Sarasota is set to welcome its first professional soccer team as Sarasota Paradise advances from USL League Two to USL League One, becoming the city’s only independent professional sports ...
The United Soccer League (USL) and Sarasota Paradise today announced that professional soccer is coming to Sarasota, Fla. Led by CEO and Sporting Director Marcus Walfridson, Sarasota Paradise will ...
The United Soccer League awarded a League One franchise to Sarasota Paradise, taking effect for the 2026 season.
USL would operate completely separately from MLS, despite working under the same sanctioning by U.S. Soccer as a professional soccer league. "Today is a defining moment for the USL and the future ...
The Sarasota Paradise, launched in 2023 as a pre-professional team, is now a League One soccer team, meaning that in 2026, ...