On Thursday the United Soccer League (USL) announced that they would start a new third division league in 2019. This news comes on the heels of the USL being moved out of D3 into the second division on a provisional basis with the NASL.
I for one had assumed that if the NASL couldn’t meet the requirements put forth by US Soccer to remain in the second division they would become the third division league. Currently the NASL isn’t meeting the minimum number of teams (12) and barely has teams in enough time zones leaving the poor SF Deltas isolated on the West Coast.