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USL Pro-Reg system 07/21/26(Tue)07:49:07 No.157053354

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USL Pro-Reg system Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)07:49:07 No.157053354 Archived

>former English Premier League chief football officer Tony Scholes has been hired as president of the newly-created top division of the United Soccer League, called USL Premier. The Championship and League One will play below that.

Any EPL lads wanna weigh in on Scholes? Is/was he any good?

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)07:52:53 No.157053404

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)07:52:53 No.157053404

>>157053354
The only league with cache is the MLS and it’s not part of the USL.

Also, MLS owners who bought their teams knowing they were in a non-pyramid system will never accept this.

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)08:09:55 No.157053643

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)08:09:55 No.157053643

>>157053404
Dont think they have a say in the USL m7

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)08:16:59 No.157053744

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)08:16:59 No.157053744

don't understand the structure 2bh, is the USL completely separate from the MLS and basically a rival?

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)08:21:56 No.157053825

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)08:21:56 No.157053825

>>157053744
At the moment, yeah
USL and MLS are both technically competing entities. But their signed clubs do play in the US Open Cup, which I guess is the equivalent of the FA Cup in England

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)08:21:58 No.157053826

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)08:21:58 No.157053826

>>157053744
Yes two separate things the MLS is a closed franchise while the USL is setting up a proper pyramid with something like 180 clubs

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)08:23:52 No.157053860

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)08:23:52 No.157053860

>>157053826
Do they have the resources to compete with the MLS? So far that’s where the owners with money are. Salah is likely signing in the MLS soon too.

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)10:46:08 No.157055886

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)10:46:08 No.157055886

I can't envision any scenario this actually works. Relegation makes sense when clubs have a long history of being deeply embedded in a community. For a brand new league? Forget it.

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)10:54:07 No.157056033

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)10:54:07 No.157056033

>>157053744
it's like the ABA and NBA in the 70s

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)10:55:13 No.157056062

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)10:55:13 No.157056062

>>157055886
Arsenal wasn't a 140 year old club 140 years ago. they've all got to start somewhere.

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)10:55:32 No.157056067

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)10:55:32 No.157056067

>>157053404
MLS is going to die because of this

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)11:02:04 No.157056173

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)11:02:04 No.157056173

>>157056067
I doubt it. USL is gambling that this will increase viewership but most Americans simply aren’t dialed into US soccer

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)11:06:43 No.157056230

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)11:06:43 No.157056230

>>157053354
>mutts finally understood that any league without relegations is a Mickey Mouse one

good

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)11:06:58 No.157056236

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)11:06:58 No.157056236

>>157056173
Thought experiment: create a closed franchise league with enforced parity in any country with a pyramid system where the top flight is comparable to the current quality of the MLS

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)11:17:58 No.157056428

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)11:17:58 No.157056428

>>157056236
Does Mexico converting from a pyramid system to a closed system count?

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)11:45:30 No.157056944

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)11:45:30 No.157056944

>>157056428
Sorry, I meant in competition to. So there’s two leagues. For example if you went to Belgium and started a 14 team closed league with a salary cap

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)13:46:25 No.157058986

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)13:46:25 No.157058986

>>157056230
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous
07/21/26(Tue)13:50:51 No.157059060

Anonymous 07/21/26(Tue)13:50:51 No.157059060

>>157056944
I think you'd have to find a sport that's not on solid ground to begin with. Like if you had a Belgian Hockey league that was closed and another that was a pyramid. If you tried a closed soccer league in basically any part of Europe you'd be rightfully laughed out of the room. You can't compete with that much tradition and built in support.