The title of this article is (as always on this blog) hyperbolic, but it does touch on a reality; outside of the Canadian contingent, this has been a difficult year for the USL First Division. The confirmation that Vancouver and Portland will move to MLS in 2011 was just the most recent bit of bad news for USL-1. In the past year, the league lost another keystone franchise in Seattle, faced the suspension of club operations in Miami and Atlanta (as of March 18th, one was in, one out for 2009), and had another key franchise, Rochester, face financial uncertainty. Contrasted against these problems, the runaway success of the USL in Canada begs the question, could the USL benefit from more Canadian content?
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