The provisional division II designation is largely meaningless in terms of actual soccer, but both leagues have coveted it for its possible effects on the vagaries of business, ego, profits... blah blah moneys. Retention of division II status will allow the corpse of the NASL to stumble around Hofstra for at least one more year. While USL didn’t need the designation, its top brass will be pleased to flaunt the promotion from division III as having achieved one of their main stated goals (though the real ideal was to move past the NASL so, if they are honest, the victory is mostly empty).
Sounders FC 2 ‘promoted’ to United States’ second division
