Only four weeks into the USL First Division season, the Charleston Battery and Miami FC Blues will square of for a second time when they pick up off a season opening draw Friday night live on Fox Soccer Channel at 8:00 pm ET. [+]

The 14th official season of W-League play begins with seven matches Saturday night and an eighth Sunday afternoon. Among the competitors will be champion Washington, finalists Atlanta and six new expansion teams.

Jersey-v-Boston     Connecticut-v-New York     Tampa Bay-v-Bradenton     Carolina-v-Carolina     Hampton Roads-v-Atlanta     Charlotte-v-West Virginia     LA-v-Ventura County     Washington-v-Long Island

United Soccer Leagues announced today the USL Premier Development League Team of the Week for the third week of the USL season, honoring the San Francisco Seals’ Kellan Wilson as the Player of the Week. Wilson upstaged his Team of the Week companions by coming off the bench in the 54th minute of a then, 2-0 game in favor of the defending Southwest Division Champion Fresno Fuego. [+]

The final CFU (Caribbean Football Union) representative to the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League™ will be determined this month as the Puerto Rico Islanders take on San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad & Tobago in a home-and-away series. The Islanders will stage the first-leg of the CFU Playoff in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 9. [+]

United Soccer Leagues announced the USL First Division and USL Second Division Team of the Week honors Tuesday for Week 2 of the season, honoring Minnesota’s Nicolas Platter and Crystal Palace Baltimore’s Gary Brooks as the Players of the Week, respectively. [+]

Stoke City have been promoted back to the top flight of English football to end a 23-year absence following a goalless draw against Leicester City Sunday afternoon. Over 26,600 supporters packed in to the Britannia Stadium, the highest league attendance in ten years, to witness the historic game. [+]