Thursday, January 7

USSF 2nd Divsion, USL/NASL Agreement

Finally, after months of back and forth, America's 2nd division is set and ready for play. The United Soccer League (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) will play in the same league separated by two conferences of six teams each. The league will be overseen by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2010 season, and titled the USSF Second Divsion. This is a happy conclusion to months of speculation and rumor, in the end we have a league for our boys to go out and win.

A congratulation is in order for our owner Merritt Paulson, who stayed out of the fray and assured Timber fans from the get go that Portland would be playing a regular season in some 2nd division league in 2010. A thanks is in order for the bloggers who fueled the fire and gave the geeks like me something to think about in the off season.

Now for those of you, who had sleepless nights wondering what will happen in the USL/NASL dispute, buy your season tickets and sleep like a baby on Benadryl.

USL Conference
Austin
Portland
Puerto Rico
Minnesota
Rochester
Tampa Bay

NASL Conference
Baltimore
Carolina
Miami
Montreal
St. Louis
Vancouver

More Details to come...
at

9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    Yes, we should all bend over and thank little lord Paulson. Paulson should sell knee pads in the team shop.

    ReplyDelete
  2. DanJanuary 8, 2010 at 8:04 AM

    Aren't we lucky? We got a Lars Larson fan posting. This is sure to elevate the conversation to new bounds.

    ReplyDelete
  3. BrianJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    I would buy a lottery ticket. One posting appears to be a rare thing on this site.

    FYI-- Not a Lars fan Dan.

    ReplyDelete
  4. DanJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:11 AM

    I'm sad that your last comment didn't contain any subtle homosexual innuendo.

    ReplyDelete
  5. BrianJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:38 AM

    I am sad that I you appear to have content control issues.

    Keep Portland Mediocre

    ReplyDelete
  6. DanJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Mediocre cities refuse to find the funds to build sports arenas.

    Keep your comments mediocre.

    ReplyDelete
  7. BrianJanuary 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    And when has a sports arena ever been a good investment for taxpayers?

    Please cite your sources. Kansas City is floundering in debt and bleeding cash.

    ReplyDelete
  8. DanJanuary 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    Wow, you went from telling us to give Paulson a blow job, to asking us to cite sources. Quite the transformation.

    ReplyDelete
  9. BrianJanuary 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    I guess ignorance is bliss.

    ReplyDelete