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Buffalo might just add another professional team to its ranks if the newly formed Buffalo Pro Soccer group achieves its goal of bringing a United Soccer League (USL) team here by 2026. Currently, twenty-four teams make up the USL, each playing a thirty-four-game regular season from March to October.

“Given the incredible growth trajectory of soccer in the United States, it is time for Buffalo, one of America’s most passionate sports cities, to join the movement with its own professional club,” said Peter Marlette, Jr., athletic director and president of Buffalo Pro Soccer. native who played five seasons with FC Buffalo and most recently served as general manager of the 2021 USL League One champion Union Omaha.

“Buffalo is home to some of the most fervent and proud sports fans in the world, and we know they will embrace and support their own professional soccer club,” said Justin Papadakis, USL Deputy CEO. “Peter Marlette is a product of Buffalo football with experience at all levels of the game and a deep commitment to the community in which he calls home. Through leadership, a growing and diverse population of young professionals and pent-up demand for global soccer, Buffalo is poised to create a flagship club during this transformative moment in American soccer.