The 2021 season was the 109th season of competitive soccer in the United States. A significant number of games scheduled for 2021 are matches postponed from 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
National teams
Men's
Senior
.
=Friendlies
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=2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
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Final
=2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Group B
Knockout stage
Final
=2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
=
CONCACAF Third round
=Goalscorers
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Goals are current as of December 18, 2021, after the match against .
U–23
=CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00
CST (
UTC−6), at the
Estadio Akron
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, in
Guadalajara
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, Mexico. On March 13, 2020 CONCACAF suspended all upcoming Concacaf competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days.
On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifying will take place between 18 March and 30 March.
Group A
U–20
=CONCACAF U-20 Championship
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The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in
Honduras
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between 20 June and 5 July 2020. However, on 13 May 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, with the new dates of the tournament to be confirmed later. CONCACAF decided on 4 January 2021 that the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which served as the regional qualifiers, would be cancelled.
Women's
Senior
.
=Friendlies
=
=SheBelieves Cup
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=Summer Olympics
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Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with the rescheduled 2021 dates have yet to be announced.
Group G
Knockout stage
=Goalscorers
=
Goals are current as of November 30, 2021, after the match against .
U-20
= FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in August/September 2020. However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, FIFA announced on 3 April 2020 that the tournament would be postponed and rescheduled. On 12 May 2020, FIFA announced that the tournament will be held between 20 January–6 February 2021, subject to further monitoring. On November 17, 2020 tournament was moved to 2022.
Club competitions
Men's
League competitions
= Major League Soccer
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Conference tables
;
Eastern Conference
;
Western Conference
Overall 2021 table
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, the Supporters' Shield trophy, seeding in the 2021 Canadian Championship, and 2022 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying for the playoffs.
MLS Playoffs
MLS Cup
MLS All-Star Game
= USL Championship
=
Renamed from United Soccer League (USL) after the 2018 season
Conference tables
;Eastern Conference
;Western Conference
= USL League One
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= National Independent Soccer Association
=
Spring 2021
;Legends Cup
;Conference table
;Playoffs
Bold = winner
* =
after extra time
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, ( ) =
penalty shootout scoreSource
Spring Season , National Independent Soccer Association;2020–21 NISA Championship
Fall 2021
Cup competitions
= US Open Cup
=
On July 20, US Soccer finally announced that the tournament would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022.
International competitions
=CONCACAF competitions
=
CONCACAF Champions League
teams in bold are still active in the competition
;Round of 16
;Quarter-finals
;Semi-finals
Leagues Cup
teams in bold are still active in the competition.
;Quarter-finals
;Semi-finals
;Final
Campeones Cup
Women's
League competitions
= National Women's Soccer League
=
Regular season
Playoffs
;Championship
=United Women's Soccer
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Cup competitions
=NWSL Challenge Cup
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Standings
;East
;West
;Final
Honors
Professional
Amateur
References
External links
US Soccer ScheduleUS Soccer ResultsCONCACAFMLSNWSLUSLUSL1
Notes
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