It’s been nearly two years since Sporting Kansas City were rumored to be bringing a Fourth Division team to Garden City, Kansas. Reports out of Kansas from the Garden City Telegram are that the STAR bond needed to help fund this project has expired.
Let’s backup just a bit. What is the fourth division of US Soccer and why would Sporting KC want to stick a team there?
Well the fourth division is the USL Premier Development League (or USL PDL). Technically the PDL shares the unofficial fourth tier of the US Soccer pyramid with the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL).