# List of Canadian soccer clubs in American leagues

The following lists contain Canadian soccer clubs who have played in US-based leagues at Division I, II, III, or below in the United States soccer league system.

## Men's teams
### Active teams
#### Division I

Major League Soccer :
| Team | City | Debut season |
| CF Montréal | Montreal, Quebec | 2012 |
| Toronto FC | Toronto, Ontario | 2007 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Vancouver, British Columbia | 2011 |
* ↑ CF Montréal was previously known as the Montreal Impact
* ↑ The current Vancouver Whitecaps FC are a phoenix club of the 1974–1984 and 1987–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps teams

#### Division III

MLS Next Pro :
| Team | City | Debut season |
| Toronto FC II | Toronto, Ontario | 2022 |
| Whitecaps FC 2 | Burnaby, British Columbia | 2022 |
* ↑ Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship from 2015–2018 and USL League One from 2019–2021
* ↑ Whitecaps FC 2 previously played in the USL Championship from 2015–2017

#### Lower divisions

United Premier Soccer League :
| Team | City | Debut season |
| FC Berlin | Buffalo, New York | 2021 |
| Chantilly Forever FC | Buffalo, New York | 2022 |
* ↑ FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UPSL season
* ↑ Chantilly Forever FC is a club from Hamilton, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, New York for the UPSL season

### Former teams
#### Division I

United Soccer Association :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Toronto City | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1967 | 1967 |
| Vancouver Royal Canadians | Vancouver, British Columbia | 1 | 1967 | 1967 |
National Professional Soccer League (1967) :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Toronto Falcons | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1967 | 1967 |
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Calgary Boomers | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 1981 | 1981 |
| Edmonton Drillers | Edmonton, Alberta | 4 | 1979 | 1982 |
| Montreal Manic | Montreal, Quebec | 3 | 1981 | 1983 |
| Montreal Olympique | Montreal, Quebec | 3 | 1971 | 1973 |
| Toronto Metros/Metro-Croatia/Blizzard | Toronto, Ontario | 14 | 1971 | 1984 |
| Toronto Falcons | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1968 | 1968 |
| Vancouver Royals | Vancouver, British Columbia | 1 | 1968 | 1968 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Vancouver, British Columbia | 11 | 1974 | 1984 |

#### Division II

North American Soccer Football League :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Toronto Greenbacks | Toronto, Ontario | 2 | 1946 | 1947 |
Western Soccer Alliance :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Edmonton Brick Men | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Victoria Riptides | Victoria, British Columbia | 1 | 1985 | 1985 |
* ↑ Edmonton played as a guest team for some matches in the 1985 WSA season
American Professional Soccer League :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec | 4 | 1993 | 1996 |
| Toronto Blizzard | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Toronto Rockets | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Vancouver 86ers | Vancouver, British Columbia | 4 | 1993 | 1996 |
* ↑ Montreal later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010, the NASL in 2011, and the MLS beginning in 2012
* ↑ Vancouver later played in the USL leagues from 1997–2010 and the MLS beginning in 2011
USL A-League / USL First Division / USSF Division 2 Professional League :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Calgary Storm/Mustangs | Calgary, Alberta | 3 | 2002 | 2004 |
| Edmonton Aviators | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
| Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec | 13 | 1997 | 2010 |
| Toronto Lynx | Toronto, Ontario | 10 | 1997 | 2006 |
| Vancouver 86ers/Whitecaps | Vancouver, British Columbia | 14 | 1997 | 2010 |
* ↑ Calgary played in the PDL in 2001
* ↑ Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the NASL in 2011, followed by the MLS beginning in 2012
* ↑ Montreal was on hitaus in 1999.
* ↑ Toronto Lynx played in the PDL from 2007 to 2014
* ↑ Vancouver also played in the APSL in 1993–1996 and afterwards played in the MLS beginning in 2011
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta | 7 | 2011 | 2017 |
| Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec | 1 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Ottawa Fury FC | Ottawa, Ontario | 3 | 2014 | 2016 |
* ↑ Montreal also played in the APSL in 1993–1994, the USL leagues from 1995–2010, afterwards the MLS beginning in 2012
* ↑ Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
USL Championship :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| FC Montreal | Montreal, Quebec | 2 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Ottawa Fury FC | Ottawa, Ontario | 3 | 2017 | 2019 |
| Toronto FC II | Toronto, Ontario | 4 | 2015 | 2018 |
| Whitecaps FC 2 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 3 | 2015 | 2017 |
* ↑ Division III league up to and including 2016
* ↑ Ottawa played in the PDL from 2005–2013 and the NASL from 2014–2016
* ↑ Toronto moved to USL League One in 2019

#### Division III

USL League One :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Toronto FC II | Toronto, Ontario | 2 | 2019 | 2021 |
* ↑ Toronto FC II previously played in the USL Championship prior to 2019 and moved to MLS Next Pro in 2022
* ↑ Toronto FC II did not play in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.

