MLS powerhouse LA Galaxy have announced that they will own and operate a franchise in the USL PRO league in 2014.
LA Galaxy will 'become the first MLS club to form and fund a USL PRO team to operate within the club's player development structure' by entering LA Galaxy II into the third tier of US Soccer.
"We are thrilled to welcome LA Galaxy II into USL PRO as our newest expansion club," USL CEO Alec Papadakis said.
"Entering the second season of our partnership with Major League Soccer, the addition of LA Galaxy II into our competition is an exciting development for all the league's stakeholders and fortifies our continued efforts to remain the strongest league below and in support of MLS on and off the field.
"It is particularly fitting that the LA Galaxy, one of Major League Soccer's true groundbreakers and pioneers across so many different fronts during the past two decades, are now the first to fully embrace the value and potential of placing a team in USL PRO."
