THE WPSL INCREASES ITS FOOTPRINT IN UTAH WITH NEWEST MEMBER TO THE MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE

OGDEN, Utah. (March 4, 2022) – The Women’s Premier Soccer League announced today, La Roca FC. has joined the league for the 2022 season. The announcement comes after the league unveiled its 2022 Roster of Teams and Alignment. For its inaugural season, La Roca FC will compete in the Wasatch Division of the Mountain Conference in the league's Central Region.
 

“It is with great excitement that we welcome La Roca to the WPSL,” Matt Homonoff, WPSL deputy commissioner said. “The club has an excellent history of player development and will round out the Wasatch Division of the Mountain Conference nicely.”

Since its inception in 2005, La Roca has been a prominent force in Utah’s youth soccer scene. The club features 62 head coaches within its organization who focus on development and soccer education. La Roca won its first state cup the year it was formed and recorded its 50^th state cup win a decade later in 2015 – a year later, the club was accepted to the US Soccer Development Academy.
 

In 2017, the club build its state-of-the-art training facility which has since served as its headquarters. The facility, located in South Weber Utah, is a 65,000 sq ft indoor facility that also includes three natural grass outdoor fields on a 25-acre campus.
 

The club also launched the La Roca Foundation to help raise funds for players who struggle to meet the financial demands of playing youth soccer. The foundation features four initiatives – Legacy Fund, DREAM Program, SheAchieves, Events – that are designed to provide access to development training facilities and equipment, financial assistance to low-income families, opportunities for all female players to experience the sport, and promote unity within the club.
 

For the 2022 season, the Mountain Conference has moved back to the Central Region and will feature 11 teams in Utah and Colorado that have been divided into two divisions – Wasatch (Utah) and Rockies (Colorado). The league will announce the 2022 schedule by regions later this month.
 

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More information about La Roca FC can be found on its official website or on its social media platforms including Twitter and Instagram.

For additional information on the WPSL visit wpslsoccer.com.

About the Women’s Premier Soccer League
 

In its 24th season, the WPSL is the longest active women’s soccer league with more than 135 clubs from coast to coast in 35 states – making it the largest women’s soccer league in the world. WPSL rosters feature elite collegiate, post-collegiate, international, and standout prep student-athletes. Many of the United States’ most accomplished women’s players have played in the WPSL, including household names such as Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Julie Foudy, and Brandi Chastain.