Women's Premier Soccer League

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The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a semi-professional league founded in 1997, and with United Women's Soccer is one of two active second-division leagues in the United States. With more than 100 clubs spanning the United States and an additional club in Canada, it is the largest women's soccer league in the world.

The WPSL is the successor to the USL W-League; its inaugural members were the Western Division of that league before forming its own league in 1997. The WPSL is sanctioned by the US Adult Soccer Association, an affiliate of the US Soccer Federation.

The WPSL also briefly included a pro-am division, the WPSL Elite League, during the years between the folding of the top-division Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in early 2012 and the launch of the top-division National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in early 2013. As a second-division league, it also hosts some NWSL reserve teams, though due to collegiate eligibility limitations, none of those teams are professional.

History
The WPSL was founded in 1997 by Jerry Zanelli, who served as commissioner until 2017. Zanelli also coached the California Storm to six finals and three league titles. In 2018, the league renamed its championship trophy the Jerry Zanelli Cup in his honor.

League structure
The WPSL is divided into four regions: Central, East, South, and West. Each region is divided into multiple conferences, with some conferences further split into divisions. Each conference sets its own schedule for the season. The 8- to 12-match regular season typically runs from May to mid-July, and the regional playoffs and championships are held in late July. The championship finals are held in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as a neutral site.

The WPSL is a privately owned company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A four-member Executive Committee manages the league and elects four Associate Commissioners, who in turn elect respective Conference Delegates. Sean Jones is the league president as of August 2019.

Current leadership
as of 2019

Executive committee
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Associate commissioners
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Teams
as of 2019

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Columbus Eagles FC

See https://www.wpslsoccer.com/page/show/4552416-by-region

Notable former players
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