THE WPSL EXPANDS IN ARIZONA WITH ITS LATEST 2022 EXPANSION TEAM

MESA, Ariz. (January 26, 2022) – The Women’s Premier Soccer League announced today, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club has joined the league for the 2022 season. With the announcement, Arizona Arsenal becomes the league’s fourth Arizona-based member.

“We are extremely excited to have received an expansion bid to compete in the upcoming WPSL season,” David Belfort, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club technical director, said. “We are excited to be able to offer this level of competition to our alumni and other aspiring players in the area.”
 

Powered by Legacy Sports USA, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club was formed 30 years ago as Gilbert Arsenal Soccer Club. Since its inception in 1992, the club has grown to over 75 boys and girls teams competing at the national, regional and state levels as members of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL).

Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club holds its ability to provide opportunities for developing, placing and preparing student-athletes to compete at the collegiate level as its highest priority.  Committed to this mission, the club has created college liaison positions, scholarship support and education on the collegiate recruiting process. Its college liaisons also organize annual Arizona Arsenal College Week that allows players within its organization the opportunity to work with collegiate coaches.

The club views the WPSL as allowing them more opportunities to grow and move forward as an organization.

“We want to be able to offer our alumnae that are playing collegiately, or trying to move up to the professional ranks, a platform to compete and develop in,” Belfort said.

For its inaugural season, Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club will play its home matches at Bell Bank Park in Mesa. Ticket information and season schedule will be announced soon.

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More information about Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club can be found at azarsenalsc.org or on their social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

For additional information on the WPSL visit wpslsoccer.com.

About the Women’s Premier Soccer League
 

In its 24th season, the WPSL is the longest active women’s soccer league with more than 125 clubs from coast to coast in 35 states – making it the largest women’s soccer league in the world. WPSL rosters feature elite collegiate, post-collegiate, international, and standout prep student-athletes. Many of the United States’ most accomplished women’s players have played in the WPSL, including household names such as Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Julie Foudy, and Brandi Chastain.