Ohio Valley Premier League


The Ohio Valley Premier League is a USASA-affiliated league through US Club Soccer that includes teams from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The regular season of the OVPL runs May through July.
The men's division was announced in November 2019 and the women's division was announced in February 2020. Both were due to begin play in summer 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer season was cancelled and a fall season was started. In 2021, the OVPL also hosted a spring season.

Background

The OVPL is a competitive soccer circuit to offer the only amateur competition throughout the Ohio Valley region.
The Ohio Valley Premier League has received sanctioning from US Club Soccer and is set to kick off in May 2020. A first of its kind in the region, the OVPL will seek to provide a competitive league for players of all ages, beginning with a competitive amateur men's division.
As a league, the OVPL will operate within Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to help local communities grow the beautiful game through competitive matches and local soccer culture. The amateur men's division allows for players as young as sixteen years old to compete in a structure that provides an opportunity for competition in the country's longest-running tournament in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Due to the structure of the OVPL, no players will jeopardize amateur status within their youth clubs, high schools, or universities.
With the sanctioning of the OVPL through US Club Soccer, the regionalized league is a first of its kind for the Ohio Valley area.

Clubs

Current

Men's Division
TeamCityStadiumFoundedJoined OVPLHead coachOther Affiliation
Indy Saints FCIndianapolis, INCardinal Ritter High School20172020TBDWPSL
Lexington LandsharksLexington, KYTransylvania University20192020TBDN/A
Cincy SCCincinnati, OHTBD20152020TBDN/A
Valhalla FCMilford, OHMilford High School20182020TBDN/A
Cincinnati SwerveFairfield, OHFairfield High School20152020Rudy ArguetaPASL
Ohio Premier Soccer ClubPlain City, OHOP Training Facility19932020TBDECNL
Croatia JuniorsMentor, OHMentor High School19572020TBDGLA/NPL
Ohio Galaxies FCDayton, OHDOC Stadium19742020Arturo RodriguezUSL2
Hoosier FCNoblesville, INTBD20032020TBDN/A
Cincinnati Saints SCCrestview Hills, KYThomas More University20202020TBDN/A
Clermont County FCBatavia, OHTBD20202020Tim FarrellN/A
Dana Gardens FC/Xavier ClubNorwood, OHXavier University20202020Steve AbbenhausN/A
Northern Kentucky FCHighland Heights, KYHighland Heights Soccer Field20152020Sean EubanksN/A
Cleveland Force SCWilloughby, OHLost Nation Sports ParkTBD2021Bill LawrenceUSL2
Soccer Field AcademyGrove City, OHGrove City Christian School20162021James FieldSuper Y League
Century UnitedPittsburgh, PACentury Field19842021John LichinaWPSL
Blast FCMarengo, OHHighland High School19862021TBDTBD
Evansville Legends FCEvansville, INOld National Bank Field20212021Jesse SharpTBD
Club OhioDublin, OHTBD19972021TBDTBD
Wheeling Highlanders FCWheeling, WVEast Wheeling Turf Field20212021Ryan WallN/A
Old Bhoys SCIndianapolis, INCardinal Ritter High School20172021Steve BushreN/A
University of Cincinnati Men's Club SoccerCincinnati, OhioGettler Stadium20012021Randy AndersonMidwest Alliance Soccer Conference
Macedonia, OhioPioneer Park / CVCA Stadium1990 / 2021 2022Ryan DeanNOSL

Women's Division
TeamCityStadiumFoundedJoined OVPLHead coachOther Affiliation
Lexington FilliesLexington, KYTransylvania University20192020Jim BormanN/A
Cincinnati Sirens FC IFairfield, OHFairfield High School20162020Jake MorrisonWPSL/PASL
Cincinnati Saints SCCrestview Hills, KYThomas More University20202020TBDN/A
Cincinnati Saints SC IICrestview Hills, KYThomas More University20202020TBDN/A
Cleveland Ambassadors FC IMacedonia, OHNordonia High School19902020TBDWPSL
Club OhioDublin, OHTBD19972021TBDTBD
Empire FCBridgeport, WVBridgeport Recreational Complex20182021Hannah AbrahamTBD
Ohio Premier Soccer ClubPlain City, OHOP Training Facility19932021TBDECNL
Cincinnati Sirens FC IIFairfield, OHFairfield High School20162021TBDPASL
Ohio Galaxies FCDayton, OHDOC Stadium19742021Javier IriartWPSL
Croatia JuniorsMentor, OHMentor High School19572021TBDGLA/NPL

Champions

''Summer season is split into Valley and River Divisions.''

Notable players

Notable former players