[USL] The number of pro teams operating below Major League Soccer will at an all-time low in 2010 with 12 teams in the USSF Division II and six teams in thethird division USL-2. For the first time in more than a decade, United Soccer Leagues won’t be operating a Division II pro league in 2010. It’s given USL the opportunity to focus on 2011 and the taskof developing a model to make professional soccer economically viable at the lower divisions. Tim Holt, president of USL, talks about the league’s plans andchanges made since NuRock acquired USL from Nike six months ago.

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