[Tenorio] BREAKING: USL intends to launch a 12- to 14-team Division One league in 2027-28. USL believes the U.S. is more than capable of accommodating more D1 teams.
So they are going to apply for first division status....yea that's "BOLD", but I dunno where it goes.
You need teams in big markets, a good chunk of them already have MLS clubs.
Maybe the play is to grab some of the remaining "big" markets, say for example (but not for sure...because who knows if they are viable markets): Vegas, Detroit, Phoenix, SF/Sacramento, NO, Cleveland, etc. then eventually (later at some point) fold them into MLS?
I really don't know what the play is? Pro/Rel is not going to happen in the US.
Does USL even have the $$ or investors to support a D1 league?
Currently MLS has pretty "old/outdated" roster rules that handcuffs the league to get worldwide talent.
.......and MLS is 30 years old!!!
How is USL D1 going to have the $$ to attract talent of a D1 level and make money to survive?
I need to hear the good argument for this.