United Soccer Leagues
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United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T222556 — 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 Soccer Leagues Context triple: [USL First Division, governingBody, United Soccer Leagues]
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A.
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.
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B.
National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
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C.
USL League One
USL League One is a professional third-division soccer league in the United States that operates under the United Soccer League and features clubs competing in the American soccer pyramid.
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D.
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is the top-tier professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada.
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E.
USL Championship
The USL Championship is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
- 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 Soccer Leagues Target entity description: United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
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A.
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.
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B.
National Independent Soccer Association
The National Independent Soccer Association is a U.S.-based professional third-division soccer league featuring independent clubs outside Major League Soccer and the USL system.
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C.
USL League One
USL League One is a professional third-division soccer league in the United States that operates under the United Soccer League and features clubs competing in the American soccer pyramid.
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D.
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is the top-tier professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada.
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E.
USL Championship
The USL Championship is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that operates as a second-division competition beneath Major League Soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
soccer league operator
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sports organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USL ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focus |
club services
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league management ⓘ player development ⓘ youth development ⓘ |
| formerName |
United Soccer Leagues
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
United Soccer Leagues, LLC
|
| governsCompetitionLevel |
pre-professional level
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second division ⓘ third division ⓘ |
| hasCompetitionFormat | league system ⓘ |
| hasGenderCategory |
men's soccer
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women's soccer ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
amateur clubs
ⓘ
professional clubs ⓘ semi-professional clubs ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
development of soccer in North America
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organizing structured league competitions ⓘ providing professional pathways for players ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| headquartersLocation | Tampa, Florida ⓘ |
| industry | sports ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| operatesLeague |
USL Academy
ⓘ
USL Championship ⓘ USL League One ⓘ USL League Two ⓘ USL Super League ⓘ USL League Two ⓘ
surface form:
USL W League
USL Academy ⓘ
surface form:
USL Youth
|
| operatesUnderSportGoverningBody |
Canada Soccer
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surface form:
Canadian Soccer Association
United States Soccer Federation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| scope |
amateur soccer
ⓘ
professional soccer ⓘ semi-professional soccer ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| website |
United Soccer Leagues
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
https://www.uslsoccer.com/
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: United Soccer Leagues Description of subject: United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
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United Soccer League
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United Soccer Leagues system
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United Soccer League
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United Soccer League
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United Soccer League
subject surface form:
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United Soccer League
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this entity surface form:
United Soccer League