This is a list of American soccer clubs in international competitions. American clubs have participated in competitive international soccer competitions since 1963, when New York Hungaria entered the 1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Unlike other major professional sports leagues in the United States, the winners of Major League Soccer and National Women's Soccer League are not universally considered to be world champions in their respective sport. Yearly, MLS and NWSL teams will compete against other soccer clubs abroad in competitions to determine the champions of North America, the Americas, and the world.
Since 1963, American men's soccer clubs have won three CONCACAF Champions' Cup/Champions League titles, and finished runners-up five times. Since 2024, women's clubs have competed in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup. Gotham FC won the inaugural 2024âÂÂ25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup.
For the CONCACAF Champions Cup, up to nine American soccer clubs are eligible for entry into the competition. Starting in 2024, all MLS clubs (United States or Canada based) may qualify through MLS or Leagues Cup.
If one (or more) MLS club(s) were to qualify through multiple methods, then the next MLS club(s) with the most overall table points, regardless of conference, would qualify in the remaining slot(s). If the U.S. Open Cup champion has qualified through multiple methods, then the runner-up would fill the slot; should the runner-up have already qualified, then the next best MLS club in the overall table would earn the slot. If the Leagues Cup champion were to win the MLS Cup, then the MLS Cup runner-up would qualify to the round of 16; should the Leagues Cup slot(s) have already qualified, then MLS would be awarded with one additional slot to be given to the next best non-qualified team in the overall table.
In past competitions, such as the North American SuperLiga (held from 2007 to 2010), the best teams based on regular season record to not qualify for the Champions League participated.
since the 2025 Leagues Cup 18 Major League Soccer clubs that reached MLS Cup playoffs qualified, with exceptions for team who are competing in two other cup competitions.
For the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, three American soccer clubs qualify.
No American club has reached the final of the FIFA Club World Cup or the FIFA Intercontinental Cup. The furthest a club has reached is the round of 16 by Inter Miami CF in the 2025 edition. The only two clubs from Concacaf that have reached the final are Tigres UANL in 2020, and CF Pachuca in 2024.
Competitive tournaments only.
The competition was named CONCACAF Champions' Cup until 2008 and CONCACAF Champions League until 2024, when it was renamed back to CONCACAF Champions Cup.
As of March 11, 2021.
As of May 24, 2025.