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USSF D2 Pro League

USSF Division 2 Professional League
USSF D2 Pro League logo.png
Country United States
Other club(s) from Canada, Puerto Rico
Confederation CONCACAF
Founded 2010
Folded 2010
Conferences USL Conference
NASL Conference
Number of teams 12
Level on pyramid 2
Promotion to None
Relegation to None
Domestic cup(s) Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Canadian Championship
Last champions Puerto Rico Islanders
(2010)
Website USSF D2 Pro League at ussoccer.com
USSF Division 2 Professional League
Season 2010
Champions Puerto Rico Islanders
Matches played 180
Goals scored 437 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Ryan Pore (15 goals)
Biggest home win POR 3–0 STL (Apr 22)
STL 3–0 MTL (Jul 10)
MTL 3–0 STL (Jul 21)
STL 3–0 POR (Jul 28)
POR 3–0 CPB (Aug 29)
CAR 3–0 CPB (Sep 3)
ROC 3–0 TAM (Sep 11)
MTL 3–0 TAM (Sep 19)
TAM 6–3 CPB (Oct 1)
Biggest away win CPB 0–5 MTL (Aug 21)
Highest scoring TAM 6–3 CPB (Oct 1)
Longest winning run Rochester Rhinos (6 games, ended Aug 27)
Longest unbeaten run Portland Timbers (10 games, to end the season)
Longest winless run FC Tampa Bay (11 games, ended Oct 1)
Longest losing run Crystal Palace Baltimore (8 games, to end the season)
Highest attendance Portland Timbers (15,418; 4 times)
Lowest attendance Crystal Palace Baltimore (507, Aug 4)
Average attendance 4,449

USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro League) was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in 2010 to last just one season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL). The D2 Pro League was the second tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids below Major League Soccer.

On August 27, 2009, Nike agreed to sell their stake in the United Soccer Leagues to investment company NuRock, instead of Jeff Cooper, who had aligned with a group of USL First Division team owners. Disappointed with the sale and state of the league, the ownership group broke away after the 2009 season with the intent to form a new incarnation of the North American Soccer League. The leagues sued each other, but ultimately withdrew their lawsuits and agreed to mediate with the United States Soccer Federation.

The USSF found that three of the NASL teams (NSC Minnesota Stars, Rochester Rhinos, and FC Tampa Bay) had binding contracts to play in the USL First Division in 2010, leaving the NASL with too few teams to be sanctioned. However, this left the USL First Division with only six teams, also too few for sanctioning. The USSF stripped the USL First Division of its sanctioning, and denied sanctioning to the NASL. After a week of negotiations among the three, the USSF agreed to run a 12-team interim league for 2010. The six extant teams in each league would each occupy their own conference, but teams belonging to both leagues would play each other.


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