2009 Best of US Soccer Awards – Lets Get Busy Voting
The annual Best of U.S. Soccer Awards is back again for the 8th year. This is where you, the U.S. Soccer fans, vote in 12 categories recapping a busy 2009 crammed full of action, which included FIFA World Cup qualifying, the FIFA Confederations Cup, Abby Wambach’s 100th goal, another Development Academy Season

USL’s Tim Holt Makes Statements Concerning the Minnesota Thunder
The President of the United Soccer League’s (USL) Tim Holt spoke to IMS this past week and stated that the USL has officially terminated all three Minnesota USL franchises: The Thunder in USL-1, the Thunder PDL team in Rochester, Minnesota and the W-League Lightning. “There’s a lot of confusion in the Twin Cities regarding the state of professional soccer,” said Holt.  “We have previously not gone public with some of this information due to the very positive long-term relationship we have had with the Minnesota Thunder up until the past several months.  Unfortunately, the extent to which there have been misrepresentations in the market have made it

Rochester Minnesota will Field USL PDL Team in 2010
Going to the website of Rochester MN Thunder PDL team you would believe good things were in store for the 2010 season. A Rochester Thunder logo cloaked in darkness greets you on the splash page. The familiar Thunder icon is peering out of the darkness with a spotlight trained from atop. A pitch black backdrop has copy in white distressed lettering that st

TOA and USL, is Everything Exploding or Imploding?

TOA Confirms, New Proposed League Name Will be North American Soccer League
Nov. 23, 2009 – Formally announced two weeks ago, the new men’s second division professional soccer league slated to begin play next spring has announced its name, and it is a familiar one to soccer fans and players in the United States and Canada – the North American Soccer League (NASL). NASL was the name of the men’s outdoor professional league that operated in the United States and Canada from 1968 to 1984, which played its final match 25 years ago last month and generated historic moments and memories for players