Soccer has enjoyed longstanding popularity in Los Angeles. As of 2019 there are two professional soccer clubs in Los Angeles County that play in Major League Soccer: LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC. The Los Angeles area is also home to two Division 2 professional teams in the USL Championship: Orange County SC and LA Galaxy II, the reserve side of LA Galaxy, and many semi-professional clubs and leagues including the United Premier Soccer League, SoCal Premier League and National Premier Soccer League, among others. In 2019, two more professional teams, Cal FC (Thousand Oaks) and California United Strikers FC (Orange County) joined a new, unsanctioned, professional league called the NPSL Founders Cup They both later left, with Cal FC joining the United Premier Soccer League and California United Strikers joined the Division 3 semi-professional National Independent Soccer Association, where they joined LA Force. Angel City FC plans to start play in the National Women's Soccer League, the only fully professional women's league in the U.S., in 2022. History Soccer in Los Angeles began in the 20th century when the Southern California Football League was founded in 1902. Historic clubs Los Angeles Kickers The LA Kickers were the first LA area team to win the National Challenge Cup, known today as the U.S. Open Cup. Maccabi Los Angeles LA Maccabi won the U.S. Open Cup, known in their time as the National Challenge Cup, a record number five times. Orange County Soccer Club The Orange County Soccer Club was a two-time consecutive finalist of the National Challenge Cup, in 1966 and '67. OCSC played Bayern Munich at Santa Ana Stadium in 1966. Los Angeles Aztecs The LA Aztecs won the NASL National Championship in their inaugural season, 1974. They played in many stadiums, including the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Aztecs folded in 1981. California Sunshine The California Sunshine, an Orange County based pro team, played in the ASL. Chivas USA Club Deportivo Chivas USA was a joint venture between Chivas de Guadalajara owner Jorge Vergara, partner Antonio Cué, and Major League Soccer, that operated Chivas trademarks in the United States through the Delaware entity called Chivas de Guadalajara Licensing, LLC. The team folded in 2014. Historic season records Los Angeles Wolves (USA and NASL) (1967–1968) Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL) (1974–81) Several years after the formation of the North American Soccer League in 1968, the Los Angeles Aztecs joined NASL