Talk:USL First Division

message: * What are the players' salaries & how does this compare to the MLS?  216.174.165.54 17:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Finance

message: Hi, I'm not sure, but the best team won't play the home leg 1st. I know the Impact will play their home game on sunday ie the second game. So it is not necessarly true. The thing that is true is that the best team has the oppotunity to play the game they want at home.Soopafred 22:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  First team plays home?? 

message: please someone edit this file to make the width of the artcile fit within the browser. thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chivista~enwiki (talk • contribs) 13:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Article is too wide

message: I removed this line from the intro of this article:
Based on past results in friendly matches vs. Football League clubs, the USL-1 is around the same level as League One in England.
This is pure speculation, not to mention the fact that most English clubs do not field their full team in friendlies and usually play them in the off-season when they are not at their fittest.Largo1965 17:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calibre 

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message: Well, it's looking worse and worse.  rumors have it that the Cleveland City Stars have folded, and there is some talk that F.C New York isn't going to form up, either.  That leaves only the veterans in Puerto Rico and Portland, and the newcomers in Austin.  All three teams are strong teams, with good financials; but is three teams enough for a league?  Will the USL just fold USL-2 in with USL-1, and be left with three massively dominant teams overpowering the rest?  (Then again, Austin wasn't really 'dominating' in play, only in fan base.)   The articles I link to are only rumors, so I'm not putting these on the main page yet, just a talk.  Ehurtley (talk) 22:49, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Then there were three... 

message: A-League (1995–2004) should be merged into USL First Division.  These are the same league with the only difference being a simple name change.  The 1995 and 1996 stats are from the previous A-League and are already included at American Professional Soccer League which was known as the A-League from 1995-1996 Cmjc80 (talk) 02:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a bit more complicated than that.  The A-League was a rebranded American Professional Soccer League in 1995 and 1996.  It then merged with the USISL to become the USISL A-League in 1997.  I recommend that this article be split.  The 1995 and 1996 season information should be merged with the APSL article and the 1997 and on information merged with the USL First Division article. Mohrflies (talk) 14:33, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: In my opinion this article needs a major tidy up on two fronts. Firstly in light of the defections to the new NASL which is ongoing and difficult to keep up with. Secondly I thing the article should concentrate on the seasons when it was known as the USL First Division and not be cluttered with excessive info on the various predecessor names/leagues, all of which have their own articles anyway. Mention them by all means but don’t get bogged down. It is a bit ridiculous to try and merge all this info into one article, as one editor is trying to do, especially when US soccer leagues have a history of name changes, mergers and collapses, etc. Any thoughts here Djln --Djln (talk) 00:08, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, once there are official announcements and the dust settles with the new USSF-sanctioned league for 2010, this will be fixed up, however I'm unsure whether the season info will end up in the USL First Division page or elsewhere.  There is also an argument that the A-League and USISL Pro League be included, since they are linear with USL-1 and USL-2, respectively. A possible compromise could be adding A-League and USISL Pro seasons to the list of USL seasons at the bottom of the page. Mtndrums (talk) 20:06, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Major Tidy Up Needed