United Soccer Leagues announced on Wednesday that its club owners have voted to introduce promotion and relegation into the USL league structure. The launch will come at the same time that USL ...

Currently, it’s aiming for 12 or 14 teams. The third division, USL League One, would be the bottom of the pyramid, and teams would not be relegated from there. Whatever format the leagues settle ...

The USL announced the decision Wednesday but did not say when the system in which teams at the bottom of the standings will drop down a level and top teams will be promoted will start. USL said ...

The introduction of promotion and relegation could force the sport’s governing body to rethink some of those standards in order to accommodate teams that move up and down within USL’s pyramid.

The plan is for Albany to start with a men's League One team — the second level of the USL pyramid — though there will be opportunities to move up because USL announced this week it will have ...

Hartford Athletic will soon be playing in a league that looks a lot more like the top ones in Europe, even more so than Major League Soccer. Last month, the United Soccer League (USL) announced ...

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. It's not really a ...

The league, which launched in August 2024, occupies the same place atop U.S. Soccer's women's professional pyramid as the ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Change is officially coming to the landscape of professional soccer in the United States, as the United Soccer League (USL) announced Wednesday that they will officially ...

The United Soccer League, USL for short, was exploring cities that might be right for a new professional league in the third-tier of the United States Soccer’s pyramid. The USL wanted markets ...

The USL Super League, a first-division women's professional ... occupies the same place atop U.S. Soccer's women's professional pyramid as the more established National Women's Soccer League ...