaha-Richmond: 2,582 (+19.98%)
* = Portland-Madison was above the listed stadium effective capacity
An average night compared to their season average, meaning within +/- 5 pts:
Portland** (6,218)
** = Portland is averaging more than their listed effective stadium capacity
An out performing night by over 5 pts compared to their season average:
Omaha (2,152)
Detroit-Loudoun: 7,239 (+19.08%)
Hartford-Miami: 4,105 (+64.2%)
Jacksonville-Indianapolis: 1,366 (-28.26%)
Pittsburgh-Charleston*: 6,020 (+19.16%)
Tampa Bay-Rhode Island: 4,947 (+3.04%)
San Antonio-El Paso: 7,742 (+29.73%)
Colorado Springs-Birmingham: 6,860 (+13.61%)
New Mexico-Tulsa: 9,467 (+1.62%)
Oakland-Monterey Bay: 4,225 (-20.22%)
Orange County-Louisville: 3,923 (-7.93%)
Las Vegas-Brooklyn: TBA
Sacramento-Lexington: 11,126 (+15.31%)
* = Attendance exceeded Backheeled’s effective stadium capacity
Under performing their season average by 5+ pts tonight:
Jacksonville (1,904), Oakland (5,296), and
Orange County (4,261)
An average night compared to their season average, meaning within +/-5 pts:
Tampa Bay (4,801) and New Mexico (9,319)
Out performing their season average by over 5 points:
Detroit (6,079), Hartford (2,500), Pittsburgh** (5,052), San Antonio (5,968), Colorado Springs (6,038), and Sacramento (9,649)
** = Pittsburgh is averaging an attendance above its effective stadium capacity
Las Vegas numbers will be in the comments, when they are made available!
New York-Av Alta: 1,174 (-27.91%)
Westchester-Naples: TBA
Charlotte-Sarasota: 821 (-1.32%)
Greenville-Knoxville: 2,604 (+5.68%)
Fort Wayne-Chattanooga: 4,090 (+14.76%)
Spokane-Corpus Christi: 1,231 (-27.72%)
Underperforming their season average by 5 pts or more:
New York (1,624), Spokane* (1,703)
*=Spokane is dealing with lingering effects from wildfires in the area
An average night, meaning within +/-5 pts:
Charlotte (832)
An over performing night, meaning 5+ pts above:
Greenville (2,464), Fort Wayne (3,564)
Westchester will be added when data is available
Will this affect the USL NY/Paterson Cosmos or the upcoming USL Real NJ?
NYCFC II is moving to the NYC burbs in NJ
(article from the The Soccer Business Newsletter by Simon Evans).
NYCFC II SET TO REBRAND AND RELOCATE TO NEW JERSEY UNDER MLS'S NEW "HOMETOWN SOCCER HOLDINGS": New York City FC's reserve team, NYCFC II, is on track to leave New York City for Middlesex County, New Jersey, according to sources cited by New York Soccer Journal. The presumed new home is Middlesex College Stadium in Edison — a soon-to-be-completed, 6,500-seat multi-purpose venue built to Big Ten, NCAA, Minor League Baseball and FIFA standards, which will also host Rutgers University's baseball team. The move would come under MLS Next Pro's new "Hometown Soccer Holdings" initiative, announced in April in partnership with private equity firm KKR: a central entity that would take over commercial operations for MLS Next Pro affiliates whose parent clubs opt in, relocating those reserve sides to new markets — ideally with new, appropriately sized soccer-specific venues — while MLS parent clubs keep full control of soccer decision-making.
NYCFC president and CEO Brad Sims all but confirmed the move in a roundtable with reporters last week, telling New York Soccer Journal founder Andrew Leigh: “I'll give a quick answer: Yes, we're going to do it, yes I think we'll be one of the first teams that do it, maybe the first team that does it.” Sims said full details would be announced within “30-to-60 days” and praised Hometown Soccer Holdings as “a smart business model,” comparing it to Diamond Baseball Holdings — the roughly 50-team Minor League Baseball consolidator built via a similar private-equity partnership with Silver Lake. Hometown Soccer Holdings is led by CEO Tom Glick, who previously served as NYCFC's own president from 2015 to 2016.
