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Mexico legend Chicharito to sign with USL's Dallas franchiseJavier "Chicharito" Hernandez will continue his playing career in Texas after signing with USL Championship expansion club Atletico Dallas.,The 38-year-old Mexican striker agreed to a two-year contract that includes a club option for a third season. Hernandez becomes the first player signed by Atlet...

USL, players' union reach tentative CBA dealThe United Soccer League is set for at least four years of labor peace after coming to a tentative agreement with the players' union on a collective bargaining agreement.,The league and the USL Players Association wrote in a statement that the agreement represents "a significant step forward for the...

USL to introduce nation's first promotion-relegation systemA promotion and relegation system is coming to U.S. professional soccer for the first time after a vote Wednesday by United Soccer League owners.,The USL owners approved the European-style structure that will consist of three tiers, including the addition of a top-level Division One that organizers ...

USL deals NWSL blow by signing Texas' all-time leading scorer

The USL scored arguably the upstart league's biggest victory to date with the announcement that Texas Longhorns All-American Lexi Missimo has signed with the Dallas Trinity FC.,The No. 1 recruit out of high school, Missimo passed on opportunities from England's Manchester United and Arsenal WFC to t...

Maybe the Rays needed to use the itchier trigger finger in Game 1

The Tampa Bay Rays don’t wait around. They are even less likely to wait around when their bullpen has had two full days off and all their starters will be on regular rest. For a few years they’ve had an organizational plan, which means they go to the pen when they want, which is usually quickly. And...

Landon Donovan's USL team forfeits second straight match due to racial and homophobic slurs

Last night, the USL’s San Diego Loyal walked off the field and forfeited their match against the Phoenix Rising when one of their players, Collin Martin, who is openly gay, had a homophobic slur directed at him on the pitch by another player. At first, the referee had red-carded Martin for his react...

USL And Former MLS Owner Dies In Small Plane Crash

Wayne Estopinal, former minority owner of MLS’s Orlando City SC and founding owner of the USL’s Louisville City FC, was one of three people who died in a small plane crash in Southern Indiana. He was 63 years old....

Restructured United Soccer League Apes Everything British, Except For What Matters

The levels of the American soccer pyramid are confusing, mostly because they are make-believe. Every level of the world’s real soccer pyramids are clearly numbered, linked with flights of stairs, and constantly shuffle teams up and down depending on the results of a clear and meritocratic process. A...