#### Lower divisions

PDL/USL League Two :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Abbotsford Athletes in Action/86ers Select | Abbotsford, British Columbia | 3 | 1998 | 2000 |
| Calgary Foothills FC | Calgary, Alberta | 5 | 2015 | 2019 |
| Calgary Storm | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Calgary Storm Prospects | Calgary, Alberta | 2 | 2002 | 2003 |
| FC London | London, Ontario | 7 | 2009 | 2015 |
| Abbotsford Rangers/Fraser Valley Mariners | Abbotsford, British Columbia | 10 | 2003 | 2012 |
| Hamilton Rage/K–W United FC | Kitchener, Ontario | 7 | 2011 | 2017 |
| FC Manitoba | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 11 | 2011 | 2023 |
| Montreal Impact U23 | Montreal, Quebec | 1 | 2014 | 2014 |
| Okanagan Challenge | Kelowna, British Columbia | 1 | 1998 | 1998 |
| Okanagan Predators | Kelowna, British Columbia | 1 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Ottawa Fury | Ottawa, Ontario | 9 | 2005 | 2013 |
| Thunder Bay Chill | Thunder Bay, Ontario | 23 | 2000 | 2024 |
| Toronto FC III | Toronto, Ontario | 2 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Toronto Lynx | Toronto, Ontario | 8 | 2007 | 2014 |
| Vancouver TSS Rovers | Burnaby, British Columbia | 3 | 2017 | 2019 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 8 | 2008 | 2014 |
| Victoria Highlanders | Victoria, British Columbia | 10 | 2009 | 2019 |
| Victoria Umbro Select | Victoria, British Columbia | 1 | 1998 | 1998 |
* ↑ Calgary played in the USL A-League from 2002–2004
* ↑ FC Manitoba was previously known as WSA Winnipeg
* ↑ FC Manitoba did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ↑ Ottawa later played in the NASL from 2014–2016 and later the USL Championship from 2017–2019
* ↑ Thunder Bay Chill did not play in 2020 and 2021 in USL2, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ↑ Toronto Lynx played in the USL leagues from 1997–2006
* ↑ Victoria Highlanders did not play in the PDL in 2015

### League Championship seasons

| Div. | Team | Year | Final |
| I | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 1976 | 3–0 vs Minnesota Kicks |
| I | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1979 | 2–1 vs Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| I | Toronto FC | 2017 | 2–0 vs Seattle Sounders FC |
| II | Montreal Impact | 1994 | 1–0 vs Colorado Foxes |
| II | Montreal Impact (2) | 2004 | 2–0 vs Seattle Sounders |
| II | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2006 | 3–0 vs Rochester Raging Rhinos |
| II | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2) | 2008 | 2–1 Puerto Rico Islanders |
| II | Montreal Impact (3) | 2009 | 6–3 (agg.) vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| IV | Thunder Bay Chill | 2008 | 1–1 (4–1 p.) vs Laredo Heat |
| IV | Forest City London | 2012 | 2–1 vs Carolina Dynamo |
| IV | Calgary Foothills FC | 2018 | 4–2 (a.e.t.) vs Reading United AC |
* ↑ Leagues below tier three are not officially ranked. Division 4 is an unofficial classification.

## Women's teams
### Active teams
#### Division II

United Women's Soccer :
| Team | City | Debut season |
| Calgary Foothills WFC | Calgary, Alberta | 2017 |
| FC Berlin | Buffalo, New York | 2022 |
* ↑ FC Berlin is a club from Kitchener, Ontario, but operates the club out of Buffalo, NY for the UWS season

### Former teams
#### Division II

United Women's Soccer :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| St. Albert Impact FC | St. Albert, Alberta | 2 | 2021 | 2022 |
Women's Premier Soccer League :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Vancouver Angels | Vancouver, British Columbia | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| North Shore Girls SC | North Vancouver, British Columbia | 2 | 2016 | 2017 |
| TSS FC Rovers Women | Burnaby, British Columbia | 2 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Vancouver Island FC | Victoria, British Columbia | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
USL W-League :
| Team | City | Seasons | Debut season | Final season |
| Calgary Wildfire | Calgary, Alberta | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
| Edmonton Aviators Women | Edmonton, Alberta | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
| Laval Dynamites | Laval, Quebec | 5 | 1997 | 2001 |
| Laval Comets | Laval, Quebec | 10 | 2006 | 2015 |
| Quebec Amiral/Dynamo | Quebec City, Quebec | 7 | 2009 | 2015 |
| Hamilton Avalanche/Rage/K-W United Women | Kitchener, Ontario | 9 | 2006 | 2014 |
| Montreal Xtreme | Montreal, Quebec | 1 | 2004 | 2004 |
| Ottawa Fury Women | Ottawa, Ontario | 15 | 2000 | 2014 |
| Sudbury Canadians | Sudbury, Ontario | 2 | 2004 | 2006 |
| Victoria Highlanders Women | Victoria, British Columbia | 2 | 2011 | 2012 |
| London Gryphons | London, Ontario | 11 | 2004 | 2014 |
| Toronto Inferno | Toronto, Ontario | 6 | 1999 | 2004 |
| Toronto Lady Lynx | Toronto, Ontario | 10 | 2005 | 2014 |
| Vancouver Breakers/Whitecaps Women | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12 | 2001 | 2012 |