2025–26 USL Super League season

USL Super League
Season	2025–26
Dates	August 23, 2025 – May 16, 2026; (regular season)
Matches	78
Goals	214 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ashlyn Puerta ; 11 goals
Biggest home win	LEX 6–1 DAL; (Sept. 26, 2025)
Biggest away win	FTL 0–4 DAL; (Feb. 7, 2026)
Highest scoring	7 goals:; LEX 6–1 DAL; (Sept. 26, 2025); CAR 3–4 JAX; (Sept. 28, 2025)
Longest winning run	3 games:; DAL; Aug. 23–Sept. 13, 2025; Nov. 15–Dec. 13, 2025; FTL; Sept. 6–Oct. 4, 2025; LEX; Oct. 16–Nov. 15, 2025; JAX; Nov. 8–Dec. 6, 2025
Longest unbeaten run	16 games:; LEX; Aug. 23, 2025–Feb. 21, 2026
Longest winless run	9 games:; BKN; Aug. 30–Nov. 1, 2025
Longest losing run	4 games:; DAL; Sept. 26–Nov. 8, 2025; SPK; Oct. 30–Nov. 22, 2025
Highest attendance	9,783 ; JAX 1–3 DC; (Aug. 23, 2025)
Lowest attendance	251 ; DC 0–1 JAX; (Oct. 14, 2025)
Total attendance	331,842
Average attendance	2,634
	← 2024–25 2026 → All statistics correct as of 21 February 2026.

The 2025–26 USL Super League (referred to as Gainbridge Super League for sponsorship reasons^[1]) is the second season of the USL Super League, a top division of women's soccer in the United States.^[2] Nine teams are competing in the season, which began on August 23, 2025. The league will pause between mid-December and late January for a winter break.^[3]

Season2025–26

DatesAugust 23, 2025 – May 16, 2026
(regular season)

Matches78

Goals214 (2.74 per match)

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The reigning champions are the Tampa Bay Sun FC, and the reigning Players' Shield holders are the Carolina Ascent FC. One new team, Sporting Club Jacksonville, joined the league as an expansion franchise.^[4]

Lexington SC won their first title, defeating the Ascent 3–1 in the final.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Brooklyn FC	Brooklyn, New York	Maimonides Park^[7]	7,000
Carolina Ascent FC	Charlotte, North Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium^[8]	10,500
Dallas Trinity FC	Dallas, Texas	Cotton Bowl Stadium^[9]	90,000
DC Power FC	Washington, D.C.	Audi Field^[10]	20,000
Fort Lauderdale United FC	Davie, Florida	Beyond Bancard Field^[11]	7,000
Lexington SC	Lexington, Kentucky	Lexington SC Stadium^[12]	7,500
Spokane Zephyr FC	Spokane, Washington	One Spokane Stadium^[13]	5,100
Sporting Club Jacksonville	Jacksonville, Florida	Hodges Stadium^[14]	12,000
Tampa Bay Sun FC	Tampa, Florida	Suncoast Credit Union Field^[15]	5,000

