Since Umbro/Nike completed the selling of the United Soccer League (USL) to the NuRock Soccer Holdings LLC last August, the USL Division 1 has been in turmoil.  Division 1 team owners, who had put in their own bid for the USL, jumped ship and formed a new league - with a familiar name - the North American Soccer League (NASL), with the intent of forming a Division 2 league.  However, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) refused to sanction either the USL Divison 1 OR the new NASL, and told the two leagues they had one week to sort things out for the 2010 season.  Thursday the USSF announced that the two parties had come to agreement, and that the USSF will oversee the two leagues.

 

For more information, see the following websites & links:

• USSF Announces oversight of a combined USL/NASL Division 2 league
• Read a "trail" of stories following the disagreement
• Read and listen to podcasts on the subject