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Originally Posted by lazypucker
According to Wikipedia, the North American pyramid is like this:
MLS - Div I
NASL - Div II
USL - Div III
while the PDL (where the Calgary Foothills is in) is more like a developmental league (sorta like WHL for hockey).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...gue_system#Men
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From what I can tell, it is pretty controversial whether NASL or USL is the stronger league. NASL tries to sell themselves as being a competitor to the MLS with eyes on getting to D1 at some point. But in reality, they just lost 6 of 7 to USL teams. NASL seems to be a lot of talk and now appears to have been funded and run by some unscrupulous people who are being brought down by the FIFA mess.
USL has a bit of an identity issue with some clubs being the minor league team of their MLS parent and some being independent clubs.
Further complicating things, USL has applied for division 2 status.