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt Sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Brooklyn	Tomás Tengarrinha	Kelsey Hill	Diaza	Brooklyn Children's Museum	None	None
Carolina Ascent	Philip Poole	Taylor Porter	Capelli Sport	Nucor	Novant Health	Food Lion
Dallas Trinity	Nathan Thackeray	Amber Wisner	Nike	Scottish Rite for Children (Home) UT Southwestern (Away)	Trust & Will (2025)	El Rio Grande Latin Market
DC Power	Omid Namazi	Susanna Fitch	Capelli Sport	Agile Defense	None	None
Fort Lauderdale United	Paul Jennison	Sh'Nia Gordon	Nike	Omega XL	Visit Lauderdale (top) La Croix (bottom)	All Year Cooling
Lexington	Kosuke Kimura	Taylor Aylmer	Hummel	UK HealthCare Sports Medicine	None	None
Spokane Zephyr	Nicole Lukic	Sarah McCoy	Capelli Sport	Davenport Hotel	Rosauers	Zappos
Sporting JAX	Stacey Balaam	Sophie Jones	Adidas	Ascension St. Vincent's	PRI Productions (top) VyStar Credit Union (bottom)	Bomani Espresso Martinis
Tampa Bay Sun	Denise Schilte-Brown	Jordyn Listro	Capelli Sport	Tampa General Hospital	Vanguard Attorneys	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Spokane Zephyr	Jo Johnson	Stepping down	May 31, 2025^[16]	Josh McAllister(interim)	June 21, 2025
Dallas Trinity	Pauline MacDonald	Relieved of duties	June 25, 2025^[17]	Chris Petrucelli (interim)	June 25, 2025
Lexington	Sam Stockley (interim)	End of interim period	June 26, 2025^[18]	Masaki Hemmi	July 7, 2025^[19]
DC Power	Phil Nana (interim)	End of interim period	July 10, 2025	Omid Namazi	July 10, 2025^[20]
Brooklyn	Fabio Barros (interim)	End of interim period	August 5, 2025	Tomás Tengarrinha	August 5, 2025^[21]
Fort Lauderdale United	Tyrone Mears (interim)	End of interim period	September 16, 2025	Ali Rogers	September 16, 2025^[22]
Spokane Zephyr	Josh McAllister (interim)	End of interim period	October 7, 2025^[23]	Nicole Lukic	October 7, 2025
Lexington	Masaki Hemmi	Reassignment	December 9, 2025	Kosuke Kimura	December 9, 2025^[24]
Dallas Trinity	Chris Petrucelli (interim)	End of interim period	January 20, 2026	Nathan Thackeray	January 20, 2026^[25]
Fort Lauderdale United	Ali Rogers	Relieved of duties	February 10, 2026	Paul Jennison (interim)	February 11, 2026^[26]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lexington (C, S)	28	14	3	11	50	24	+26	53	Playoffs
2	Sporting JAX	28	16	7	5	54	32	+22	53
3	Carolina Ascent	28	15	7	6	39	27	+12	51
4	Dallas Trinity	28	11	10	7	36	40	−4	40
5	Spokane Zephyr	28	10	9	9	34	28	+6	39
6	DC Power	28	8	11	9	34	32	+2	33
7	Brooklyn	28	6	14	8	31	44	−13	26
8	Tampa Bay Sun	28	5	14	9	27	46	−19	24
9	Fort Lauderdale United	28	5	15	8	30	62	−32	23

Rank	Team	GP	Attendance	High	Low	Average
1	Sporting JAX	14	104,910	9,783	1,120	7,494
2	Carolina Ascent	14	43,860	6,566	1,703	3,133
3	Dallas Trinity	14	42,698	5,682	1,527	3,050
4	Lexington	14	30,639	5,187	1,323	2,189
5	Fort Lauderdale United	14	27,264	3,750	1,236	1,947
6	Tampa Bay Sun	14	26,829	2,896	1,343	1,916
7	Spokane Zephyr	14	21,921	2,186	825	1,566
8	DC Power	14	19,404	4,842	251	1,386
9	Brooklyn	14	14,317	1,502	624	1,023
	Total	126	331,842	9,783	251	2,634

