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No professional league in any of the major pro sports leagues in the U.S. or Canada uses a system of promotion and relegation. [1] The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation (also known as the USSF or U.S. Soccer), oversees the league system and is responsible for sanctioning professional leagues.
USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019.The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championship and other leagues.
The United Soccer League (USL) is a governing body that organizes a number of professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system.It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W League for women, and the USL Academy and USL Youth for youth players.
The 1999 USL D3 Pro League was the 13th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the third season of now-defunct USL D3 Pro League, and its first since the name change to United Soccer League.
The league features internal promotion and relegation with up to three levels in some regions; only clubs in the top tier Premier Division are eligible to compete for the national championship. The league is a National Affiliate member of United States Soccer Federation , and a National League within the larger United States soccer league system .
The 2009 season is the 23rd season played by the United Soccer Leagues.Season titles will be contested by 20 professional men's clubs in the USL First Division and USL Second Division, as well as 37 professional and amateur women's clubs in the W-League and 68 professional and amateur men's teams in the USL Premier Development League.
The 2008 Season is the 22nd edition of the United Soccer Leagues season. The season kicked off on Friday, April 12 with two First Division games, as the Charleston Battery visited Miami FC and the Montreal Impact visited the Vancouver Whitecaps .
Miami FC joined the First Division. The Richmond Kickers departed the First Division for the Second Division. The Northern Virginia Royals departed the Second Division for the Premier Development League (PDL). 9 new teams joined the PDL while 5 teams folded, for a complete list see here.