Soccer Almanac

American soccer writing, history & data.

League Index

Name	Abbreviation	Years
American Association Football League	AAFL	1894-1894
American Association of Professional Football	AAPF	1894-1894
American League of Professional Football	ALPF	1894-1894
American Professional Soccer League	APSL	1990-1996
American Soccer Football League	ASFL	1911-1912
American Soccer League	ASL	1921-1983
American Soccer League	ASL	1988-1989
American Soccer League of St. Louis	ASLStL	1951-1952
Association Football League of St. Louis	AFLStL	1903-1908
Association Football League of St. Louis	AFLStL	1904-1905
Association Football League of St. Louis	AFLStL	1909-1910
Baltimore Major Soccer League	BMSL	1937-1945
Baltimore Major Soccer League	BMSL	1948-1952
Bay Counties Soccer League	BCSL	1910-1913
California Association Football League	CAFL	1903-1921
Central Wisconsin Soccer Football League	CWSFL	1937-1939
Continental Indoor Soccer League	CISL	1993-1997
Eastern Association Football League	EAFL	1909-1910
Eastern Indoor Soccer League	EISL	1997-1998
Eastern Soccer Conference	ESC	1964-1965
Eastern Soccer League	ESL	1928-1931
Eastern Wisconsin Soccer Football League	EWSFL	1928-1936
Federal Park Soccer League	FPSL	1913-1915
Lake Shore Association Football League	LSAFL	1916-1921
Lake Shore Soccer League	LSSL	1934-1937
Lone Star Soccer Alliance	LSSA	1987-1992
Madison Municipal Soccer League	MadMSL	1934-1934
Major League Soccer	MLS	1996-present
Major Soccer League	MSL	1978-1992
Metropolitan Association Football League	MetroAFL	1905-1907
Milwaukee Amateur Soccer League	MilASL	1925-1925
Milwaukee and District Association Football League	MilDAFL	1913-1916
Milwaukee Municipal Soccer League	MilMSL	1920-1948
National Association Football League	NAFL	1895-1900
National Association Football League	NAFL	1906-1921
National Independent Soccer Association	NISA	2019-present
National Professional Soccer League	NPSL	1984-2001
North American Soccer Football League	NASFL	1946-1947
North American Soccer League	NASL	1967-1985
Racine Municipal Amateur Soccer League	RMASL	1931-1934
Southern New England League	SNEL	1914-1924
St. Louis Association Football League	StLAFL	1902-1904
St. Louis Association Football League	StLAFL	1910-1911
St. Louis Association Football League	StLAFL	1912-1913
St. Louis Football Association	StLFA	1904-1906
St. Louis Major Soccer League	StLMSL	1947-1953
St. Louis Soccer Football League	StLSFL	1907-1915
St. Louis Soccer League	StLSL	1908-1909
St. Louis Soccer League	StLSL	1915-1939
St. Louis University Soccer Football League	SLUSFL	1910-1911
United Soccer League	USL	1984-1985
United Soccer Leagues A-League	USL A-League	1997-2004
United Soccer Leagues D3 Pro League	USL D3 Pro	1995-2002
United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League	USL PDL	1989-2018
United Soccer Leagues W-League	USL W-League	1994-2015
United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues I-League	USISL I-League	1986-1998
United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues Select League	USISL-Select	1996-1996
War Industrial Soccer League	WISL	1943-1945
Western Soccer Cup Association	WSCA	1926-1927
Western Soccer League	WSL	1985-1989
Wisconsin Soccer League	WSL	1924-1924
Wisconsin State Soccer Football League	WSSFL	1924-1940
Wisconsin State Soccer League	WSSL	1949-1971
Women's Professional Soccer	WPS	2009-2011
Women's United Soccer Association	WUSA	2001-2003
World Indoor Soccer League	WISL	1998-2001