List of Canadian soccer clubs in American leagues

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. In the 2025 season, there were five of such clubs.

Men's teams

Active teams

Division I

Major League Soccer
Team City Debut season
CF Montréal[a] Montreal, Quebec 2012
Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario 2007
Vancouver Whitecaps FC[b] Vancouver, British Columbia 2011
  1. ^ CF Montréal was previously known as the Montreal Impact
  2. ^ The current Vancouver Whitecaps FC are a phoenix club of the 1974–1984 and 1987–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps teams

Division III

MLS Next Pro
Team City Debut season
Toronto FC II[a] Toronto, Ontario 2022
Whitecaps FC 2[b] Burnaby, British Columbia 2022
  1. ^ Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship from 2015–2018 and USL League One from 2019–2021
  2. ^ Whitecaps FC 2 previously played in the USL Championship from 2015–2017

Former teams

Division I

United Soccer Association
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Toronto City Toronto, Ontario 1 1967
Vancouver Royal Canadians Vancouver, British Columbia 1 1967
National Professional Soccer League (1967)
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Toronto Falcons Toronto, Ontario 1 1967
North American Soccer League (1968–1984)
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Calgary Boomers Calgary, Alberta 1 1981
Edmonton Drillers Edmonton, Alberta 4 1979 1982
Montreal Manic Montreal, Quebec 3 1981 1983
Montreal Olympique Montreal, Quebec 3 1971 1973
Toronto Metros/Metro-Croatia/Blizzard Toronto, Ontario 14 1971 1984
Toronto Falcons Toronto, Ontario 1 1968
Vancouver Royals Vancouver, British Columbia 1 1968
Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver, British Columbia 11 1974 1984

Division II

North American Soccer Football League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Toronto Greenbacks Toronto, Ontario 2 1946 1947
Western Soccer Alliance
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Edmonton Brick Men Edmonton, Alberta 1[a] 1986
Victoria Riptides Victoria, British Columbia 1 1985
  1. ^ Edmonton played as a guest team for some matches in the 1985 WSA season
American Professional Soccer League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Montreal Impact[a] Montreal, Quebec 4 1993 1996
Toronto Blizzard Toronto, Ontario 1 1993
Toronto Rockets Toronto, Ontario 1 1994
Vancouver 86ers[b] Vancouver, British Columbia 4 1993 1996
  1. ^ Montreal later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010, the NASL in 2011, and the MLS beginning in 2012
  2. ^ Vancouver later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010 and the MLS beginning in 2011
USL A-League / USL First Division / USSF Division 2 Professional League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Calgary Storm/Mustangs[a] Calgary, Alberta 3 2002 2004
Edmonton Aviators Edmonton, Alberta 1 2004
Montreal Impact[b] Montreal, Quebec 13[c] 1997 2010
Toronto Lynx[d] Toronto, Ontario 10 1997 2006
Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps[e] Vancouver, British Columbia 14 1997 2010
  1. ^ Calgary played in the PDL in 2001
  2. ^ Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the NASL in 2011, followed by the MLS beginning in 2012
  3. ^ Montreal was on hitaus in 1999.
  4. ^ Toronto Lynx played in the PDL from 2007 to 2014
  5. ^ Vancouver also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the MLS beginning in 2011
North American Soccer League (2011–2017)
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta 7 2011 2017
Montreal Impact[a] Montreal, Quebec 1 2011
Ottawa Fury FC[b] Ottawa, Ontario 3 2014 2016
  1. ^ Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1994, the USL leagues from 1995–2010, afterwards the MLS beginning in 2012
  2. ^ Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
USL Championship[a]
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
FC Montreal Montreal, Quebec 2 2015 2016
Ottawa Fury FC[b] Ottawa, Ontario 3 2017 2019
Toronto FC II[c] Toronto, Ontario 4 2015 2018
Whitecaps FC 2 Vancouver, British Columbia 3 2015 2017
  1. ^ Division III league up to and including 2016
  2. ^ Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and the NASL from 2014–2016
  3. ^ Toronto moved to USL League One in 2019

Division III

USL League One
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Toronto FC II[a] Toronto, Ontario 2[b] 2019 2021
  1. ^ Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship prior to 2019 and moved to MLS Next Pro in 2022
  2. ^ Toronto FC II did not play in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Lower divisions

