ELP brands has acquired the United Premier soccer League, an adult soccer league formed in 2011 by Mexican semi-pro player Leonel Lopez in Orange Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Gales County, California. The league has 300 teams across 32 states, serving as a pro-development platform for players, coaches and team owners. It is also the first national league to execute a promotion/relegation system for its member clubs.
ELP brands is a holding company whose properties include fashion, sports and entertainment. In 2019, the company acquired Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Australia the motocross and BMX brand JT Racing USA. ELP brands founder and CEO Graham Walsh and COO Luin Frazier have 30 years Camiseta Cerezo Osaka of experience in finance, investments, sports and home entertainment licensing, and income generation.
The UPSL features much more than 10,000 players competing in teams across 32 states. Photo: UPSL
The UPSL’s 10,000 players compete on teams in cities that include Lakeland, Florida, Savannah, Georgia, and Santa Barbara, California. The current league champions are from Montgomery County, Maryland.
“The UPSL is already essential for soccer in America with its accessibility, diversity, and inclusiveness, but the journey is just getting started,” said Walsh. “In a country this size, there is substantial demand and terrific potential. We offer access to playing time and a range of ideas, which the professional game here is not deep enough to provide. In Europe and South America, the lower leagues form part of the game’s fabric, and each local club can tie a community together. The clubs feed players and coaches, referees, and owners into the professional game, and this is now happening in America through the UPSL. There is an Alexi Lalas and a Jamie Vardy in the UPSL now. Our job is to attract much more attention to them and to strengthen the platform that Leo and Commissioner Yan Skwara have built.”
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