USSF announces the 2010 schedule for the new 2nd division league

Official Press Release


MIAMI, FL (February 8, 2010) Each of the nine NASL teams has announced its 2010 home and away schedule. Participating teams will play a total of 30 league games, while competing, in the 2010 USSF Division II. The Regular Season will begin on April 10th and conclude on October 3rd. Each team will host 15 home games and contest 15 away games.

Each US based NASL team will also play at least one game in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on June 15 or 16 with the home venue and opponents to be determined at a later date. The two NASL Canadian based teams will compete in the 2010 Nutrilite Canadian Championship.

In conjunction with the release of the schedule the USSF has also unveiled details of the playoff format for this season. The 12-team league, consisting of two conferences of six teams, has adopted the following format:

• The first place team (based on total points, at the conclusion of the regular season) in the USL Conference and NASL Conference will become the top two seeds in the playoffs.
• The next six (6) best teams, based on total points, will round out the playoff field.
• The four teams with the fewest total points in the regular season are excluded from the playoffs.
• Playoffs will begin during the week starting Monday, October 4.
• Quarterfinals will be a two-game, home-and-away series determined by total aggregate goals.
• Semifinal round will be a two-game, home-and-away series determined by total aggregate goals.
• Championship will be a two-game, home-and-away series determined by total aggregate goals.
  Exact dates for playoff games are TBD.

Download a PDF version of the schedule in list format - HERE.