[MY VIEW] Once the only pro game in town, second division soccer appears to be on its way out in the United States. And it’s too bad. D2 leagues propped up U.S.pro soccer in the lean years after the North American Soccer League folded in 1985 and before MLS launched in 1996. Without D2 soccer, MLS wouldn’t have teams in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. Butwhile the eight-team NASL has released its 2011 schedule, it has — to no one’s surprise — lost its provisional sanctioning from U.S. Soccer.

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