List of Canadian soccer clubs in American leagues explained

The following lists contain Canadian soccer clubs who have played in US-based leagues at Division I, II, III, or below in the United States soccer league system.

Men's teams

Active teams

Division I

Major League Soccer

Team	City	Debut season
CF Montréal[1]		2012
		2007
		2011

Division III

MLS Next Pro

Team	City	Debut season
Toronto FC II[2]		2022
Whitecaps FC 2[3]		2022

Lower divisions

United Premier Soccer League

Team	City	Debut season
	Buffalo, New York[5]	2021
	Marysville, Michigan[6]	2022

Former teams

Division I

United Soccer Association

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		1	1967
		1	1967

North American Soccer League (1968–1984)

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		1	1981
		4	1979	1982
		3	1981	1983
		3	1971	1973
		14	1971	1984
		1	1968
		1	1968
		11	1974	1984

Division II

Western Soccer Alliance

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		1[7]	1986
		1	1985

American Professional Soccer League

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
Montreal Impact[8]		4	1993	1996
		1	1993
		1	1994
Vancouver 86ers[9]		4	1993	1996

USL A-League / USL First Division / USSF Division 2 Professional League

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
Calgary Storm/Mustangs[10]		3	2002	2004
Edmonton Aviators		1	2004
Montreal Impact[11]		13[12]	1997	2010
Toronto Lynx[13]		10	1997	2006
Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps[14]		14	1997	2010

North American Soccer League (2011–2017)

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		7	2011	2017
Montreal Impact[15]		1	2011
Ottawa Fury FC[16]		3	2014	2016

USL Championship^[17]

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		2	2015	2016
Ottawa Fury FC[18]		3	2017	2019
Toronto FC II[19]		4	2015	2018
		3	2015	2017

Lower divisions

PDL/USL League Two

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		3	1998	2000
		5	2015	2019
Calgary Storm[22]		1	2001
		2	2002	2003
		7	2009	2015
		10	2003	2012
		7	2011	2017
FC Manitoba[23]		11[24]	2011	2023
		1	2014
		1	1998
		1	2001
Ottawa Fury[25]		9	2005	2013
		2	2015	2016
Toronto Lynx[26]		8	2007	2014
		3	2017	2019
		8	2008	2014
		10[27]	2009	2019
		1	1998

League Championship seasons

See also: List of soccer clubs in Canada by competitive honours won and List of American soccer champions.

Div.	Team	Year	Final
I			3–0 vs Minnesota Kicks
			2–1 vs Tampa Bay Rowdies
			2–0 vs Seattle Sounders FC
II			1–0 vs Colorado Foxes
	Montreal Impact (2)		2–0 vs Seattle Sounders
	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2)		2–1 Puerto Rico Islanders
	Montreal Impact (3)
IV			1–1 (4–1 p.) vs Laredo Heat
			2–1 vs Carolina Dynamo
			4–2 vs Reading United AC

Women's teams

Active teams

Division II

United Women's Soccer

Team	City	Debut season
		2017
	Buffalo, New York[28]	2022

Former teams

Division II

Women's Premier Soccer League

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		1	2000
		2	2016	2017
		2	2018	2019
		1	2019

USL W-League

Team	City	Seasons	Debut season	Final season
		1	2004
		1	2004
		5	1997	2001
		10	2006	2015
		7	2009	2015
		9	2006	2014
		1	2004
		15	2000	2014
		2	2004	2006
		2	2011	2012
		11	2004	2014
		6	1999	2004
		10	2005	2014
		12	2001	2012

See also

• List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country

Notes and References

1. CF Montreal was previously known as the Montreal Impact
2. Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship from 2015-2018 and USL League One from 2019-2021
3. Whitecaps FC 2 previously played in the USL Championship from 2015-2017
4. Thunder Bay Chill did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
5. FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UPSL season
6. Chantilly Forever FC is a club from Hamilton, Ontario, but operates the club out of Marysville, Michigan for the UPSL season
7. Edmonton played as a guest team for some matches in the 1985 WSA season
8. Montreal later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010, the NASL in 2011, and the MLS beginning in 2012
9. Vancouver later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010 and the MLS beginning in 2011
10. Calgary played in the PDL in 2001
11. Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the NASL in 2011, followed by the MLS beginning in 2012
12. Montreal was on hitaus in 1999.
13. Toronto Lynx played in the PDL from 2007 to 2014
14. Vancouver also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the MLS beginning in 2011
15. Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1994, the USL leagues from 1995–2010, afterwards the MLS beginning in 2012
16. Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
17. Division III league up to and including 2016
18. Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and the NASL from 2014–2016
19. Toronto moved to USL League One in 2019
20. Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship prior to 2019 and moved to MLS Next Pro in 2022
21. Toronto FC II did not play in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.
22. Calgary played in the USL A-League from 2002–2004
23. FC Manitoba was previously known as WSA Winnipeg
24. FC Manitoba did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
25. Ottawa later played in the NASL from 2014–2016 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
26. Toronto Lynx played in the USL leagues from 1997–2006
27. Victoria Highlanders did not play in the PDL in 2015
28. FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UWS season