Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/United States and Canada task force

Welcome to the United States and Canada task force of WikiProject Football.

Goals

 * Improve the quality of the articles for the United States and Canadian national teams
 * Improve the quality of the articles pertaining to the football leagues of the United States and Canada
 * Improve the quality of articles for the players of the United States and Canada
 * Improve the quality of the articles for the coaches and other influential people associated with the game

Scope
The United States and Canada taskforce covers:


 * All clubs, leagues and competitions from the United States and Canada, and associated articles.
 * Football organizations in the United States and Canada.
 * Players and managers that are American or Canadian, or have played for an American or Canadian club.
 * Stadiums in the United States or Canada.
 * Matches played in the United States or Canada.
 * Articles associated with the United States and Canada national teams.

Not to be included:
 * International competitions or matches.

To Do

 * 1) Improve existing important articles that need further development.  Priorities are:
 * 2) Improve Top Importance articles to at least B class. (See complete table below). For example:
 * 3)  Association Football in Canada
 * 4)  United States Association Football Federation
 * 5) Tag related articles to include the USA=yes or Canada=yes parameters
 * 6) Identify new articles for creation
 * 7) Review importance and quality of existing articles
 * 8) Recruit interested Wikipedians

Assessment

 * See WikiProject Football/Assessment for further information.

Participants
To become a member of this task force, add your username by going to the bottom of the list below and typing in: #

