SOCAL Soccer League, along with US Club Soccer and US Youth Soccer are excited to announce the National 1 League. This league will begin with the 2026 fall season and will become the top team based competition in the US.
In a landmark development for youth soccer nationally, US Club Soccer and US Youth Soccer have jointly announced the creation of National 1 League — a new unified, top-level team-based competition structure that will replace both the National Premier League (NPL) and the USYS National League. SOCAL is proud to have been named as the Operator within this new framework.
This initiative is part of U.S. Soccer’s Pathways Strategy, designed to make the game easier to navigate, more accessible, and more supportive for players and teams at every level.
In a landmark development for youth soccer nationally, US Club Soccer and US Youth Soccer have jointly announced the creation of National 1 League — a new unified, top-level team-based competition structure that will replace both the National Premier League (NPL) and the USYS National League. SOCAL is proud to have been named as the Operator within this new framework.
This initiative is part of U.S. Soccer’s Pathways Strategy, designed to make the game easier to navigate, more accessible, and more supportive for players and teams at every level.