Los Angeles Force Competitors

The Los Angeles Football Club, MLS Cup Champions of 2022, has been representing the broader Los Angeles region in Major League Soccer since 2018. Having secured the U.S. Open Cup in 2024 and the Supporters' Shield twice (in 2019 and 2022), LAFC strives to build a premier soccer club reflecting the dynamic diversity of Los Angeles while delivering an exceptional fan experience. LAFC's ownership group comprises local leaders and trailblazers with substantial intellectual capital, financial strength, operational excellence, and notable accomplishments in entertainment, sports, technology, and media. Committed to both the world’s game and its local community, LAFC has invested in constructing the 22,000-seat BMO Stadium and developing a cutting-edge training facility on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles.

The LA Galaxy are Major League Soccer’s most successful club. Based in Carson, Calif. at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have won the MLS Cup a record six times (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024), the MLS Supporters’ Shield four times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2011) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005) since their inception in 1996. The Galaxy are the premier club in MLS, with stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Giovani dos Santos, Javier Hernandez and Cobi Jones representing LA over the team’s 25 years in MLS. For more information on the LA Galaxy, visit www.lagalaxy.com.

The Tampa Bay Rowdies are the professional soccer team in St. Petersburg, Florida, a part of the United Soccer League Championship (USL). Home games are played at Al Lang Stadium in downtown St. Petersburg. The Rowdies were the first professional sports franchise in the area and remain one of the most recognizable and well-loved brands in soccer. Originally established in 1975, the team won the NASL Soccer Bowl championship in its inaugural year and created a unique, entertaining and memorable franchise with the Fannies, Wowdies and unforgettable Kick in the Grass theme song. In 2008, a group of investors announced the purchase of rights to a professional soccer franchise and the newly established team began play in 2010. In 2012, the Rowdies won the NASL Soccer Bowl Championship after a thrilling shoot-out victory in front of a sold out crowd at Al Lang Stadium in downtown St. Petersburg. In December of 2013, St. Petersburg philanthropist Bill Edwards announced he acquired the controlling interest of the Tampa Bay Rowdies. In October of 2018 the Tampa Bay Rays and Stuart Sternberg purchased the Rowdies.