We have two new teams set for USL 2016 play, as FC Cincinnati will join the league and play out of the University of Cincinnati‘s renovated Nippert Stadium, while MLS’s Philadelphia Union will add a team in Lehigh Valley. (more…)
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Charlotte emerging as MLS city?
A grassroots movement to lure MLS to Charlotte may be leading to more serious talk, as meetings between Charlotte Independence ownership and MLS officials could lead to efforts toward a meaningful bid. (more…)
Reno USL team pitched by Aces for 2017
The owners of the minor-league baseball Reno Aces of the Pacific Coast League are negotiating to add a United Soccer League (USL) team to the mix at Aces Ballpark for 2017 at the earliest. (more…)
Historic U.S. Open Cup competition continues
America’s domestic soccer cup, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open, resumes this week. Like England’s famous F.A. Cup, the tournament offers a chance for every American professional soccer team, and every amateur club, the chance to play for the title of the nation’s best. (more…)
HOK, USL stadium partnership announced
The United Soccer League (USL) will partner with design firm HOK on a stadium development, design and standards initiative supporting the league’s strategic initiative to house all USL clubs in soccer-specific stadiums by the end of the decade. (more…)
Battle for Greer Stadium: Pro soccer
We have a battle brewing over the future of Greer Stadium, former home to minor-league baseball in Nashville, as two soccer teams are waging a war of words over a potential lease. (more…)
49ers, Kings owners buy into Sacramento MLS bid
A Sacramento MLS bid received a huge boost with the announcement that San Francisco 49ers (NFL) and Sacramento Kings (NBA) owners were buying into the ownership group. (more…)
RSL owner to fund Real Monarchs SLC stadium at Fairpark
Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will fund construction of a $18-million, 8,000-seat USL Pro Real Monarchs SLC stadium at the Utah State Fairpark, set to open for the 2016 season. (more…)
United, Vikings continue work on Minneapolis MLS expansion team
The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota United, a NASL team with ties to the Minnesota Twins ownership, continue their pursuit of a Minneapolis MLS expansion team, and the winner may depend on an unlikely ally: the Dark Clouds. (more…)
USL Pro team targeted for New Westminster faces community opposition
The Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS) want to put a USL Pro team into New Westminster, British Columbia, and upgrade an existing ballpark for soccer, but local baseball organizers don’t want to lose a prime facility. (more…)