PDL/USL League Two
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Abbotsford Athletes in Action/86ers Select Abbotsford, British Columbia 3 1998 2000
Calgary Foothills FC Calgary, Alberta 5 2015 2019
Calgary Storm[a] Calgary, Alberta 1 2001
Calgary Storm Prospects Calgary, Alberta 2 2002 2003
FC London London, Ontario 7 2009 2015
Abbotsford Rangers/Fraser Valley Mariners Abbotsford, British Columbia 10 2003 2012
Hamilton Rage/K–W United FC Kitchener, Ontario 7 2011 2017
FC Manitoba[b] Winnipeg, Manitoba 11[c] 2011 2023
Montreal Impact U23 Montreal, Quebec 1 2014
Okanagan Challenge Kelowna, British Columbia 1 1998
Okanagan Predators Kelowna, British Columbia 1 2001
Ottawa Fury[d] Ottawa, Ontario 9 2005 2013
Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay, Ontario 23[e] 2000 2024
Toronto FC III Toronto, Ontario 2 2015 2016
Toronto Lynx[f] Toronto, Ontario 8 2007 2014
Vancouver TSS Rovers Burnaby, British Columbia 3 2017 2019
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Vancouver, British Columbia 8 2008 2014
Victoria Highlanders Victoria, British Columbia 10[g] 2009 2019
Victoria Umbro Select Victoria, British Columbia 1 1998
  1. ^ Calgary played in the USL A-League from 2002–2004
  2. ^ FC Manitoba was previously known as WSA Winnipeg
  3. ^ FC Manitoba did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  4. ^ Ottawa later played in the NASL from 2014–2016 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
  5. ^ Thunder Bay Chill did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  6. ^ Toronto Lynx played in the USL leagues from 1997–2006
  7. ^ Victoria Highlanders did not play in the PDL in 2015
United Premier Soccer League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
FC Berlin Buffalo, New York[a] 6 2021 2024
Chantilly Forever FC Buffalo, New York[b] 3 2022 2024
  1. ^ FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UPSL season
  2. ^ Chantilly Forever FC is a club from Hamilton, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, New York for the UPSL season

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 Toronto Metros-Croatia 1976 3–0 vs Minnesota Kicks
Vancouver Whitecaps 1979 2–1 vs Tampa Bay Rowdies
Toronto FC 2017 2–0 vs Seattle Sounders FC
II Montreal Impact 1994 1–0 vs Colorado Foxes
Montreal Impact (2) 2004 2–0 vs Seattle Sounders
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2006 3–0 vs Rochester Raging Rhinos
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2) 2008 2–1 Puerto Rico Islanders
Montreal Impact (3) 2009 6–3 (agg.) vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC
IV[a] Thunder Bay Chill 2008 1–1 (4–1 p.) vs Laredo Heat
Forest City London 2012 2–1 vs Carolina Dynamo
K–W United FC 2015 4–3 vs New York Red Bulls U-23
Calgary Foothills FC 2018 4–2 (a.e.t.) vs Reading United AC
  1. ^ Leagues below tier three are not officially ranked. Division 4 is an unofficial classification.

Women's teams

Active teams

There are currently no active Canadian teams in US leagues.

Former teams

Division II

USL W-League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Calgary Wildfire Calgary, Alberta 1 2004
Edmonton Aviators Women Edmonton, Alberta 1 2004
Laval Dynamites Laval, Quebec 3 1999 2001
Laval Comets Laval, Quebec 10 2006 2015
Quebec Amiral/Dynamo Quebec City, Quebec 7 2009 2015
Hamilton Avalanche/Rage/K-W United Women Kitchener, Ontario 9 2006 2014
Montreal Xtreme Montreal, Quebec 1 2004
Ottawa Fury Women Ottawa, Ontario 15 2000 2014
Sudbury Canadians Sudbury, Ontario 2 2004 2006
Victoria Highlanders Women Victoria, British Columbia 2 2011 2012
London Gryphons London, Ontario 11 2004 2014
Toronto Inferno Toronto, Ontario 6 1999 2004
Toronto Lady Lynx Toronto, Ontario 10 2005 2014
Vancouver Breakers/Whitecaps Women Vancouver, British Columbia 12 2001 2012
Women's Premier Soccer League
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Vancouver Angels Vancouver, British Columbia 1 2000
North Shore Girls SC North Vancouver, British Columbia 2 2016 2017
TSS FC Rovers Women Burnaby, British Columbia 2 2018 2019
Vancouver Island FC Victoria, British Columbia 1 2019
United Women's Soccer
Team City Seasons Debut season Final season
Calgary Foothills WFC Calgary, Alberta 7 2017 2024
Queen City United SC Regina, Saskatchewan 1 2019
St. Albert Impact FC St. Albert, Alberta 2 2021 2022
FC Berlin Buffalo, New York[a] 3 2022 2024
  1. ^ FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UWS season

League Championship seasons

Div. Team Year Final
II[a] Vancouver Whitecaps 2004 0–0 (4–2 p.) vs New Jersey Wildcats
Vancouver Whitecaps (2) 2006 3–0 vs Ottawa Fury
Ottawa Fury 2012 1–1 (4–3 p.) vs Pali Blues
  1. ^ Unlike men's soccer, the USSF has not specifically designated tiers or levels below the NWSL. However, the USL W-League, the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), and the United Women's Soccer (UWS) act as unofficial lower divisions.

See also

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