United States women's soccer league system
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The United States women's soccer league system is the organized hierarchy of professional and amateur women's soccer leagues in the U.S., headed by the National Women's Soccer League and encompassing multiple competitive tiers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States women's soccer league system canonical | 2 |
| United States women’s soccer pyramid | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2372016 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: United States women's soccer league system Context triple: [Western New York Flash, homeCountryLeagueSystem, United States women's soccer league system]
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A.
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League is the top professional women's soccer league in the United States, featuring elite clubs and many of the country's and world's best players.
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B.
Women’s United Soccer Association
The Women’s United Soccer Association was the first professional women’s soccer league in the United States, operating in the early 2000s and featuring many top international players.
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C.
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer was a former top-tier women's soccer league in the United States that operated from 2009 to 2012 before folding.
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D.
NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup is a professional women's soccer tournament in the United States featuring clubs from the National Women's Soccer League in a league-run cup competition format.
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E.
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League is a nationwide amateur and semi-professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates in the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: United States women's soccer league system Target entity description: The United States women's soccer league system is the organized hierarchy of professional and amateur women's soccer leagues in the U.S., headed by the National Women's Soccer League and encompassing multiple competitive tiers.
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A.
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League is the top professional women's soccer league in the United States, featuring elite clubs and many of the country's and world's best players.
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B.
Women’s United Soccer Association
The Women’s United Soccer Association was the first professional women’s soccer league in the United States, operating in the early 2000s and featuring many top international players.
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C.
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer was a former top-tier women's soccer league in the United States that operated from 2009 to 2012 before folding.
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D.
NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup is a professional women's soccer tournament in the United States featuring clubs from the National Women's Soccer League in a league-run cup competition format.
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E.
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League is a nationwide amateur and semi-professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates in the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
soccer league system
ⓘ
sports league system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | US women's soccer pyramid ⓘ |
| amateurTier | Division III ⓘ |
| competitionCalendar | primarily spring-to-fall schedule ⓘ |
| containsLeague |
National Premier Soccer League Women
ⓘ
National Women's Soccer League ⓘ USL Super League ⓘ USL W-League ⓘ
surface form:
USL W League
United Women's Soccer ⓘ Women's Premier Soccer League ⓘ various regional amateur leagues ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| feature |
amateur leagues
ⓘ
multiple competitive tiers ⓘ national competitions ⓘ professional leagues ⓘ regional competitions ⓘ semi-professional leagues ⓘ |
| gender | women's ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Soccer Federation ⓘ |
| headLeague | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| historicalTopLeague |
Women's Professional Soccer
ⓘ
Women’s United Soccer Association ⓘ
surface form:
Women's United Soccer Association
|
| includesAgeGroups |
senior
ⓘ
under-23 in some leagues ⓘ |
| includesCupCompetitions | various league cups and playoffs ⓘ |
| includesTier |
Division I
ⓘ
Division II ⓘ Division III ⓘ amateur level ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | organize competitive structure for women's clubs in the United States ⓘ |
| professionalTier |
Division I
ⓘ
Division II ⓘ |
| promotionRelegation | no formal promotion and relegation between tiers ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedSystem |
American soccer pyramid
ⓘ
surface form:
United States men's soccer league system
United States youth soccer system ⓘ |
| relationshipToFIFA | operates under FIFA Laws of the Game ⓘ |
| relationshipToUSSF | sanctioned by United States Soccer Federation at certain tiers ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| semiProfessionalTier |
Division II
ⓘ
Division III ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| topProfessionalLeague | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| topTierLeague | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States women's soccer league system Description of subject: The United States women's soccer league system is the organized hierarchy of professional and amateur women's soccer leagues in the U.S., headed by the National Women's Soccer League and encompassing multiple competitive tiers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States women’s soccer pyramid