The 2010 season is the 24th season played by the United Soccer Leagues. Season titles will be contested by 6 professional men's clubs in the USL Second Division, 29 professional and amateur women's clubs in the W-League, and 68 professional and amateur men's teams in the USL Premier Development League.

The remaining USL First Division teams that did not break away to form the North American Soccer League, as well as the NASL teams, will play in the D2 Pro League this year.

The Second Division season started on April 17 with 3 games: Charleston Battery at Charlotte Eagles, Richmond Kickers hosting Harrisburg City Islanders, and Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Real Maryland Monarchs. The season closed on August 14 with Pittsburgh at Harrisburg, Real Maryland at Richmond, and Charleston hosting Charlotte.

First Division

Second Division

USL Second Division
Season2010
ChampionsCharleston Battery
Matches played60
Goals scored147 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerLamar Neagle (12)
Longest winning runCharleston (5)
Longest unbeaten runCharleston (7)
Longest losing runHarrisburg/Real Maryland (4)
← 2009
2011 →

Regular season

Changes from 2009

Standings

USL Second Division
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Charleston Battery 20 11 4 5 35 25 +10 38 Regular season champion
2 Richmond Kickers 20 9 5 6 25 20 +5 33 Playoff spot clinched
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 20 7 5 8 27 20 +7 29
4 Charlotte Eagles 20 5 8 7 23 30 −7 22
5 Harrisburg City Islanders 20 4 9 7 21 30 −9 19
6 Real Maryland Monarchs 20 3 8 9 16 22 −6 18

Results

Abbreviation and Color Key:
Charleston Battery – CHS • Charlotte Eagles – CHA • Harrisburg City Islanders – HAR
Pittsburgh Riverhounds – PIT • Real Maryland Monarchs – RMM • Richmond Kickers – RIC
Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Draw
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Charleston Battery CHAPITRMMCHAHARPITPITHARRMMHARRICRICRICRICRMMHARRMMCHAPITCHA
3–20–01–02–13–12–14–31–22–21–11–34–10–21–01–03–20–02–21–23–0
Charlotte Eagles CHSRICCHSHARPITRICRMMHARHARRMMPITRICPITHARRICRMMPITCHSRMMCHS
2–31–01–22–02–11–30–00–02–10–21–31–12–11–21–11–11–22–22–20–3
Harrisburg City Islanders RICRMMCHACHSRMMCHSCHACHSCHAPITRICCHARMMRMMPITCHSRICPITRICPIT
2–20–20–21–32–32–10–01–11–21–10–12–11–03–21–12–30–21–10–11–1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds RMMCHSRICCHSCHACHSRICRMMHARCHARMMCHARICHARCHARICRMMHARCHSHAR
0–00–01–11–21–23–43–10–01–13–12–01–22–01–12–10–12–01–12–11–1
Real Maryland Monarchs PITHARCHSRICRICHARRICCHACHSPITCHAPITHARHARCHSCHACHSPITCHARIC
0–02–00–10–11–13–20–20–02–20–02–00–20–12–30–11–10–00–22–21–1
Richmond Kickers HARCHARMMPITRMMRMMCHAPITCHSCHSHARCHACHSCHSCHAPITPITHARHARRMM
2–20–11–01–11–12–03–11–33–11–41–01–12–00–11–10–21–02–01–01–1

Playoffs

USL-2 Semifinal USL-2 Championship
1 Charleston Battery 2
2 Richmond Kickers 2 2 Richmond Kickers 1
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0

Semifinal

Richmond Kickers2 – 0Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Delicâte 35'
Foglesong 50'
Kabwe Yellow card 65'
Burke Yellow card 90'		 Report Kouadio Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: Mark Gorak (USA)

Championship

Charleston Battery2 – 1Richmond Kickers
Neagle 26' Yellow card 83'
Falvey Red card 30'
Fuller 52'
Woodbine Yellow card 79'		 Report Elcock 73'
Burke Yellow card 83'
Yomby Yellow card 83'
Attendance: 4,523
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (USA)

Premier Development League

References

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