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  "id": "us-football-leagues",
  "name": "United States — Football Leagues",
  "title": "United States — Football Leagues",
  "description": "Domestic football (soccer) leagues and cup competitions of United States. Each record describes one competition with its short code, primary name, alternate names (including localized spellings and historical names), active year span where given, and a coarse tier classification (league level, national cup, league cup, super cup, other). Sourced from openfootball/leagues — a CC0 community registry.",
  "category": "sports",
  "source": "https://github.com/openfootball/leagues",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/openfootball/leagues",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 8,
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      "type": "number"
    },
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    },
    {
      "key": "aliases",
      "label": "Aliases",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_span",
      "label": "Year Span",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "tier_kind",
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    {
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      "code": "1",
      "name": "Major League Soccer",
      "aliases": "MLS, USA MLS",
      "year_span": "",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 1
    },
    {
      "code": "1.back",
      "name": "MLS is Back Tournament",
      "aliases": "mls.back",
      "year_span": "",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 1
    },
    {
      "code": "2",
      "name": "USL Championship",
      "aliases": "United Soccer League Championship, USLC",
      "year_span": "2011-",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 2
    },
    {
      "code": "3",
      "name": "United Soccer League One",
      "aliases": "US League One, USL1",
      "year_span": "2019-",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 3
    },
    {
      "code": "3.next",
      "name": "MLS Next Pro",
      "aliases": "",
      "year_span": "2022-",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 3
    },
    {
      "code": "4",
      "name": "United Soccer League Two",
      "aliases": "USL2",
      "year_span": "",
      "tier_kind": "league",
      "tier_level": 4
    },
    {
      "code": "cup",
      "name": "US Open Cup",
      "aliases": "United States Open Cup, USA US Open Cup",
      "year_span": "",
      "tier_kind": "national-cup",
      "tier_level": ""
    },
    {
      "code": "ncaa",
      "name": "NCAA Men's Soccer",
      "aliases": "NCAA Division I, NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, College Cup",
      "year_span": "",
      "tier_kind": "other",
      "tier_level": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "United States — Football Leagues - Free Download",
    "description": "Domestic football (soccer) leagues and cup competitions of United States. Each record describes one competition with its short code, primary name, alternate names (including localized spellings and historical names), active year span where given, and a coarse tier classification (league level, national cup, league cup, super cup, other). Sourced from openfootball/leagues — a CC0 community registry. Contains 8 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "United States — Football Leagues | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download United States — Football Leagues — 8 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 8 records / 6 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/openfootball/leagues"
    ]
  }
}