USL has ambitious plans including a new first-division men's league and promotion and relegation arriving in 2028, but local USL clubs Westchester SC, Brooklyn FC, and New York Cosmos endured rough 2026 seasons, with Westchester reportedly set to fold entirely.
US Soccer confirmed the launch of a new cup competition for the highest tier of professional women's soccer, with a $1.1 million prize on the line.
The Brooklyn FC men's and women's teams have combined for just nine wins out of 38 all-time matches played at Maimonides Park, and the franchise's attendance ranks near the bottom in both the USL Championship and USL Super League.
Alex Smith, recently of Brisbane Roar FC in Australia's A-League Women, is Brooklyn's new USL Super League head coach, and his roster is being reshaped, with multiple holdovers from the club's inaugural season departing.
Samantha Johnson, a veteran of six NWSL seasons with Chicago Stars and Utah Royals, joins Brooklyn after most recently co-founding a "private members club for athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs."
A wide-ranging conversation with the Brooklyn FC midfielder about his unique path to professional soccer, how he's finding life in New York City, and what he hopes to accomplish with Brooklyn and over the rest of his playing career.
General manager Kevin Tenjo, head coach Tomás Tengarrinha, and Tengarrinha's top assistant were all relieved of their duties after Brooklyn missed the USL Super League postseason for a second straight season.
Brooklyn got a statement win over the New York Cosmos in the USL Cup, dominating the first-ever meeting between the local expansion USL teams on a rainy afternoon in Paterson.
A new rivalry begins as both struggling local USL expansion teams with connections to Coney Island get a chance to play a meaningful game against one another to open the Prinx Tires USL Cup group stage.
