There are 30 MLS teams. Can the league ever grow larger than it already is?

Anonymous wrote:If they actually implement promotion/relegation their product will actually have a chance. People that are soccer fans can buy into a team knowing there's the ability to be promoted and get behind a team and gain support from the community.

Pro/rel is good for soccer, America just hates it because it will expose what's been going on and remove the gatekeepers.

It would be very interesting to have promotion / relegation in the mix from the jump. The issue has been that the guys that are shelling out $500M to get a MLS team won't swallow that pill of having any chance of playing in a lesser league than the top tier. Meanwhile, over in the UK for example, that has been the standard for decades and is the expectation. It would be awesome here to have teams in USL1 be able to climb the ladder and really incentivize the owners to do more - another sport entirely, but the Pittsburgh Pirates would be playing low-A ball if this model existed in MLB. Absolutely no pressure to put a competitive product on the field since they are still making bank despite the fact that they stink year after year.

Bring it on!

If they actually implement promotion/relegation their product will actually have a chance. People that are soccer fans can buy into a team knowing there's the ability to be promoted and get behind a team and gain support from the community.

Pro/rel is good for soccer, America just hates it because it will expose what's been going on and remove the gatekeepers.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow so current players and coaches who think of themselves as hot stuff by playing in USL- C (2nd pro division after MLS) will become third tier? this country is hilarious with football sorry soccer

Don't think this is the case. MLS and this new USL-D1 platform will be Tier 1. USL-Championship is Tier 2 and USL-1 is Tier 3. ULS-2 is semi-pro. Goal is to have this new league sanctioned at the same level as MLS, which is interesting.

Sorta they same thing they did with their women's USL-Super League, it's sanctioned as a Tier 1 league same as NWSL.

The graphic in this link says otherwise
https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/1331372

My ego would be hurt if I were a player or coach in USL-C

Ahh...The graphic in the link clearly shows USL-Championship as Tier 2. Same as it ever was...

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Anonymous wrote:Wow so current players and coaches who think of themselves as hot stuff by playing in USL- C (2nd pro division after MLS) will become third tier? this country is hilarious with football sorry soccer

Don't think this is the case. MLS and this new USL-D1 platform will be Tier 1. USL-Championship is Tier 2 and USL-1 is Tier 3. ULS-2 is semi-pro. Goal is to have this new league sanctioned at the same level as MLS, which is interesting.

Sorta they same thing they did with their women's USL-Super League, it's sanctioned as a Tier 1 league same as NWSL.

The graphic in this link says otherwise
https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/1331372

My ego would be hurt if I were a player or coach in USL-C

Anonymous wrote:Wow so current players and coaches who think of themselves as hot stuff by playing in USL- C (2nd pro division after MLS) will become third tier? this country is hilarious with football sorry soccer

Don't think this is the case. MLS and this new USL-D1 platform will be Tier 1. USL-Championship is Tier 2 and USL-1 is Tier 3. ULS-2 is semi-pro. Goal is to have this new league sanctioned at the same level as MLS, which is interesting.

Sorta they same thing they did with their women's USL-Super League, it's sanctioned as a Tier 1 league same as NWSL.

Glad to see it, the mediocre by design MLS platform needs real competition. Plus now we can see who they align with for youth leagues and get big mad about it

Wow so current players and coaches who think of themselves as hot stuff by playing in USL- C (2nd pro division after MLS) will become third tier? this country is hilarious with football sorry soccer

UPSL big mad with this

Interesting to see where this goes...

Reading some of the requirements, will need at least 12 teams to start with stadium capacity of 15k, so that leaves out some of the USL Championship teams from easily being able to jump up.

IMO, for it to be really fun, it would need to have promotion and relegation between USL1, USL Championship and this D1 group, which doesn't appear to be initially planned.

Lots of action in the soccer community all around.

Anonymous wrote:USL Division 1 shooting its shot at MLS. Every big youth club now sees a pathway to first tier professional. Promotion and relegation.

MLS is cheesy. USL seems more organic. Maybe they will make something out of this.

Big news. MLS and NWSL is in jeopardy

USL Division 1 shooting its shot at MLS. Every big youth club now sees a pathway to first tier professional. Promotion and relegation.