Unless you're one of a handful of the MLS owners who stands resolutely against changing the status quo, you're probably at least intrigued by the possibilities of instituting a system of promotion and ...

Major League Soccer is an oddball, single-entity league that is out of step with the rest of the world. Its wealthiest clubs hog up all the riches with zero threat of relegation. Several high-aiming ...

United Soccer League owners voted Tuesday to implement a system of promotion and relegation among the USL's multiple men's divisions, a historic first for professional soccer — and all sports — in the ...

In the past 30 years, the biggest debate in U.S. soccer circles has been whether leagues in this country should adopt promotion and relegation, or "pro-rel." While leagues the world over have such a ...

In a historic move, United Soccer League (USL) owners voted Tuesday to become the first professional soccer entity in the United States to adopt promotion and relegation, sources with knowledge of the ...

DALLAS — For the first time in U.S. professional sports, there will be a promotion-relegation (pro-rel) system, a historic decision that could reshape the future of professional soccer in America. The ...