• "Since its launch, Albion Pros, now ASC San Diego after its recent rebrand, has been pursuing a goal of climbing the US Soccer Pyramid. ... USL D3 has sourced its teams from PDL thus far, with Tucson and South Georgia as its first two clubs, and the Santa Cruz Breakers as well as another team in California to make the jump up." [SOURCE: Chris Kivlehan via Midfield Press]
  • "Hearing that @lakelandtropics is making the jump to @USL_D3 in the near future. That's the current @USLPDL team affiliated with the @FLTropicsSC." [SOURCE: John Lenard via Twitter]
  • "A professional soccer team playing in Greenville next year remains a possibility. Greenville Chamber President and CEO Carlos Phillips announce at the organization's 129th Annual Meeting Thursday night that United Soccer League is continuing talks to bring a team here to begin play in the 2019 season." [SOURCE: Scott Keepfer via The Greenville News]
  • "Some @USL news from a highly placed source: Orlando City B is to go on hiatus in 2018 and come back in @USL_D3 in 2019. The Rochester Rhinos have option to go to USL D3 in 2019 too." [SOURCE: Bob Williams via Twitter]
  • "I am hopeful a future version of the club [Wilmington Hammerheads FC] could potentially make a return in 2019, possibly even in the USL’s new D3 league, where I think they would fit nicely." [SOURCE: Ryan Allen via Soccer 'n' Sweet Tea]
  • "Nothing has been finalized, but rumors indicate Grand Rapids FC will be heading to the United Soccer League." [SOURCE: Landon Adams via Rogue Soccer]
  • "...we have heard that the team [Des Moines Menace] has been talking with USL D3 and evaluating what it might take to move up to the fully professional level." [SOURCE: John Lenard via Soc Takes]
  • "USL D3 just needs a few seasons to have proper stadiums in place and teams up and running. I can see pro/rel between USL D2 and USL D3 introduced in 2022." [SOURCE: Trailheads SG via Twitter]
  • "It's very likely that we see a couple, if not all, of these teams [Charlotte Eagles, Dayton Dutch Lions and Wilmington Hammerheads FC] return to professional soccer as a part of the new third division league. ... I would also expect that at least five of the current nine MLS-owned USL teams will join the new league for its inaugural season, potentially including Orlando City B." [SOURCE: Sean Rollins via The Mane Land, SB Nation]
  • "...now Huntsville looks on track to get a MiLB team and a USLD3 soccer club." [SOURCE: Abram Chamberlain via Twitter]