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Dallas gets another professional soccer team
The Dallas-area sports scene is getting even bigger with another men's professional soccer team.
Why it matters: Atlético Dallas will be part of the United Soccer League, which is adding a division to create a promotion and relegation structure, similar to ones common outside the U.S., like in England's Premier League.
The Division One league launches in 2027-28 to rival Major League Soccer.
Context: USL already has two divisions: USL Championship (second division) and USL League One (third Division).
Dallas will play in the USL Championship division.
The latest: The club unveiled their logo and team colors this month. The logo features a Mexican gray wolf and a rattlesnake.
The team colors are Texas topaz, blackland crude, silver ore and white.
Zoom in: FC Dallas, an MLS team, was founded in 1995 as the Dallas Burn. The launch came a year after the Cotton Bowl hosted six games for the 1994 World Cup.
Dallas Trinity FC, a USL Super League women's team, is in their inaugural season at the Cotton Bowl.
