expansion team

noun

, Sports.

1. a new team in a league, composed largely of players from established league teams and formed when the league expands its membership.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expansion team¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Tom Penn, one of LAFC’s founding owners, is launching a new MLS expansion team, San Diego FC.

From Los Angeles Times

The Mets had a built-in excuse: They were a first-year expansion team.

From Los Angeles Times

He would prefer an expansion team — a team that could create its own history, just like the expansion Golden Knights.

From Los Angeles Times

Expansion team Chivas USA was about to join them as a tenant in what was then called the Home Depot Center.

From Los Angeles Times

Case in point was the record transfer fee of $788,000 paid by National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Bay FC for Zambian forward Racheal Kundananji this year.

From Seattle Times