2025–26 USL Super League season

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Attendance

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Championship

Season Statistics

Goals

Hat-tricks

Assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

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Team

Awards

Monthly awards

Team of the Month

Media

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Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Sporting JAX	1–3	DC Power	9,783	23 August 2025	Hodges Stadium
2	Sporting JAX	2–0	Brooklyn	8,978	4 April 2026	Hodges Stadium
3	Sporting JAX	2–1	Brooklyn	8,954	3 May 2026	Hodges Stadium
4	Sporting JAX	1–2	Lexington SC	8,744	25 April 2026	Hodges Stadium
5	Sporting JAX	1–1	Tampa Bay Sun	8,391	18 October 2025	Hodges Stadium
6	Sporting JAX	3–0	Spokane Zephyr	8,377	11 February 2026	Hodges Stadium
7	Sporting JAX	0–1	DC Power	8,358	7 February 2026	Hodges Stadium
8	Sporting JAX	3–1	Tampa Bay Sun	8,272	20 December 2025	Hodges Stadium
9	Sporting JAX	1–0	Carolina Ascent	8,247	31 January 2026	Hodges Stadium
10	Sporting JAX	2–0	Fort Lauderdale United	8,136	22 November 2025	Hodges Stadium

Semifinals			Championship

1	Lexington SC	2

4	Dallas Trinity	0
			1	Lexington SC	3

			3	Carolina Ascent	1
2	Sporting JAX	0

3	Carolina Ascent	1

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Catherine Barry	Lexington	15
2	Baylee DeSmit	Sporting JAX	12
2	Ashlyn Puerta	Sporting JAX	12
4	Paige Kenton	Sporting JAX	10
5	McKenzie Weinert	Lexington	8
	Gianna Gourley	DC Power
	Addie McCain	Lexington
	Rebecca Cooke	Brooklyn
9	Alyssa Walker	DC Power	7
9	Loza Abera	DC Power	7
11	Catherine Zimmerman	Brooklyn	6
	Kiara Locklear	Fort Lauderdale United
	Lena Silano	Spokane Zephyr
	Sophia Boman	Sporting JAX
	Sydny Nasello	Tampa Bay Sun
16	Ally Cook	Spokane Zephyr	5
	Rylee Baisden	Carolina Ascent
	Carlee Giammona	Tampa Bay Sun
19	Madison Mercado	Carolina Ascent	4
	Tori Zierenberg	Spokane Zephyr
	Ella Simpson	Fort Lauderdale United
	Dasia Torbert	DC Power
	Jasmine Hamid	Dallas Trinity
	Sarah Griffith	Lexington
	Kelli Van Treeck	Fort Lauderdale United
26	Jaydah Bedoya	DC Power	3
	Sydney Studer	Carolina Ascent
	Felicia Knox	Spokane Zephyr
	Sealey Strawn	Dallas Trinity
	Allie Thornton	Dallas Trinity
	Camryn Lancaster	Dallas Trinity
	Jade Pennock	Sporting JAX
	Mia Corbin	Carolina Ascent
	Hope Breslin	Brooklyn
	Jill Aguilera	Carolina Ascent

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Ashlyn Puerta	Sporting JAX	7
	Meg Hughes	Sporting JAX
	Paige Kenton	Sporting JAX
	Samantha Kroeger	Brooklyn
5	Sophia Boman	Sporting JAX	6
5	Tatiana Fung	Lexington	5
	Audrey Coleman	Carolina Ascent
	Jessica Garziano	Brooklyn
9	Emina Ekić	Lexington	4
	Emily Colton	DC Power
	Sabrina McNeill	Tampa Bay Sun
	Chioma Ubogagu	Dallas Trinity
	Sarah Griffith	Lexington
	Catherine Barry	Lexington
	Kiara Locklear	Fort Lauderdale United
	Lena Silano	Spokane Zephyr
	Taylor Aylmer	Lexington
18	Tamara Bolt	Dallas Trinity	3
	Tori Zierenberg	Spokane Zephyr
	Hannah Johnson	Lexington
	Mia Corbin	Carolina Ascent
	Jill Aguilera	Carolina Ascent
	Rebecca Cooke	Brooklyn
	Sydny Nasello	Tampa Bay Sun
22	Stella Nyamekye	Fort Lauderdale United	2
	Jessie Hunt	Sporting JAX
	Cameron Tucker	Spokane Zephyr
	Mylena Freitas	Brooklyn
	Alexis Theoret	DC Power
	Justina Gaynor	DC Power
	Gianna Gourley	DC Power
	Hannah White	Lexington
	Jilly Shimkin	Tampa Bay Sun
	Julia Lester	Sporting JAX
	Baylee DeSmit	Sporting JAX
	Ginger Fontenot	Spokane Zephyr
	Leah Scarpelli	Brooklyn
	Samar Guidry	Dallas Trinity
	Addie McCain	Lexington
	Allison Pantuso	Lexington
	Wayny Balata	Dallas Trinity
	Cyera Hintzen	Dallas Trinity
	Kelli Van Treeck	Fort Lauderdale United
	Mackenzie George	Carolina Ascent

