The USL Championship serves as the second division, USL League One as third division. It's not the first time the USL will be in Central Florida. Prior to competing in Major League Soccer, ...

That is the same year the USL plans to launch a Division One men's professional league. The promotion-relegation system the USL will adopt is similar to how leagues in Europe and Mexico are conducted.

The president of USL points out what has been a major problem for MLS, and why that league has decided to adopt promotion/relegation when they start a Division I league in 2028.

The new system will interconnect the league’s current two professional leagues—the USL Championship (Division Two) and USL League One (Division Three)—with a brand new Division One league ...

usl American soccer has finally adopted a promotion and relegation system, at least in one of its leagues, marking a first for professional sports in the U.S. Getty Images ...

USL aims to bring promotion and relegation to USA. Miami (AFP) – The United Soccer Leagues says it plans to become the first professional sports league in the USA to adopt promotion and relegation.

For the first time in American soccer history, a professional league has adopted promotion and relegation. A supermajority of United Soccer League (USL) owners voted on Tuesday to adopt promotion ...

Sporting Jax, which includes Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor among its owners, received a franchise for the second-level USL Championship ...

That will created a three-tiered league structure that will allow promotion and relegation between the divisions. It has not been announced if Detroit FC, a USL member, will join the highest league.

USL Dallas plans to reveal its name and logo in May 2025, ahead of its debut in 2027. Dallas' newly-announced USL team could join a newly-announced league. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

USL President Paul McDonough told The Associated Press that league officials recently met with U.S. Soccer and there were no objections to the plan. Sanctioning will come later in the process.

The USL announced Thursday that it will launch a division one men's soccer league that could rival MLS and is targeting a 2027 start for the new league.