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The US Soccer Federation has approved a major change to the US Open Cup. A change that will certainly enhance how the tournament is played in the US. The competition will feature a Modern Professional Era (1995-present) record 64 teams, including every US-based professional club in the American soccer pyramid from Major League Soccer (16…[continue reading]

The NASL may have won the rights to being called a Division 2 league over the weekend, however a hammer was hit on the small league as the USSF said the five American clubs would not be eligible to play in this year’s edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. During a conference call with reporters…[continue reading]

This news came across on Friday evening but its still worth bring up. Inside Minnesota Soccer reported on Friday that the USSF was not pleased with the NASL’s progress so far and voted to remove the league’s provisional second division status. In a way this should come as no shock to those who’ve followed the…[continue reading]

Last winter it was all USL v. NASL. It looks like the drama of that is now turning into the drama of how the NASL can become a Division II league under the USSF soccer pyramid. The NASL released a press statement this morning stating they have submitted to the USSF their final bid for sanctioning…[continue reading]

File this in the “it didn’t shock me” category. The United Soccer League announced today that they would be merging their first and second divisions next year to become the new USL PRO division, a second division under Major League Soccer in the American soccer pyramid. It sounds like this new USL could be possibly more…[continue reading]

Now I am starting to get why St. Louis has been passed over for expansion into Major League Soccer these last couple years. We knew going into the rounds of expansion the one thing hurting the bid was the money side. Apparently the money is being drained from their current teams in the USSF Division…[continue reading]

From time to time as you all know we like to post interviews done by former MLSer Jared Montz. If you haven’t gotten into his podcast yet I highly recommend you do so now. Today he has added a new podcast/video interview with NASL or USSF Div II Carolina Railhawks Brian Plotkin. The two discuss…[continue reading]

A little mid-day stadium porn for you. And believe me some MLS teams would love to have this stadium right now. The Maryland Stadium Authority approved a $100,000 study on Tuesday to explore the viability of building a professional soccer stadium in Baltimore. Both DC United and the USSF Division II’s Crystal Palace Baltimore are…[continue reading]

I waited a while today to get to this news that most of you have already seen. AC St. Louis in the USSF’s Division II league announced it’s first big signing today in hometown boy Steve Ralston. Big news in some ways and in others, eh, not so much. First of all Ralston was one…[continue reading]

The agreement is finally out. The U.S. Soccer Federation, United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) have come to an agreement on the formation and operation of a Division 2 professional soccer league for the 2010 season. The USSF will oversea the operation of the league. The league will consist of…[continue reading]