FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Carolina Ascent FC will play home matches at the iconic, historic American Legion Memorial Stadium. The venue is located in the Elizabeth neighborhood on the corner of 7th Street and Charlottetowne Avenue, just minutes away from Uptown, Plaza Midwood and Myers Park. The game day experience is enhanced with striking Charlotte city skyline views that rise from behind the North end goal.

The stadium boasts 10,500 seats, and its unique “U” shape hovers over the pitch engaging fans in every aspect of the match from player warmups to halftime entertainment and post-game autograph sessions.

Carolina Ascent is the first women’s professional sports team to call Charlotte home since the Charlotte Sting, one of the eight original WNBA franchises that began play in 1997 as the sister team to the Charlotte Hornets. Carolina Ascent currently represents the highest level of women’s professional soccer in the region.

The Gainbridge Super League is a professional women’s soccer league that began in August 2024. The Gainbridge Super League has committed to U.S. Soccer’s Division One standards, reflecting its collective vision to be a global leader in women’s soccer on and off the field while providing more opportunities for more women in more communities.

The Gainbridge Super League currently has 8 teams.

The Gainbridge Super League consists of 8 clubs located in: 

• Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Charlotte, N.C. 
• Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Jacksonville, Fla.
• Lexington, Ky. 
• Tampa, Fla. 
• Washington, D.C. 

The Gainbridge Super League is a Division I professional women’s soccer league committed to expanding access to the highest level of the sport in the United States.

As the women’s soccer landscape in the United States continues to evolve, a spring-to-fall calendar better supports player movement, roster development, and long-term growth across the game. It also creates greater alignment across the domestic women’s soccer landscape and new opportunities to strengthen the women’s game.

The Gainbridge Super League sits at the top of the USL’s distinct youth-to-pro women’s pathway. The complete pathway includes the USL W League, the leading pre-professional women’s soccer league in the United States; the USL Academy, an advanced talent-development platform connected to professional and pre-professional USL clubs; and the Super Y League, a premier national youth competition.

All matches are available on Peacock.

Fans can follow the Gainbridge Super League on Instagram, X and Facebook and sign up for the Gainbridge Super League bi-weekly newsletter. 

The USL W League is a leader in pre-professional soccer in North America, developing the next generation of women’s talent both on and off the field. The USL W League strives to use women’s soccer as a force for societal good by creating a national platform to increase opportunity, gender equity, and career development. The League and its member clubs are committed to investing in women’s soccer – through not only financial resources but also with time, energy, and attention – and are united in our mission to grow the women’s game.

Yes. The team is the pre-professional affiliate for Carolina Ascent FC’s Gainbridge Super League team. The Carolina Ascent USL W League program is focused on developing local soccer talent and providing new, competitive environments for young women across the Carolinas who dream of playing professional soccer. The team’s technical and operational management are led by Affiliate, Charlotte Independence Soccer Club.