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USL Statement regarding USL First Division.

Guys, if you can’t get hold of Ryan, Craig or Gerry, you can still run soccer stuff by me. I may not work there anymore, but I can still help you avoid making mistakes that big.

In a country where the national pastime is unquestionably hockey, the summer clearly belongs to soccer as witnessed by the growing success of the sport within United Soccer Leagues over the past six years.

The Montreal Impact plays the first leg of the USL First Division quarterfinals against the Charleston Battery at Saputo Stadium. Vancouver Whitecaps look to defend their USL First Division championship title when they take on Carolina RailHawks.

United Soccer Leagues announced Monday the schedule for the 2009 USL First Division Quarterfinals set to be played over a two-leg aggregate score series Thursday, September 24 and Sunday, September 27.

The present split in USL could be disastrous for the lower layers of the North American soccer pyramid.

If the Lansdowne Live proposal and the USL application move forward, it would probably mean an end to Eugene Melnyk’s bid to bring Major League Soccer to Ottawa because there would not be room for both franchises in the same city.

The team would play and be based at a proposed new stadium at Lansdowne Park, which would be built as part of the Lansdowne project, subject to Ottawa City Council’s approval.

United Soccer Leagues announced the restructuring of its executive management team following last week’s acquisition of USL by NuRock Soccer Holdings from Nike.

NuRock Soccer Holdings LLC has acquired United Soccer Leagues from NIKE.