 the united soccer leagues (usl) is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the united states, canada and the caribbean. it includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. leagues currently organized are the usl pro, the usl premier development league, the women's w-league and w-20 league and youth super y-league and super-20 league. it is directly affiliated with the united states soccer federation, the united states adult soccer association and the canadian soccer association. ==history== ===year by year=== * 1986 established as southwest indoor soccer league * 1989 added an outdoor league known as the southwest outdoor soccer league. this was soon changed to southwest independent soccer league which included both the indoor and outdoor leagues. * 1990 renamed sunbelt independent soccer league * 1991 renamed united states interregional soccer league * 1995 renamed united states international soccer league * 1995 renamed united systems of independent soccer leagues and formally established professional pro league and amateur amateur premier league * 1996 established select league consisting of strongest teams from division 3 pro league and amateur premier league in hopes of gaining division 2 sanctioning. * 1997 select league and the former american professional soccer league merged to form a-league under the usisl umbrella. * 1999 umbrella usisl changed its name to the modern united soccer leagues. * 2009 nike sells organization. as a result, nine clubs left the first division to form the north american soccer league: atlanta silverbacks, carolina railhawks fc, miami fc, minnesota thunder, montreal impact, rochester rhinos, tampa bay rowdies, vancouver whitecaps, and the ac st. louis expansion group. united soccer league was a division in the temporary ussf division 2 league.{{cite news | url=http://www
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