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license: MIT
title: 'usfootballR: Access MLS and NWSL Play-by-Play Data'
version: 0.0.1
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.usfootballR
abstract: A utility for working with American soccer data. A scraping and aggregating
  interface for ESPN's <https://www.espn.com> MLS and NWSL statistics.
authors:
- family-names: Gilani
  given-names: Saiem
  email: saiem.gilani@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
  type: generic
  title: 'usfootballR: The SportsDataverse''s R Package for MLS and NWSL Data.'
  authors:
  - family-names: Gilani
    given-names: Saiem
    email: saiem.gilani@gmail.com
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.0.1
repository: https://sportsdataverse.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/sportsdataverse/usfootballR
commit: b8bfab68af212c1b5a28057036384e8caf8833ce
url: https://usfootballR.sportsdataverse.org/
date-released: '2026-10-18'
contact:
- family-names: Gilani
  given-names: Saiem
  email: saiem.gilani@gmail.com