USL Antelope Valley is a prospective United Soccer League franchise with plans to launch a men's USL League One team and a women's USL W-League team in north Los Angeles County. Anchored by the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, the Antelope Valley is a growing metro of 500,000 people and a youth soccer hotbed. Founded by sports industry veteran John Smelzer, USL AV will play its matches in Lancaster Municipal Stadium, to be converted from its current baseball configuration to a 5,300 seat, soccer-specific stadium. When completed, the stadium will be only the fourth professional soccer-specific stadium in Southern California. USL AV aspires to be a unifying source of opportunity and civic pride for the entire Antelope Valley for generations to come.
