Western Conference of the USL Championship

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soccer conference sports league division

The Western Conference of the USL Championship is one of the league’s two regional groupings of professional soccer clubs competing in the second tier of the U.S. soccer pyramid.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
USL Championship Western Conference	2
USL Western Conference	1
Western Conference of USL Championship	1
Western Conference of the USL Championship canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6254999 — 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Western Conference of the USL Championship
Context triple: [El Paso Locomotive FC, playsIn, Western Conference of the USL Championship]

A. Major League Soccer Western Conference
The Major League Soccer Western Conference is one of the league’s two regional groupings, comprising clubs primarily from the western United States and Canada that compete for playoff qualification and conference titles.
B. Eastern Conference (MLS)
The Eastern Conference (MLS) is one of Major League Soccer’s two regional groupings, comprising clubs primarily based in the eastern United States and Canada that compete for playoff positions and conference honors.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. USL Super League
The USL Super League is a professional women's soccer league in the United States organized by the United Soccer League as part of its expanding domestic 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Western Conference of the USL Championship
Target entity description: The Western Conference of the USL Championship is one of the league’s two regional groupings of professional soccer clubs competing in the second tier of the U.S. soccer pyramid.

A. Major League Soccer Western Conference
The Major League Soccer Western Conference is one of the league’s two regional groupings, comprising clubs primarily from the western United States and Canada that compete for playoff qualification and conference titles.
B. Eastern Conference (MLS)
The Eastern Conference (MLS) is one of Major League Soccer’s two regional groupings, comprising clubs primarily based in the eastern United States and Canada that compete for playoff positions and conference honors.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. USL Super League
The USL Super League is a professional women's soccer league in the United States organized by the United Soccer League as part of its expanding domestic soccer pyramid.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	soccer conference ⓘ sports league division ⓘ
associatedCompetition	USL Championship Final NERFINISHED ⓘ USL Championship Playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitionFormat	qualification for USL Championship Playoffs ⓘ regular season conference play ⓘ
competitionType	league competition ⓘ
confederation	USSF NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Soccer Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
gender	men ⓘ
geographicalScope	Western North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	United Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMemberType	professional soccer club ⓘ
leagueLevel	second tier of the U.S. soccer pyramid ⓘ
numberOfConferencesInLeague	2 ⓘ
organizer	United Soccer League, LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	USL Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
professionalLeagueSystem	U.S. soccer league system ⓘ
professionalStatus	professional ⓘ
regionType	conference ⓘ
seasonStructure	annual ⓘ
siblingConference	Eastern Conference of the USL Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ soccer ⓘ
teamSport	true ⓘ
tierInUSSoccerPyramid	Division II ⓘ
usesPromotionRelegationWithinLeague	false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Paso Locomotive FC → playsIn → Western Conference of the USL Championship ⓘ

FC Tulsa → playsIn → Western Conference of the USL Championship ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Conference of USL Championship

New Mexico United → playsInConference → Western Conference of the USL Championship ⓘ

this entity surface form: USL Championship Western Conference

Fresno FC → participatedInConference → Western Conference of the USL Championship ⓘ

this entity surface form: USL Western Conference

SD Loyal → conference → Western Conference of the USL Championship ⓘ