USL1 Spokane is a planned American professional
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
team based in
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...
. First announced in 2021, the team plans to play in
USL League One beginning in 2024.
History
In March 2021,
United Soccer League
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announced a proposal to build a 5,000-seat stadium in downtown Spokane to serve as home to a new
USL League One club. In May 2021, the Spokane Public School Board voted to approve the $31 million stadium project. In June 2021, Spokane was named as one of the founding cities of the
USL W League, a women's league set to begin play in 2022.
In December 2021, the Spokane Public Facilities District met with USL and
MLS Next Pro officials over which league would place a team at the city-run stadium.
On October 7, 2022, the team announced that their men's team would start play in USL League One in 2024. The new ownership group, Aequus Sports, LLC (led by Ryan and Katie Harnetiaux), was also announced.
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Soccer clubs in Washington (state)
Association football clubs established in 2021
2021 establishments in Washington (state)
USL League One teams
Sports in Spokane, Washington
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