2021 in American soccer

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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Goalscorers
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CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The draw for the tournament took place on 9 January 2020, 19:00 CST (UTC−6), at the Estadio Akron, in Guadalajara, 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.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Honduras 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, 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.

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Summer Olympics
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.

Goalscorers
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in August/September 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.

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.

USL Championship
Renamed from United Soccer League (USL) after the 2018 season

Conference tables

 * Eastern Conference


 * Western Conference

Spring 2021

 * Legends Cup


 * Conference table


 * Playoffs

Bold = winner Source: Spring Season | National Independent Soccer Association
 * = after extra time, = penalty shootout score
 * 2020–21 NISA Championship

US Open Cup
On July 20, US Soccer finally announced that the tournament would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022.

CONCACAF Champions League
teams in bold are still active in the competition


 * Round of 16


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 * Quarter-finals


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 * Semi-finals


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Leagues Cup
teams in bold are still active in the competition.


 * Quarter-finals


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 * Semi-finals


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 * Final


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Playoffs

 * Championship

Standings

 * East


 * West


 * Final