With only two matches to go in the 2018 USL regular season, Penn FC dropped a bombshell about where they’ll be playing soccer going forward. Their official plan is to join USL League One (briefly known as USL Division III) in 2020. As a prelude to that change, they also announced that they will be going on hiatus for the 2019 season. It’s a depressing situation for a team that was looking like they could sneak into a playoff spot just one month ago.
This result is similar to the situations faced by other old school USL sides like the Richmond Kickers and the Rochester Rhinos.