I’d think the USL’s end goal is to provide a pipeline for their clubs to promote into MLS since they can’t be the top league themselves. If they implement pro/rel in their leagues they might accomplish their end goal by being absorbed by the MLS and Next Pro. NISA has to quickly get on either the MLS or USL train because if not their clubs will die out.
A lot is changing at the lower tiers. MLS recently brought MLS Next Pro into existence, and that means a bunch of reserve sides that helped USL grow its league will be pulling out. I think the goal is to force USL to expand both its tiers at the expense of NISA, and that's already happened to some extent. The value and level of play in the USL Championship is comparable to that of the Canadian Premier League, and I hope that these leagues can get together on a regular basis. If the USLC offers to host a Leagues Cup style tournament in the southern US during the months of January and February, I think the Canadian league would go for that. Teams that do well in that tournament could hope to generate some type of qualifying tie-in with a continental tournament. This would really lock in the USL as the lower-tier league of choice, and it would be interesting to see how these leagues compare from top to bottom as they expand and grow.
USL Super League will be 1st division just like the NWSL. USL W League is not a professional league and is effectively 4th division along with all other amateur leagues, since the US Soccer Federation only sanctions professional teams (Divisions 1-3). Which imo is kind of dumb, amateur soccer here is getting big and should probably have more of a framework around it.
Im Argentinian and what i want you to know its too hard to say how works xd Its soo chaotic and disorganized. A lot of name changes, format changes and number of teams changes lmao If must be controlled and operated by AFA or be an separated entity league, etc... Chiqui Tapia, AFA's president says: "Dont try to understand it, just enjoy it"
As long as MLS televised matches are locked to Apple TV It's a guarantee I'll never see one. I would say that limits their audience. Nobody wants to pay for Apple TV plus just for major league soccer.
