USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league featured 122 teams for 2023, split into eighteen regional divisions across four conferences. USL League Two is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Brian Ching was the PDL Rookie of the Year in 1998
College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. While it is most widespread in the United States, it is also prominent in Japan, South Korea, Canada, South Africa, and the Philippines. The United Kingdom also has a university league. The institutions typically hire full-time professional coaches and staff, although the student athletes are mostly amateur and are not paid. College soccer in the United States is sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the sports regulatory body for major universities, and by the governing bodies for smaller universities and colleges.
An NCAA Division I game between Indiana and Tulsa in 2004
"The Foot-Ball Match", Chronicle of the Rutgers v Princeton game on The Targum, Nov 1869
Duke (in white) v Maryland game in 1968
Fans at college soccer games (here at Indiana University in 2004) can number in the thousands between top teams
