United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues
Abbreviation USL
Formation 1986
Headquarters Tampa, Florida
Region served USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda
Website www.uslsoccer.com

The United Soccer Leagues (USL) is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and two leading youth leagues, the Super-20 League and Super Y-League. As of 2011 it has also assumed the operations of the Major Indoor Soccer League. It is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation, the United States Adult Soccer Association and the Canadian Soccer Association. There is no promotion and relegation in US soccer.

On September 8, 2010, USL announced the formation of USL Pro which will merge the USL First Division and USL Second Division to begin play in 2011. The merger is meant to consolidate USL's position within the American professional soccer landscape and focus on commercial growth and professional development of soccer in four main regions throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.[1]

Contents

History

Complete historical team list

SISL

USISL

Champions

SISL

- Champions determined by best-of-five-game series, except for 1986/87, 1989 & 1991 seasons which were determined by one-game final.

USISL

- Champions determined by one-game final, except for 1996/97 which was determined by best-of-three game series.

References

  1. ^ "USL Restructures Professional Division". www.uslsoccer.com. 2010-09-08. http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/464019.html. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  2. ^ "USL outcasts set to launch new league in 2010". Soccerbyives.net. 2009-11-10. http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/11/usl-outcasts-set-to-launch-new-league-in-2010.html. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
  3. ^ Molinaro, John F. (2009-11-10). "CBC Sports: Whitecaps, Impact to form breakaway league". Cbc.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2009/11/10/sp-usl-new-league.html. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
  4. ^ "US Soccer Federation To Oversee Combined NASL/USL League". Goal.com. 2010-01-07. http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/66/united-states/2010/01/07/1731779/us-soccer-federation-to-oversee-combined-naslusl-league. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 

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Footballer of the Year · Top scorers
Lists
All-time Table · Champions · Clubs · International footballers · Foreign players · Venues
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