Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/United States and Canada task force
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Welcome to the United States and Canada task force of WikiProject Football.
Goals
- Improve the quality of the articles for the United States and Canadian national teams
- Improve the quality of the articles pertaining to the football leagues of the United States and Canada
- Improve the quality of articles for the players of the United States and Canada
- Improve the quality of the articles for the coaches and other influential people associated with the game
Scope
The United States and Canada taskforce covers:
- All clubs, leagues and competitions from the United States and Canada, and associated articles.
- Football organizations in the United States and Canada.
- Players and managers that are American or Canadian, or have played for an American or Canadian club.
- Stadiums in the United States or Canada.
- Matches played in the United States or Canada.
- Articles associated with the United States and Canada national teams.
Not to be included:
- International competitions or matches.
To Do
- Improve existing important articles that need further development. Priorities are:
- Improve Top Importance articles to at least B class. (See complete table below). For example:
- {{icon|C}} Association Football in Canada
- {{icon|C}} United States Association Football Federation
- Tag related articles to include the USA=yes or Canada=yes parameters
- Identify new articles for creation
- Review importance and quality of existing articles
- Recruit interested Wikipedians
Assessment
: See Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Assessment for further information.
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Participants
To become a member of this task force, add your username by going to the bottom of the list below and typing in:
# {{User|your username}}
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You can then add this banner to your user page by copying and pasting the following:
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- {{user|Boylanj64}}
- {{user|Bernstein2291}}
- {{user|Greatness21}}
- {{user|Elliskev}}
- {{user|Flavallee}} History of Football
- {{user|TFCforever}}
- {{user|Mattythewhite}}
- {{user|Minfo}}
- {{user|Otav347}}
- {{user|Paulbrock}}
- {{user|Shootmaster 44}}
- {{user|Che84}}
- {{user|MichiganCharms}}
- {{user|JonBroxton}} USL1, USL2, PDL, NPSL and W-League specifically
- {{user|Bill Oaf}}
- {{user|NeilCanada}}
- {{user|Greecepwns}}
- {{user|Grant.Alpaugh}}
- {{user|Tyciol}}
- {{user|GauchoDude}} Articles relating to UC Santa Barbara men's soccer, MLS Notability, Women's Professional Soccer
- {{user|Coppercanuck}} Canadian Soccer, CanPL
- {{user|The.Narko}}
- {{user|Vintrino}}
- {{user|Bluezy816}} CSL
- {{user|Morry32}} MLS Kansas City Wizards
- {{user|Hodj222}}
- {{user|Shotgun pete}} CSL and USL
- {{user|Wnorton}}
- {{user|Nav}}
- {{user|Micro101}}
- {{user|Denc01}}
- {{user|Antoinefcb}} (2010 Seattle Sounders FC season)
- {{user|Simianvector}} (US Open Cup)
- {{user|DemonJuice}}
- {{user|FireBird1138}}
- {{user|Miles Blues}}
- {{user|Bjornpax}} 2010 Seattle Sounders FC season, 2010 Major League Soccer season, 2010 U.S. Open Cup, Seattle Sounders FC
- {{user|Birkenburg}}
- {{user|Aron1024}} MLS Toronto FC
- {{user|Acmilan10italia}} MLS Transfers 2010, 2011
- {{user|Cliftonian}}, New York Cosmos and NASL
- {{user|Fopam}}
- {{user|CShine}} NPSL and NASL
- {{user|Charlesquebec}} Montreal Impact and Canadian Teams in the USL W-League
- {{user|Patrickneil}} D.C. United and international FIFA tournaments
- {{user|Wilsonodk}} NASL and Atlanta Silverbacks
- {{user|Par petites touches}} Women's Professional Soccer and W-League
- {{user|ViggoVickers}}
- {{user|One95}} Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- {{user|InTheAM}}
- {{user|SirEdimon}}
- {{user|Darius Tor}}
- {{user|Zonkedhombre83}} San Jose Earthquakes
- {{user|Fhurion}} USL Pro, USL PDL, USL A-League, NASL, Canadian Soccer League; associated clubs, Toronto FC
- {{user|ArsenalFan700}} I will focus mainly on the New York Red Bulls and improving lower-division soccer articles for the US and Canada. I will also do my fair bit in helping with MLS and US/Canadian soccer overall.