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 * 1)  History of Football
 * 2)  USL1, USL2, PDL, NPSL and W-League specifically
 * 3)  Articles relating to UC Santa Barbara men's soccer, MLS Notability, Women's Professional Soccer
 * 4)  Canadian Soccer, CanPL
 * 5)  CSL
 * 6)  MLS Kansas City Wizards
 * 7)  CSL and USL
 * 8)  (2010 Seattle Sounders FC season)
 * 9)  (US Open Cup)
 * 10)  2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, 2010 Major League Soccer season, 2010 U.S. Open Cup, Seattle Sounders FC
 * 11)  MLS Toronto FC
 * 12)  MLS Transfers 2010, 2011
 * , New York Cosmos and NASL
 * 1)  NPSL and NASL
 * 2)  Montreal Impact and Canadian Teams in the USL W-League
 * 3)  D.C. United and international FIFA tournaments
 * 4)  NASL and Atlanta Silverbacks
 * 5)  Women's Professional Soccer and W-League
 * 6)  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 * 7)  San Jose Earthquakes
 * 8)  USL Pro, USL PDL, USL A-League, NASL, Canadian Soccer League; associated clubs, Toronto FC
 * 9)  I will focus mainly on the New York Red Bulls and improving lower-division soccer articles for the US and Canada. I will also do my fair bit in helping with MLS and US/Canadian soccer overall.
 * 10)  History of professional soccer in Vancouver (Royals, Whitecaps, etc.)
 * 11)  I will focus mainly on  articles related to the San Jose Earthquakes and other Bay Area soccer teams
 * 12)  Real Salt Lake, especially the current season
 * 13)  D.C. United, Richmond Kickers, US Open Cup, Collegiate soccer, Old soccer history
 * 14)  Sporting Kansas City, Orlando City S.C., FC Kansas City (Home page, current season, templates and more for all), & 2013 MLS All-Star Game
 * 15)   MASL, MISL II & III
 * 16)  Los Angeles Galaxy Current Season
 * 17)  Seattle Sounders FC related articles, focused on elevating them to GA/FA content level
 * 18)  NASL, NPSL, USA, and all of its history and relating clubs. As well as all New York metropolitan area soccer clubs including New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, New York Cosmos, and Sky Blue FC.
 * 19)  Will be mainly focusing on articles related to Indy Eleven (team stats, player Bios, new players, etc...)
 * 20)  Mostly on Canadian pro teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton)
 * 21)  US Open Cup, MLS and NASL San Jose Earthquakes, and SF Bay Blackhawks
 * 22)  NASL mostly
 * 23)  Sounders and MLS General
 * 24)  Sporting Kansas City, NCAA Division I Men's Soccer, Big East Conference Men's Soccer
 * 25)  - Canadian Div 3 (L1O, PLSQ)
 * 26)  US Soccer pyramid, esp. MLS, LA Galaxy, NYCFC
 * 27)  - Detroit City FC in specific, National Independent Soccer Association in general; midwest soccer; all things kits
 * 28)  - Nashville FC and Volunteer Shield
 * 29)  - Cleveland SC, Cleveland Ambassadors, Canadian national teams
 * 30)  - Minnesota United FC
 * 31)  - Toronto FC, Canada men, Canada women, Canada youth, Canada futsal, Canadian players and CanPL (one day) (Will edit anything though!)
 * 32)  - Canadian Premier League, Cavalry FC primarily with other pages as I can.
 * 33)  - Canadian story history
 * 34)  - Sporting Kansas City, Swope Park Rangers
 * 35)  - USL and MLS club season pages
 * 36)  - NPSL Founders Cup and USL
 * 37)  - Referee information and appointments
 * 38)  - CPL, Canadian MLS teams
 * 39) 🇺🇸🇮🇳 -Coverin' the updates and modyfyin' them
 * 40)  – Keeping up appearances
 * 41)  - Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota teams. Also national teams and Washington Spirit.
 * 42)  - Biographies, mostly for women's soccer
 * 43)  - USLC, New Mexico United
 * 44)  - I am a fan of American and Canadian soccer in general. Plus, I'm fascinated by the organization of soccer in these countries, which have to compete against other sports for popularity. So I am interested in leagues, federations, and front offices. Basically, I could show up anywhere.
 * 45)  - USL Championship, New Mexico United, USL2
 * 46)  - Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
 * 47)  - Just gonna help anywhere I can.
 * 48)  - Interested in Americans playing abroad, especially dual nationals, youth players, and those playing in lower leagues and/or for lesser-known clubs. Love updating stats and being a stickler for "is an American soccer player" and "Use American English".
 * 49)  - Going to update lesser-known teams, many different College soccer articles, update stats for less-popular players
 * 50)  - Interested in Minnesota United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Minneapolis City SC, and their respective stadiums.
 * 51)  - American and Canadian soccer
 * 52)  - Mainly US Soccer pyramid, MLS, LAFC
 * 53)  - Mainly USLC teams/players/seasons.
 * 54)  Sporting KC, SKC II, KC Current, general MLS
 * 55)  Atlético Ottawa, general CanPL
 * 56)  Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
 * 57)  Primarily New England Revolution, also USL to Portland, RIFC, Hartford Athletic
 * 58)  - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
 * 59)  Hartford Athletic, USLC
 * 60)  - Primary focused on the USLC
 * 1)  Sounders and MLS General
 * 2)  Sporting Kansas City, NCAA Division I Men's Soccer, Big East Conference Men's Soccer
 * 3)  - Canadian Div 3 (L1O, PLSQ)
 * 4)  US Soccer pyramid, esp. MLS, LA Galaxy, NYCFC
 * 5)  - Detroit City FC in specific, National Independent Soccer Association in general; midwest soccer; all things kits
 * 6)  - Nashville FC and Volunteer Shield
 * 7)  - Cleveland SC, Cleveland Ambassadors, Canadian national teams
 * 8)  - Minnesota United FC
 * 9)  - Toronto FC, Canada men, Canada women, Canada youth, Canada futsal, Canadian players and CanPL (one day) (Will edit anything though!)
 * 10)  - Canadian Premier League, Cavalry FC primarily with other pages as I can.
 * 11)  - Canadian story history
 * 12)  - Sporting Kansas City, Swope Park Rangers
 * 13)  - USL and MLS club season pages
 * 14)  - NPSL Founders Cup and USL
 * 15)  - Referee information and appointments
 * 16)  - CPL, Canadian MLS teams
 * 17) 🇺🇸🇮🇳 -Coverin' the updates and modyfyin' them
 * 18)  – Keeping up appearances
 * 19)  - Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota teams. Also national teams and Washington Spirit.
 * 20)  - Biographies, mostly for women's soccer
 * 21)  - USLC, New Mexico United
 * 22)  - I am a fan of American and Canadian soccer in general. Plus, I'm fascinated by the organization of soccer in these countries, which have to compete against other sports for popularity. So I am interested in leagues, federations, and front offices. Basically, I could show up anywhere.
 * 23)  - USL Championship, New Mexico United, USL2
 * 24)  - Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
 * 25)  - Just gonna help anywhere I can.
 * 26)  - Interested in Americans playing abroad, especially dual nationals, youth players, and those playing in lower leagues and/or for lesser-known clubs. Love updating stats and being a stickler for "is an American soccer player" and "Use American English".
 * 27)  - Going to update lesser-known teams, many different College soccer articles, update stats for less-popular players
 * 28)  - Interested in Minnesota United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Minneapolis City SC, and their respective stadiums.
 * 29)  - American and Canadian soccer
 * 30)  - Mainly US Soccer pyramid, MLS, LAFC
 * 31)  - Mainly USLC teams/players/seasons.
 * 32)  Sporting KC, SKC II, KC Current, general MLS
 * 33)  Atlético Ottawa, general CanPL
 * 34)  Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
 * 35)  Primarily New England Revolution, also USL to Portland, RIFC, Hartford Athletic
 * 36)  - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
 * 37)  Hartford Athletic, USLC
 * 38)  - Primary focused on the USLC
 * 1)  - Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
 * 2)  - Just gonna help anywhere I can.
 * 3)  - Interested in Americans playing abroad, especially dual nationals, youth players, and those playing in lower leagues and/or for lesser-known clubs. Love updating stats and being a stickler for "is an American soccer player" and "Use American English".
 * 4)  - Going to update lesser-known teams, many different College soccer articles, update stats for less-popular players
 * 5)  - Interested in Minnesota United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Minneapolis City SC, and their respective stadiums.
 * 6)  - American and Canadian soccer
 * 7)  - Mainly US Soccer pyramid, MLS, LAFC
 * 8)  - Mainly USLC teams/players/seasons.
 * 9)  Sporting KC, SKC II, KC Current, general MLS
 * 10)  Atlético Ottawa, general CanPL
 * 11)  Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
 * 12)  Primarily New England Revolution, also USL to Portland, RIFC, Hartford Athletic
 * 13)  - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
 * 14)  Hartford Athletic, USLC
 * 15)  - Primary focused on the USLC
 * 1)  Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
 * 2)  Primarily New England Revolution, also USL to Portland, RIFC, Hartford Athletic
 * 3)  - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
 * 4)  Hartford Athletic, USLC
 * 5)  - Primary focused on the USLC
 * 1)  - Primary focused on the USLC
 * 1)  - Primary focused on the USLC

Tagging and assessment
Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with. You should add  or   as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories.

Resources

 * League websites
 * MLS official website
 * MLS Newsstand, with daily links to news articles about the league and teams
 * NASL official website
 * USL official website
 * NPSL official website
 * UPSL official website
 * CPL official website
 * CSL official website
 * Pacific Coast Soccer League


 * Records
 * Canada Soccer Records & Results
 * Connaught Series (Dominion of Canada Football Championship)
 * Canada Soccer Hall of Fame members
 * US National Soccer Hall of Fame


 * Historical resources
 * Society for American Soccer History resources
 * Spalding Guides (1904–1924, annual)
 * Bill Graham Guides Collection (1948–1973)

Parent project

 * WikiProject Football