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Kaitlyn Parks	Sporting JAX	10
1	Kat Asman	Lexington	10
3	Hope Hisey	Spokane Zephyr	8
4	Sydney Martinez	Carolina Ascent	6
5	Rylee Foster	Dallas Trinity	4
5	Morgan Aquino	DC Power	4
7	Bella Hara	Fort Lauderdale United	3
	Meagan McClelland	Carolina Ascent
	Kelsey Daugherty	Brooklyn
10	Makenna Gottschalk	DC Power	2
	Breanna Norris	Brooklyn
	Emory Wegener	Tampa Bay Sun
	Sydney Schneider	Tampa Bay Sun
14	Sara Wojdelko	DC Power	1
	Jamie Gerstenberg	Sporting JAX
	Tyler McCamey	Dallas Trinity

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		Save of the Month		Ref.
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Ref.
September	Tyrone Mears Alissa Rogers	Fort Lauderdale United	Ashlyn Puerta	Sporting JAX	Emma Jaskaniec	Spokane Zephyr	Hope Hisey	Spokane Zephyr	^[29] ^[30] ^[31]
October	Phillip Poole	Carolina Ascent	Audrey Harding	Carolina Ascent	Sarah Griffith	Lexington	Kaitlyn Parks	Sporting JAX	^[32] ^[33] ^[34]
November	Masaki Hemmi	Lexington	Paige Kenton	Sporting JAX	McKenzie Weinert	Lexington	Bella Hara	Fort Lauderdale United	^[35] ^[36] ^[37]
December	Stacey Balaam	Sporting JAX	Chioma Ubogagu	Dallas Trinity	Chioma Ubogagu	Dallas Trinity	Rylee Foster	Dallas Trinity	^[38] ^[39] ^[40]
February	Stacey Balaam	Sporting JAX	Kaitlyn Parks	Sporting JAX	Felicia Knox	Spokane Zephyr	Emory Wegener	Tampa Bay Sun	^[41] ^[42] ^[43]
March	Phillip Poole	Carolina Ascent	Tyler Lussi	Carolina Ascent	Faith Webber	Tampa Bay Sun	Haley Craig	Fort Lauderdale United	^[44] ^[45] ^[46]
April	Phillip Poole	Carolina Ascent	Catherine Barry	Lexington					^[47]
May