- {{user|Nurmsook}} History of professional soccer in Vancouver (Royals, Whitecaps, etc.)
- {{user|Christiangamer7}} I will focus mainly on articles related to the San Jose Earthquakes and other Bay Area soccer teams
- {{user|Mathboy965}} Real Salt Lake, especially the current season
- {{user|Fulner}}
- {{user|Quidster4040}} D.C. United, Richmond Kickers, US Open Cup, Collegiate soccer, Old soccer history
- {{user|Elisfkc}} Sporting Kansas City, Orlando City S.C., FC Kansas City (Home page, current season, templates and more for all), & 2013 MLS All-Star Game
- {{user|JustDerek}}
- {{user|bluemoon6790}}
- {{User|bes2224}} MASL, MISL II & III
- {{user|lordfuzzz}} Los Angeles Galaxy Current Season
- {{user|Skotywa}} Seattle Sounders FC related articles, focused on elevating them to GA/FA content level
- {{User|NYCWikiKid}} NASL, NPSL, USA, and all of its history and relating clubs. As well as all New York metropolitan area soccer clubs including New York Red Bulls, New York City FC, New York Cosmos, and Sky Blue FC.
- {{User|Hmlarson}}
- {{user|Gamemaster eleven}} Will be mainly focusing on articles related to Indy Eleven (team stats, player Bios, new players, etc...)
- {{User|Soopafred}} Mostly on Canadian pro teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton)
- {{User|Landsend62}} US Open Cup, MLS and NASL San Jose Earthquakes, and SF Bay Blackhawks
- {{User|American Money}} NASL mostly
- {{User|SwahiliChese}}
- {{User|udeezy}} Sounders and MLS General
- {{User|Slyty3000}} Sporting Kansas City, NCAA Division I Men's Soccer, Big East Conference Men's Soccer
- {{User|Gopherbashi}} - Canadian Div 3 (L1O, PLSQ)
- {{user|Dy-lanthedane}}
- {{User|Mikeylito}} US Soccer pyramid, esp. MLS, LA Galaxy, NYCFC
- {{User|Dayvid Beckham}}
- {{User|Cepiolot}}
- {{User|AF4JM}}
- {{User|somanytictoc}}
- {{User|Pirmas697}} - Detroit City FC in specific, National Independent Soccer Association in general; midwest soccer; all things kits
- {{User|GTWeasel}} - Nashville FC and Volunteer Shield
- {{User|Soccerfan1996}}
- {{user|Spike789}}
- {{User|TheScottDL}}
- {{User|Loftybunch1}}
- {{User|Keskkonnakaitse}} - Cleveland SC, Cleveland Ambassadors, Canadian national teams
- {{User|Jay eyem}}
- {{User|Tyrsan}} - Minnesota United FC
- {{user|Jith12}} - Toronto FC, Canada men, Canada women, Canada youth, Canada futsal, Canadian players and CanPL (one day) (Will edit anything though!)
- {{user|A Lenz with no contact}}
- {{user|MattBinYYC}} - Canadian Premier League, Cavalry FC primarily with other pages as I can.
- {{user|bdavies26}}
- {{user|rscott187}} - Canadian story history
- {{User|Gatorinator}} - Sporting Kansas City, Swope Park Rangers
- {{User|EclecticArkie}} - USL and MLS club season pages
- {{User|Roqxwalker}} - NPSL Founders Cup and USL
- {{User|Dancreel}}
- {{User|Seba Alfaro}}
- {{User|The Neon Narwhal}} - Referee information and appointments
- {{User|KingSkyLord}}
- {{User|TrailBlzr}} - CPL, Canadian MLS teams
- {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|IND}} {{User|SHISHIR DUA}}-Coverin' the updates and modyfyin' them
- {{User|Jogosoccer}} – Keeping up appearances
- {{User|23dww01}} - Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota teams. Also national teams and Washington Spirit.
