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Buffalo Pro Soccer

Buffalo Pro Soccer is an American professional soccer team based in Buffalo, New York.

Founded in 2024, the team plans to compete in the USL Championship and play its inaugural season at a site to be determined in 2027. A women's team will also compete in the USL Super League.

Plans were announced in 2025 for the construction of Queen City Field to accommodate the team, but the project was scrapped over environmental concerns.

Several amateur teams from Buffalo have participated in the U.S. Open Cup. These teams include the Buffalo Corinthians (1913–14), Buffalo Hungarian SC (1928–29, 1939–40), Buffalo German American SC (1932, 1939–40, 1948), Buffalo City GOP (1941), and Simon Pure SC (1968).

Buffalo previously had three professional outdoor soccer teams play within its city limits – the Buffalo White Eagles (1962, ECPSL), Buffalo Blazers (1976–1980, NSL), and Buffalo Storm (1984, USL). The city also hosted two professional indoor soccer teams – the Buffalo Stallions (1979–1984, MISL) and Buffalo Blizzard (1992–2001, NPSL).

Buffalo Bulls men's soccer coach John Astudillo and former Buffalo Stallions coach Sal DeRosa led an unsuccessful bid to have Buffalo host matches for the 1994 FIFA World Cup at Rich Stadium.

Real estate developer John McClutchy acquired the rights to a Buffalo USL Championship expansion franchise in 2019 with aspirations to play at New Highmark Stadium, but he never founded a team.

On March 28, 2024, former professional soccer player Peter Marlette Jr. and his newly formed Buffalo Pro Soccer club were awarded the rights to a USL Championship expansion franchise. Marlette Jr. also announced plans to found a women's team of the same name in the USL Super League. As general manager of Union Omaha, Marlette Jr. led that club to USL League One regular season championships in 2021 and 2023, and the playoff championship in 2021.

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