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Bench	Ref.
September	Hope Hisey, SPK	Kelsey Hill, BKN Ella Simpson, FTL Sarah McCoy, SPK	Amber Wisner, DAL Addie McCain, LEX Alexis Theoret, DC Kelli Van Treeck, FTL	Catherine Barry, LEX Ashlyn Puerta, JAX Kiara Locklear, FTL	Sydney Cummings, DC Julia Lester, JAX Sydny Nasello, TB Gianna Gourley, DC Maddie Mercado, CAR Sealey Strawn, DAL Kat Asman, LEX	^[29]
October	Hope Hisey, SPK (2)	Jill Aguilera, CAR Sydney Studer, CAR Hannah Sharts, LEX Reese Tappan, SPK	Alexis Theoret, DC (2) Sydny Nasello, TB (2) Ashlyn Puerta, JAX (2)	Audrey Harding, CAR Sarah Griffith, LEX Rebecca Cooke, BKN	Leah Scarpelli, BKN Georgia Brown, JAX Addie McCain, LEX (2) Jasmine Hamid, FTL Ally Cook, SPK Paige Kenton, JAX Kat Asman, LEX	^[32]
November	Kaitlyn Parks, JAX	Sabrina McNeill, TB Georgia Brown, JAX (2) Jenna Butler, CAR Susanna Fitch, DC	Samantha Kroeger, BKN Lily Nabet, FTL Taylor Aylmer, LEX	Rhea Moore, DAL McKenzie Weinert, LEX Paige Kenton, JAX (2)	Madison McComasky, FTL Vivianne Bessette, TB Emma Jaskaniec, SPK Rebecca Cooke, BKN (2) Rylee Baisden, CAR Gianna Gourley, DC (2) Sydney Schneider, TB	^[35]
December	Rylee Foster, DAL	Sydney Studer, CAR (2) Allison Pantuso, LEX Georgia Brown, JAX (3)	Chioma Ubogagu, DAL Emily Colton, DC Emma Jaskaniec, SPK Sophia Boman, JAX	Gianna Gourley, DC (3) Lena Silano, SPK Paige Kenton, JAX (3)	Kelli Van Treeck, FTL (2) Jennifer Cudjoe, BKN Taylor Aylmer, LEX (2) Sandrine Gaillard, TB Catherine Zimmerman, BKN Allie Thornton, DAL Meagan McClelland, CAR	^[38]
February	Kaitlyn Parks, JAX (2)	Allison Pantuso, LEX Georgia Brown, JAX (4) Sydney Studer, CAR (3) Amber Wisner, DAL (2)	Sophia Braun, SPK Wayny Balata, DAL Ashlyn Puerta, JAX (3)	Sydny Nasello, TB (3) Lena Silano, SPK (2) Catherine Barry, LEX (2)	Morgan Aquino, DC McKenzie Weinert, LEX (2) Jasmine Hamid, FTL (2) Baylee DeSmit, JAX Emily Colton, DC (2) Samantha Kroeger, BKN (2) Sabrina McNeill, TB (2)	^[41]
March	Sydney Martinez, CAR	Taylor Chism, TB Maggie Illig, JAX Ginger Fontenot, SPK Regan Steigleder, LEX	Heather Stainbrook, DAL Sophia Boman, JAX (2) Darya Rajaee, LEX	Tyler Lussi, CAR Loza Abera, DC Faith Webber, TB	Kaitlyn Parks, JAX (3) Tori Zierenberg, SPK Catherine Barry, LEX (3) Mia Corbin, CAR Amber Wisner, DAL (3) Emily Colton, DC (3) Jenna Butler, CAR (2)	^[44]
April	Sydney Martinez, CAR (2)	Jill Aguilera, CAR (2) Amber Wisner, DAL (4) Alyssa Bourgeois, LEX Grace Phillpotts, JAX	Sophia Boman, JAX (3) Emma Jaskaniec, SPK (3) Samantha Kroeger, BKN (3)	Emily Colton, DC (4) Catherine Barry, LEX (4) Loza Abera, DC (2)	Kat Asman, LEX (2) Jenna Butler, CAR (2) Justina Gaynor, DC McKenzie Weinert, LEX (3) Baylee DeSmit, JAX (2) Tori Zierenberg, SPK (2) Kiara Locklear, FTL (2)	^[47]
May

Team	Network	Notes/Source
Brooklyn FC (Since 2024–25 season)	SNY	^[50]
Sporting Club Jacksonville (Since 2025–26 season)	WJXT WTLV WJXX WJXX-DT2	Seven matches on WJXT, four matches on WTLV, one each on WJXX and WJXX-DT2^[51]
Fort Lauderdale United FC (Since 2025–26 season)	WPLG	^[52]
Carolina Ascent (Since 2024–25 season)	WAXN-TV/WSOC-DT2	All games selected for television air in English or WAXN, select games air in Spanish on WSOC-DT2.^[53]