Little else is confirmed publicly, but sources indicate the move would amount to a full rebrand of NYCFC II, with a separate-but-connected front office in New Jersey and training operations split off from the club's existing facility in Orangeburg, NY. Hometown Soccer Holdings declined to comment, and NYCFC, KKR, and The Sports Facilities Companies (operator of the new Middlesex stadium) did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.
Just after winning player of the month too ....I hope we got millions for him... He's gonna be a star.
Heyo! New here, but got into the sport recently with the World Cup and discovering Ted Lasso. I wanted to support my local USL team , Corpus FC, but there’s no subreddit, let alone a team social media presence. How would one go about setting up a team’s subreddit?
There will be no comparable to season average attendance, due to a competition level drop off.
Charlotte-Hartford: 655
Tampa Bay-Louisville: 2,287
San Antonio-Miami: 6,092
Spokane-Colorado Springs: 972
Haven't seen any news coming from them after their "hiatus". Taking a look at their website their Academy program seems to be running fine but they've made no mention of the USL1 team. Personally I'm very doubtful they'll come back but that's pure speculation
Madison-Greenville: 3,805 (+5.67%)
Madison outperforms (>5+ pts) their season average (3,601)
Glad to see clubs in support of pro/rel. I wonder if we will see Boise make a bid for the Premier or even just a jump up to the Championship.
I think a move to the Championship would be beneficial to both USL and Boise. The Championship has many more teams on the western coast than League 1. For the USL, a team selling 8k seats a game will be a helpful addition to Div 2. That brings some concerns for teams like Spokane losing their closest rival and League 1 shrinking even more.
Title explains it all. I was going to make a congrats post in AV Alta's subreddit. their keeper was an absolute monster with 8 stops versus FWFC, but I saw that the last time there was a post was over 2 months ago.
Ours isn't the most active, but there's at least a few posts a week.
But seriously, check out the highlights of Smith from the match. The guy is an absolute beast.
Loudoun-Charleston: 1,522 (-2.75%)
Lexington-Phoenix: 5,306 (+10.77%)
Miami-Las Vegas: 649 (-29.84%)
Pittsburgh-Sacramento: 5,251 (+4.31%) - Sellout
Rhode Island-Colorado Springs: 9,502 (+23.68%)
Louisville-San Antonio: 12,358 (+34.02%) - Sellout
Tulsa-Detroit: 3,537 (-16.74%)
El Paso-Oakland: 4,723 (-3.95%)
Monterey Bay-New Mexico: 3,011 (-8.84%)
Orange County-Tampa Bay: 3,976 (-7.36%)
Overpeforming their cumulative season average by 5+ pts: Lexington (4,790), Rhode Island (7,683), Louisville (9,221)
Average night meaning within +/- 5 pts: Loudoun (1,565), Pittsburgh* (5,034), El Paso (4,917)
Underperforming their average by 5+ pts: Miami (925), Tulsa (4,248), Monterey Bay (3,303), Orange County (4,292)
* = Pittsburgh is averaging a sellout, so their average night is 100% capacity, which is incredible :)
With Union Omaha moving into Creighton's Morrison Stadium, and after seeing how beautiful some of the college soccer stadiums are in the US, i'm guessing there has to be some reason as to why more USL L1 or USL L2 sides don't play at college grounds?
I'm guessing that the college's are pretty protective of their grounds? I'm from NZ so not sure what the relationship between USL and college's is like over there. Just thought it would be cool to see some of those boutique grounds in the league, rather than the typical football turf lines on astro.
Chattanooga-Omaha: 1,070 (-27.06%)
Charlotte-Greenville: 617 (-28.92%)
Knoxville-Sarasota: 4,369 (+25.62%)
Portland-Corpus Christi: 6,289 (+1.28%) - Sellout
Boise-Madison: 7,201 (-0.19%) - Sellout
Av Alta-Fort Wayne: 3,708 (+5.82%)
Over performing their season average by 5+ pts:
Knoxville (3,478) and Av Alta (3,504)
An average night meaning within +/- 5 pts: Portland* (6,211) and Boise* (7,215)
Underperforming their average by 5+ pts:
Chattanooga (1,467) and Charlotte (868)
* = Boise and Portland are averaging a sellout, therefore an average night is literally perfect :)
6-3-1 since starting 0-5-5.
What an incredible turn around by the Sharks. Now only if they could pull in more fans to continue to drive this success.