USL votes for relegation

[LadyStanley]

Promotion-relegation is coming to U.S. soccer (though not MLS). Will it 'reshape' the sport?

The USL, which currently operates second- and third-tier leagues, says it will launch a new USL Division One and create "an interconnected three-tiered men’s professional soccer system" with pro-rel.

sports.yahoo.com

But not MLS

 

[Barclay Donaldson]

Promotion-relegation is coming to U.S. soccer (though not MLS). Will it 'reshape' the sport?

The USL, which currently operates second- and third-tier leagues, says it will launch a new USL Division One and create "an interconnected three-tiered men’s professional soccer system" with pro-rel.

sports.yahoo.com

But not MLS

I think you mean "relegation" and not "regulation"

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I think you mean "relegation" and not "regulation"

Or it's an abstract thought...like the league will regularly shit out the worst teams.


I mean, awesome. It's seemingly the only way Pittsburgh will ever get a shot at anything other than the USLC equivalent. This beats the ever-loving shit out of the MLS's model of throwing as many teams as possible into one league and wondering why nobody watches when Lionel Messi isn't involved. I f***ing hate that the NHL seems to be adopting that mindset too, but I digress.

Oh, plus I refuse to get Apple TV, so following the MLS is significantly more difficult than numerous leagues on the other side of the f***ing globe now.

US soccer isn't set-up for this system and even under the best of circumstances there's going to be growing pains, but the sport is healthy enough in the US now that the training wheels need to come off.