Usisl Select League (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The USISL Select League was a professional men's soccer league which featured teams from the United States, which existed for just one year in 1996. During its single season in 1996 it shared Division II status in the American soccer pyramid with the A-League, before the two leagues merged in 1997. The league had its origins in the United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL), which was the de-facto second tier of American soccer during the early 1990s, and until 1995 confined itself to organising regional leagues. The USISL Pro League, which had been at the second tier of the pyramid in 1995, split into two leagues in 1996; the best teams joined the new USISL Select League, while the remainder (plus expansion teams) remained in the USISL Pro League, which retained its Division III status. Both the A-League and the new USISL Select League had Division II status in 1996.