We are way behind on posting this, but since the last question answered has become more relevant
after the events of the past couple days, it still make sense to post this.
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fans, to write in and ask questions about the team, organization, and the return of professional
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The Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact will battle for the 2009 USL-1 Championship but the big
story around USL is the removal of the Minnesota Thunder, Miami FC Blues and Carolina RailHawks
team sites from USLSoccer.com
Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer reported on Friday that USL President Tim Holt had sent
emails addressing the players at Minnesota, Miami and Carolina that they had been released from
their contracts.
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#2 Carolina RailHawks vs #7 Vancouver Whitecaps
Sept 24 at Vancouver – 10:30 pm ET :: Sept 27 at Carolina – 5:00 pm ET
#3 Puerto Rico Islanders vs #6 Rochester Rhinos
Sept 24 at Rochester – 7:05 pm ET :: Sept 27 at Puerto Rico – 6:00 pm ET
#4 Charleston Battery vs #5 Montreal Impact
Sept 24 at Montreal – 7:45 pm ET :: Sept 27 at Charleston – 7:00 pm ET
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The Portland Timbers have secured the first seed in the playoffs.
Carolina RailHawks, Puerto Rico Islanders, Charleston Battery will battle in the last round of
matches for 2nd thru 4th.
Montreal Impact, Rochester Rhinos, Vancouver Whitecaps will fight for 5th thru 7th place during the
final round of regular season matches.
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Thanks to Ed Serrano from Football in Miami and Beyond for the heads up on this story...
From the Sun-Sentinal:
The five USL-1 clubs and three other organizations, including 2010 expansion club Tampa
Bay, are aligned with the Team Ownership Association (TOA), which wants the clubs to run the
league, rather than a management entity such as NuRock.
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David Fellerath from the Triangle Offense, and independent Carolina RailHawks blog, spoke with
RailHawks majority owner Selby Wellman about recent selling of USL and the "chilled" response by
various team owners.
He (Selby Wellman) noted that the USL-1 clubs make single-year commitments to
participate in the league, and that in a month or so, the league will approach the owners about
committing for next season.
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USLNews recieved this press release this afternoon:
TEAM OWNERS ASSOCIATION CHILLS RELATIONS WITH USL AFTER NIKE SELLS USL TO NON-TEAM THIRD PARTY
Atlanta, Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, Montreal, St. Louis, Tampa and Vancouver to Aggressively
Explore all Options for Future
August 31, 2009 Following extensive negotiations with USISL, Inc.
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Friday, August 28
Portland Timbers 0:0 Charleston Battery
Charleston clinches USL playoff berth Charleston Post and Courier
Timbers push unbeaten streak to 24 with draw The Oregonian
Saturday, August 29
Minnesota Thunder 1:3 Puerto Rico Islanders
Thunder lose on the road to Islanders Inside Minnesota Soccer
Miami FC Blues 0:1 Austin Aztex
Key breaks finally fall Aztex' way in shutout Austin American-Statesman
Rochester Rhinos 1: 1 Vancouver Whitecaps
Rhinos rally for tie in Vancouver Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Whitecaps, Rhinos duel to 1-1 draw Vancouver Sun
Sunday, August 30
Carolina RailHawks 1:1 Montreal Impact
Carolina steals a draw Canada.
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uslsoccer.com
For one hour on Saturday night, the Charlotte Eagles looked poised to erase the memory of their
previous two defeats in the 2006 and 2008 USL-2 Championship match. Both times, the Eagles had
fallen behind early and despite late rallies, they had come up short twice. This time, the Eagles
scored first but were unable to hold off the surging Richmond Kickers, as Edson Elcock equalised in
the 63rd minute and John DiRaimondo and David Bulow scored in the final 7 minutes of the match to
claim the match and the championship with a 3-1 victory.
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A day after the announced sale of the United Soccer Leagues to NuRock Soccer Holdings, LLC, USL
followers and fans are beginning to react...
USL Sold to NuRock Holdings LLC – Sale Could Throw League Owners into Turmoil Inside Minnesota
Soccer
USL's Tim Holt Addresses Questions Concerning Sale of League Inside Minnesota Soccer
Sale of USL puts future of Miami FC in doubt Miami Herald
We will continue to update this thread as more news and reports come out.
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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM USL
Atlanta, Georgia (Aug 27th, 2009) – NuRock Soccer Holdings LLC ("NuRock Soccer Holdings") today
announced that it has acquired United Soccer Leagues ("USL") from NIKE.
NuRock Soccer Holdings, based in Atlanta, is led by Rob Hoskins and Alec Papadakis.
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USL-2 Playoffs
Saturday, August 22
Harrisburg City Islanders 0:1 Richmond Kickers
Delicate lifts Kickers into USL-2 final Richmond Times-Dispatch
Charlotte Eagles 1:0 Wilmington Hammerheads
Hammerheads fall in semifinals to Charlotte StarNewsOnline.com
USL-1
Saturday, August 22
Minnesota Thunder 0 - 1 Cleveland City Stars
City Stars end winless streak by defeating Minnesota clevelandcitystars.
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Wednesday, August 19
Minnesota Thunder 3:3 Rochester Rhinos
Rhinos stunned by tie after injury-time goal Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
2009 USL-2 Playoffs
Real Maryland Monarchs 1 - 3 Charlotte Eagles
Eagles soar past Real Maryland 3-1 charlotteeagles.com
Thursday, August 20
Vancouver Whitecaps 1:1 Charleston Battery
Ian Fuller's second-half goal gives Battery 1-1 draw with Whitecaps The Canadian Press
Battery rallies for draw Charleston Post and Courier
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