Bottom line
- Total investment $15.7M – $20.9M including a $12.0M franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one USL Super League unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
1%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
USL Super League franchisees operate professional women's soccer teams competing in the top-tier league. Day-to-day operations include team management (coaching, player roster), stadium/venue operations, ticket sales and revenue generation, community engagement, marketing, and compliance with league operational standards. Franchisees assume full financial responsibility for player salaries, facilities, staffing, and capital improvements across a 10-year agreement.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 4 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
USL Super League presents HIGH RISK due to an exceptional $12M franchise fee with zero earnings transparency, active litigation revealing contract disputes, minimal unit base, and no going concern certainty.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01MEDExtremely high franchise fee ($12M) with no disclosed average revenue or net income — impossible to calculate ROI
- 02HIGHActive litigation between USL and a team operator involving breach and fraudulent inducement claims, signaling operational/contractual disputes
- 03MINOROnly 8 units with unknown growth trajectory — suggests early-stage or stalled expansion despite massive capital requirements
- 04MINORNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosure — franchisor refuses to substantiate earnings claims
- 05HIGH'Going Concern' marked False — potential financial instability at corporate level
- 06MINOR$230K annual participation fee creates $1.84M cumulative cost over 10-year term on top of $12M initial investment
- 07MINORProfessional sports franchises are illiquid, high-operational-complexity businesses with structural profitability challenges
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
5 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
USL Super League · FDD (2025) PDF