Major League Soccer doesn't have a promotion and relegation system like most professional soccer leagues. But why?

That’s going to change soon. USL PRO announced on May 1 that it had awarded the city a franchise to begin play in 2015. It’s a welcome respite from a history of failed franchises in a city ...

Right now, there are operational professional soccer teams in 39 different markets across the first three tiers of US Soccer – MLS, NASL and USL PRO – and if everything goes according to plan ...

The USL League One TV schedule represents the third level on the American soccer pyramid. Fourteen clubs are slated to compete in 2025. While the USL Championship has a number of teams on the verge of ...

Currently, leagues like the USL Championship and USL League One operate independently of MLS, resulting in a fragmented ...

But changes are on the horizon, as the USL Super League will join the NWSL at the top of the American women’s pyramid in August. Only in the United States would you have two completely separate ...

In 2014, a NPSL (amateur, de facto level four on the pyramid) club called Nashville FC was formed by local fans, with the intent to be a fan-owned outfit. But in 2016, USL awarded an unrelated ...