Oklahoma City FC, who signed a Letter of Intent to join a new women’s professional league operated by the Women’s Premier Soccer League back in August of 2023, is starting to see the league take shape. Today, WPSL Pro announced that it has secured USSF Division II sanctioning, one step below the NWSL and USL Super League.
Oklahoma City FC has been one of the leading lights of the WPSL, reaching the national semifinals in 2015. More recently, the Mustang-based outfit has finished comfortably in the middle of their conference each of the last three seasons. In total, Oklahoma City has amassed 100 wins, five conference titles and three regional titles in 17 seasons.
WPSL Pro is scheduled to kick off in 2026 with 16 teams on board after the announcement of Cleveland Sports Group adding a team in conjunction with the Division II news.
It will be interesting to see how things progress in OKC. It’s been mentioned by Echo Soccer that the ownership group will explore supporting a women’s professional team. Considering Echo is aligned with USL, it’s an easy assumption to make that they would prefer to have a women’s team in the Super League. Would OKC be able to support multiple women’s professional teams?
There’s an argument that OKC would be unable to support two professional women’s teams. Nearly a decade ago, competing ownership groups for the Energy and Rayo OKC tested the ability of the market to support two men’s sides. That ultimately led to Rayo folding after one tumultuous season that included an ownership standoff while artificial turf was stolen from the field in the middle of the night.
Additionally, a likely Echo-funded women’s team would undoubtedly have access to the MAPS4 stadium to be opened in 2027. That location is more centrally located in the Metro, which would likely make it a more financially solvent club in the professional ranks.
Regardless of what the future holds, it’s an exciting next step for Oklahoma City FC and its ownership group with opportunities continuing to grow for all soccer players in the state’s capital.
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