User:Christiangamer7/USL Project

This is an informal project focused on articles related to the United Soccer League organization and its past and present leagues, clubs, players, etc. It falls under the scope of the US/Canada taskforce of Wikiproject Football.

Also see the USL Championship subpage

Goals

 * 1) Improve current articles on USL's org, leagues, clubs, players, seasons, etc. past and present
 * 2) Priority for active players, clubs, leagues, etc.
 * 3) Keep creating new articles related to USL (when notability dictates)
 * 4) Reach out to users who may be interested in the project
 * 5) Have fun and help each other out!

Areas of focus
These are some specific topics that folks in this group have interest in, separated by clubs of interest


 * Keep article for 2024 USL Championship season up to date
 * Charleston Battery
 * Create missing season articles: 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
 * Created Draft for 2023
 * Indy Eleven
 * Maintain 2024 season article
 * Create missing season articles: 2022, 2023
 * Improving Jack Blake, Aodhan Quinn, Danny Barbir and Yannik Oettl pages
 * Create page for Diego Sanchez
 * Create page for USL W League team
 * Update W League roster
 * Lexington SC
 * L1 Seasons: 2024 & 2023
 * Monterey Bay FC
 * See this page
 * Main article - MBFC2 section - Mention MBFC2's jersey sponsor(s)
 * Seasons: Keep 2024 updated; fully update 2023 & 2022
 * Add info to top infobox for 2022 & 2023 seasons (highest attendance, season finish, etc.)
 * Improve Frank Yallop & Ramiro Corrales pages
 * North Carolina FC
 * Creating drafts for missing season articles: 2021, 2024
 * 2023 article: Add a transfer section, background section
 * Rhode Island FC
 * Keep 2024 season article updated
 * Add USOC section? (Similar to Lexington 2024 article)
 * San Antonio FC
 * Keep 2024 season article updated
 * Other articles of interest:
 * Bios: Albertin Montoya
 * Clubs: California Jaguars, Santa Cruz Surf, Western New York Flash, FC Buffalo

USL

 * Create and maintain 2024 season articles for professional USL clubs
 * Start with clubs of interest and expand from there
 * Championship - 5/24 left to be created
 * League 1 - 7/12 left to be created
 * Super League - 7/8 left to be created [As of 7/18/24 - Focus should be on fleshing out club articles before season articles]
 * Maintain 2024 W & L2 league-wide season articles

Championship

 * Keep article for 2024 USL Championship season up to date
 * Improve 2022 season article (add missing average attendances)
 * Improve all club article to at least C-quality (8/24)
 * Create missing club season articles (pre-2024)
 * At least 11 needed for 2023 in USL Championship
 * See USL Championship project sub-page

Super League

 * Create USL Super League articles as more info comes out about 2024 season & clubs
 * Create separate pages for teams that are part of men's clubs (i.e. Lexington, Brooklyn) once enough separate info is out, flesh out on men's club pages first
 * As more info comes out, improve important related articles to start quality (clubs first): Tampa Bay Sun FC, Spokane Zephyr FC
 * Improve USL Super League to C-class quality
 * Add history section, mention initial reports
 * Find history of other professional 2nd division leagues in US
 * Potentially add likely bids section, much like NWSL's expansion article
 * Mention Oakland's reported interest in NWSL, creation of W League side
 * Add likely potential of W League teams moving up to USLS based on trajectory of clubs in men's side of USL

USL League One

 * Create 2023 & 2024 USL League One season [by team] templates
 * Add to relevant articles when complete
 * See 2022 template as example

USL W League

 * Improve league article to C-class quality
 * Expand history section, add more context from previous league's history, info about new W League's planning and creation

USL League Two

 * Improve main article & strengthen non-primary sources on clubs to improve notability

Longer-term/low priority projects

 * Improve all current USL pro club articles from "stub" to "start" quality
 * Men's stubs left: Loudoun United FC, Hartford Athletic, Rhode Island FC
 * Women's stubs left: Carolina Ascent FC, DC Power FC, Spokane Zephyr FC, Tampa Bay Sun FC,
 * Improve current league & org articles to C-quality from Start: USL, W League, Super League
 * Create missing USL season articles for current pro clubs
 * Create missing season articles for old W-League: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
 * Put club maps into various league season articles
 * Add "Division changes" section to USL League 2 and W League articles for when divisions are added, subtracted, renamed, etc.
 * Add "Progression of expansion" table or section to USL League 2 or W League pages? (Such as on USL Championship)
 * Add citations to List of USL League Two teams
 * Improve amateur club articles (L2 & W), make sure they have non-primary (club or league) references to establish notability
 * Improve past and future USL pro club articles from "stub" quality
 * Priority for non-2nd/reserve teams

Articles of general importance

 * Organization: United Soccer League
 * Current leagues: USL Championship, League One , League Two , W League , Super League
 * Past leagues: W-League, USL Second Division , A-League (1995–2004) , USL First Division , USSF Division 2 Professional League , Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014)

Articles of high quality

 * Clubs: Las Vegas Lights FC
 * Former clubs: LA Galaxy II
 * Players:
 * Coaches: