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Do you enjoy soccer, but think Major League Soccer is too high-falutin' for your taste? Then support your local side! They may play in front of about 5000 people, but one of these teams may get promoted (not really) unless Las Vegas gets their way, which would be stupid. Things have gotten complicated, as the United States Soccer Federation and the North American Soccer League are on bad terms. USSF moves the goalposts for NASL to be Tier 2, and the NASL wants to compete directly with MLS. Add in the USL looking to get reclassified as Tier 2 and you've got a big mess of soccer leagues. Who knows what will happen in 2017? Tier 2: North American Soccer League  The de facto second division in the United States and Canada does not have a seat at the table in USSF, and neither side like each other very much. Has a Spring/Fall split schedule, which we all agree is a terrible idea. There's also talk of the Canadian teams making their own leage affiliated with the Canadian Football League, which would, at current max, feature six teams. TEAMS Atlanta Silverbacks - no one cares anymore Carolina RailHawks FC - I still can't believe the rights were bought on eBay FC Edmonton - almost made the playoffs despite being terrible in the Spring Fort Lauderdale Strikers - RONALDO Indy Eleven - hugely successful first year, and looking to parlay high attendance to new stadium Jacksonville Armada FC - a new team Minnesota United FC - once played in front of 34,047 people, more than Edmonton or Atlanta's entire Fall season New York Cosmos - six-time NASL Champions! Ottawa Fury FC - held NASL attendance record for about a week (see Minnesota) San Antonio Scorpions FC - defending NASL Champions Tampa Bay Rowdies - least penalized team 3 out of 4 years Tier 3: United Soccer League  a.k.a. MLS D-League. What once was a 12-team league now has more teams than MLS. In good graces with USSF. Contains two teams with fleur-de-lis logos. TEAMS (affiliations) Eastern Conference Charleston Battery - one of two clubs founded in 1993 (Houston) Charlotte Independence - replaced Charlotte Eagles (Colorado) Harrisburg City Islanders - I don't think Harrisburg is actually an island, but whatever (Philadelphia) Louisville City FC - gently caress these guys by proxy (Orlando) FC Montreal - cool logo (Montreal) New York Red Bulls II - overnight team owned by Red Bull (RBNY) Pittsburgh Riverhounds - terrible logo Richmond Kickers - the other club founded in 1993, the first pro team to win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (D.C. United) Rochester Rhinos - the only non-MLS side to win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup since 1996 (New England) Saint Louis FC - the cradle of American soccer gets another shot at a minor league team (Chicago) Toronto FC II - probably better than the MLS club (Toronto) Wilmington Hammerheads FC - As old as MLS, yet has always been in the third tier (NYCFC) Western Conference Arizona United SC - rebuilding (Dallas) Austin Aztex - the best team (Columbus) Colorado Spring Switchbacks FC - why aren't they affiliated with the Rapids? LA Galaxy II - the team that started the terrible, terrible trend (Los Angeles) Oklahoma City Energy - in a turf war with Oklahoma City FC of NASL (Sporting Kansas City) Orange County Blues - the Chivas in southern California USL Pro Portland Timbers 2 - no comment (Portland) Real Monarchs SLC - bring out your butterfly tifos! (Real Salt Lake) Sacramento Republic FC - defending USL Pro champions (San Jose) Seattle Sounders FC 2 - no comment (Seattle) Tusla Roughnecks FC - you'd think a team with an NASL name would play in the NASL, but no Whitecaps FC 2 - no comment (Vancouver) Other leagues Canada's third tier has settled into two leagues: League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Both leagues play exclusivly in their provinces, and the winners play in the Inter-Provincial Cup Championship. Tiers 4 and 5 are a bit complicated. The United States Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association do not give specific levels of play for semi-pro and amateur clubs, which leads to some confusion. The generally accepted tier system is: Tier 4: National Premier Soccer League (USA)/Pacific Coast Soccer League (Canada)/USL Premier Development League (USA & Canada) Tier 5: everyone else If it's in the United States or Canada and it's not MLS, post it here! 
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Former Aztex and bright spot on Chivas USA, Kris Tyrpak showed up in Austin for the scrimmage against the University of the Incarnate Word. Since he's been cut by San Jose, rumor has it he's coming home.
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There are no O.C. Blues fans, here or otherwise.
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USL season starts this Saturday, so get hype for half-filled MLS stadiums hosting reserve games!
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Suqit posted:Did you watch your Aztex destroy the Scorps? Oh, man, that was amazing. I turned on the YouTube feed, and IMMEDIATELY Guaraci scored. Then he scored again six minutes later. If only the trophy was any good:  Eh, you can eat melted fake cheese out of it, so I guess the name is accurate.
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As USL looks for Division 2 certification, NASL looks for Division 1 certification -Some soccer version of Clickhole
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Reek posted:We're on a plane. #bigtime A plane...to Tulsa. Couldn't they just rent a bus or two?
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The first two rounds of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup have been announced, so everyone from USL on down click here to find out who you're playing. The thread for that and the Canadian Championship will go up in a few weeks.
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Man, the Aztex are doing a special 'proof you liked the Aztex before they were cool' thing for season ticket buyers, and I'm unemployed. If only I was secure 
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That's cool! I wish the original Austin Aztex founder wasn't LITERALLY the devil.
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Aztex score twice in five minutes to win against SLC, thanks to a Robert Green-esque performance from the Monarchs' GK in stoppage time: http://gfycat.com/UltimateParallelCatbird
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Crazy Ted posted:That field I know  It's the only one we could get. They say they're going to build a stadium where the newspaper plant is, but that'll be a few years from now.
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The USL's launching a stadium initiative with some architects. Start with Austin, please!
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Don't the Strikers cover the Miami area? I know Fort Lauderdale is a good 23 miles away, but the whole 'South Florida' concept includes that area. They were even called Miami FC in 2010!
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With all the flooding in Texas, the Aztex' home stadium, House Park, is damaged. The good news is there is no home games until June 20th. However, they're still waiting on AISD (the owners of House Park) to say when the stadium and its turf will be ready. All the more reason to BUILD THE DANG STADIUM.
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Presented, without comment: e: Actually, I should comment on this. There were three stoppage time goals by Pittsburgh. e2: gently caress, just watch the insanity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zJ6qYb2C8c&t=6840s Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 02:35 on May 31, 2015 |
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http://www.statesman.com/news/business/sports-entertainment-venue-planned-near-austin-air/nmSTG/?ecmp=statesman_social_facebook_2014_sfpquote:[Douglas] Coors, whose relatives started Colorado-based Coors Brewing Co., is set to be in Austin Thursday to announce a “major sports venue” funded entirely by private investment, according to a news release issued Monday. Very interesting.
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The New York Cosmos are playing the Cuban MNT on ESPN2 RIGHT NOW!
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Carolina's supporters group is calling for the NASL to take over operations of the team, since Traffic Sports runs it.
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Crazy Ted posted:There's been an update of sorts on this Canadian league thing that seems like it should be vaporware but keeps moving on instead: I know of three teams that would jump at the chance! Whitecaps FC 2, Toronto FC II, and FC Montreal
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The Aztex need a new home, and no, it's not because another stadium got flooded.
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The USL playoffs started this weekend, and it's still possible for the Nightmare Scenario: a USL Championship between RBNY II and Los Angeles Galaxy II, two teams that average less than 1,000 fans a game. This is what you get for trying to make reserve squads actual things!
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Austin taking a year off to get stadium figured out
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Do over Ham posted:USL? From an inside report (my cousin's husband works for the San Antonio Spurs), Scorpions FC will be dissolved and a new team will be formed owned by the Spurs organization.
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I'm 99% sure pro/rel will only happen when MLS gets too large for its own good and they divide themselves in two, which means this is not happening for at least another decade.
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