Vancouver & Montreal join others in USL split
my.thescore.com 25 days ago — PRESS RELEASE VANCOUVER, BC - The owners of the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, formerly of the United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1), together with St. ...

What is happening to the USL?
avoidingthedrop.com 10/7/2009 — Recently. there has been quite a bit going on in the USL that could greatly impact their future. While the USL generally flies below our radar here on Avoiding the Drop, this is something that could greatly affect the future of the game in the States and can’t be ignored. Inside ...

Team Owners Association applies for sanctioning of USL breakaway league
fakesigi.com 30 days ago — Via Andy Mead : Nov. 10, 2009 – The owners of the Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps, formerly of USL-1, together with St. Louis Soccer United today announced that they have formed a new professional soccer league to ...

NASL Name is Official
matchfitusa.com 17 days ago — Several prominent soccer writers are confirming via Twitter that the Team Owners Association will in fact name their new league the North American Soccer League. As USL News broke last week thanks...

USL outcasts set to launch new league in 2010
soccerbyives.net 11/10/2009 — Six ownership groups that were previously part of the USL-First Division have joined forces with St. Louis Soccer United to form a new professional soccer league that will begin play in 2010. The Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and ...

Whitecaps, Impact part ways with USL
24thminute.com 10/28/2009 — CBC's John Molinaro has a very interesting story today confirming that both the USL-1 champion Montreal Impact and USL-1 finalist Vancouver Whitecaps are set to break away from the league . Whitecaps' president Bob Lenarduzzi told Molinaro that both teams are looking to join the other teams ...

Whitecaps, Impact leave USL
sportingmadness.ca 10/28/2009 — CBC's John Molinaro has a very interesting story today confirming that both the USL-1 champion Montreal Impact and USL-1 finalist Vancouver Whitecaps are set to break away from the league . Whitecaps' president Bob Lenarduzzi told Molinaro that both ...

TOA Adds Baltimore and Tampa
matchfitusa.com 20 days ago — The Team Owners Association announced today that they have added Crystal Palace Baltimore and the Tampa Bay Rowdies to their new league. The two clubs brings the TOA's total up to nine, putting to...

5 Clubs Beakaway from USL-1 and Form New League
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com 28 days ago — The current situation in professional soccer in the US and Canada at the level below MLS can charitably be described as chaotic.  Earlier this year, Nike sold USL-1, the recognized, and despite its name, Division II soccer league in the US and Canada.  Following completion of the sale, ...

Impact, Whitecaps Reportedly Out of USL-1
matchfitusa.com 10/29/2009 — The future of the "second" division of American and Canadian soccer took a dramatic turn today: Alex Papadakis, chairman of NuRock Soccer Holdings, the new owner of USL, told a Canadian radio station...

Teams Split From USL-1; To Form New League In 2010 (Goal.com) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News
Seven teams from the United States and Canada set to leave USL-1 for newly-created league.

Global Soccer: Pulling Attention With a Yank of a Pony Tail — NYT > Soccer
Even David Beckham might not want the publicity, the notoriety, that has the United States fixed on Elizabeth Ann Lambert, a women's college soccer player.

BRIEF-Soccer-Injured Agger pulls out of Denmark friendlies (Reuters) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Denmark defender Daniel Agger has withdrawn from November friendlies against South Korea and the United States with a back injury, the FA said on Tuesday.

U.S. striker released from hospital after car crash — ESPNsoccernet
United States and Sochaux striker Charlie Davies has been released from hospital after being injured in a car crash last month near Washington DC.

Organizers: SAfrica never in danger of losing WCup (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
World Cup organizers say there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa were not ready. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the United States was among countries that could host at short notice. But World Cup organizer ...