Vermont Green FC, the semi-professional soccer club in Burlington whose men’s team won a national championship in August , plans to field a women’s team for a first-ever full season in 2026, its owners announced Tuesday.

The Green’s men’s side has played four summertime seasons — and found runaway success — since its founding in 2022. Over the last two years, the club has also fielded a women’s team for several exhibition matches , all of which Vermont has won. Those games weren’t part of any formal league or tournament, though, and instead meant to test the waters for a more permanent women’s team at some point in the future.

Now, the club is set to join United Soccer League’s USL W , a nationwide summer competition made up largely of collegiate women’s players who often aim to

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