Utah United adds expansion team in USL W League for 2025
The second-year USL League Two side announced Friday that it would launch a sister club for women's soccer in the USL W League.
HERRIMAN, Utah — Pre-professional women’s soccer is coming to the Beehive State.
Utah United will launch an expansion team in the USL W League ahead of the 2025 season, per a league release as the second-year USL League Two side announced Friday that it would launch a sister club for women's soccer.
Similar to USL League Two, the W League is a pre-professional entity open to elite youth players, collegiate players, aspiring professionals and former professionals. Founded in 2022, the USL W League is effectively a quasi-third division of women’s soccer in the United States — underneath the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and USL Super League professional leagues — with around 80 clubs divided into 10 divisions.
Utah United will be the first team from Utah to play in the Mountain division, alongside five clubs from Colorado. The team will play out of Clyde Field at Utah Valley University in Orem.
“We’re excited to bring elite pre-professional women’s soccer to the Wasatch Front, and provide an opportunity for top college athletes in and from Utah to play alongside high-level U-18 talent against the best collegiate players in the country,” said Matt Walbruch, general manager of Utah United who launched the club alongside team president Jerry Pennock and technical director Mark Davis.
Walbruch said the club will ideally launch a roster of 25 Division I players — with. no more than five from a single college, per league regulations — paired with around 10 academy players who will train day-in and day-out throughout the season, which runs from April through July.
Tryouts will be held Jan. 4 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman. Interested prospects may register for tryouts here.
“Utah United is committed to fostering equality, excellence, passion, and competition in the sport by building men’s and women’s programs that improve the quality and opportunity for athletes in the state,” said Davis, head coach of Utah United’s USL League Two franchise who will also work as technical director of the women’s team.
Additional announcements related to coaching, staffing and roster updates will be made available on the club’s social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, X and Tik Tok, @utahuniteduslw.