- {{User|Kelsiesmith7}} - Biographies, mostly for women's soccer
- {{User|siddfinch21}} - USLC, New Mexico United
- {{User|YellowAries2010}} - I am a fan of American and Canadian soccer in general. Plus, I'm fascinated by the organization of soccer in these countries, which have to compete against other sports for popularity. So I am interested in leagues, federations, and front offices. Basically, I could show up anywhere.
- {{User|TsugaPseudo}} - USL Championship, New Mexico United, USL2
- {{User|NoahRiffe}} - Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
- {{User|ShadowBallX2}} - Just gonna help anywhere I can.
- {{User|Anwegmann}} - Interested in Americans playing abroad, especially dual nationals, youth players, and those playing in lower leagues and/or for lesser-known clubs. Love updating stats and being a stickler for "is an American soccer player" and "Use American English".
- {{user|Ajax.amsterdam.fan}} - Going to update lesser-known teams, many different College soccer articles, update stats for less-popular players
- {{User|Dode222}} - Interested in Minnesota United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Minneapolis City SC, and their respective stadiums.
- {{User|North American soccer fan}} - American and Canadian soccer
- {{User|Dazzling4}}
- {{User|Wiser CJay}} - Mainly US Soccer pyramid, MLS, LAFC
- {{User|Pace2Pace}}
- {{User|Demt1298}}
- {{user|BK2011}} - Mainly USLC teams/players/seasons.
- {{User|Gegenpresser}} Sporting KC, SKC II, KC Current, general MLS
- {{User|PGIBS039}} Atlético Ottawa, general CanPL
- {{User|Cm27}}
- {{User|GenieGenie25}}
- {{user|Ookap}}
- {{User|I am wordsmyth}} Forge FC, Canadian Soccer
- {{user|Brindille1}} Primarily New England Revolution, secondarily BOS Nation FC and Portland Hearts of Pine
- {{User|Jhunt1123}} - Lexington Sporting Club's participation in USL1, USLSL, and USLW as well as the academy
- {{User|Solas25}} Hartford Athletic, USLC
- {{User|Red0ctober22}}
- {{User|Haruhi8}} - Primary focused on the USLC
- {{User|AnnWinterburne}}
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Guidelines
=Tagging and assessment=
Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with {{tlx|WikiProject Football}}. You should add USA = yes
or Canada = yes
as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories.
= Categories =
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Popular pages
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Resources
;League websites
- [http://www.mlssoccer.com/ MLS official website]
- [https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/newsstand MLS Newsstand], with daily links to news articles about the league and teams
- [http://www.nasl.com/ NASL official website]
- [http://www.uslsoccer.com/ USL official website]
- [http://www.npsl.info/ NPSL official website]
- [https://www.upslsoccer.com/ UPSL official website]
- [http://www.canpl.ca/ CPL official website]
- [http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/ CSL official website]
- [http://www.pcsl.org/ Pacific Coast Soccer League]
;Records
- [https://issuu.com/canadasoccer/docs/20171231_canada_records_results Canada Soccer Records & Results]
- [https://issuu.com/canadasoccer/docs/2017_canada_soccer_connaught_series Connaught Series (Dominion of Canada Football Championship)]
- [https://issuu.com/canadasoccer/docs/2018_cs_hall_of_fame_class_2018 Canada Soccer Hall of Fame members]
- [https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/ US National Soccer Hall of Fame]
;Historical resources
- [https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/resources-2/resources/ Society for American Soccer History] resources
- Spalding Guides (1904–1924, annual)
- [https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/the-bill-graham-guides-collection/ Bill Graham Guides Collection] (1948–1973)
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