The Ipswich metro only has 179k people.
Their small town dream was realized today because every community in England is connected to the Premier League through promotion and relegation.
The USA has 250 metro areas bigger than Ipswich. #ProRelForUSA
Former MLS coach Jesse Marsch on #prorelforusa : 'The industry standard is to give every team the opportunity to succeed'
Charlie Davies: 'I don't think it's the end-all be-all'
Bloomberg laments how failure is rewarded in US sports, while the regular season is 'littered with games that mean very little'
'America is clearly missing out, so how did US sports end up with a communist 'all shall have prizes' system?' #prorelforusa
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
If we are ever going to entertain the idea of #ProRelForUSA being adopted at scale, we may need to start from the bottom and work our way up.
SimpleCoach sees youth soccer as the most realistic starting point for the incorporation of Promotion & Relegation in #ussoccer .
Agree or…
If Major League Soccer relegated the bottom 3 teams each season, here's how many times each club would have been relegated. #ProRelForUSA
D.C. United - 8
San Jose Earthquakes - 8
Toronto FC - 7
New England Revolution - 6
The Crew - 6
Colorado Rapids - 6
Sporting Kansas City - 5
New York Red Bulls - 4
LA Galaxy - 4
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Our coverage of Eastern Premier Soccer League - NISA Nation resumes in 8 DAYS! Catch us for Lansdowne Yonkers FC and Greek American SC home matches, + more. We did last year's Final 4, and it got a lot of praise for its quality. Check out our stream links on epslsoccer.com #ProRelForUSA #USOC2024 Aaron Jay
A lot of #prorelforusa talk on the timeline this week.
And we're here to keep the conversation going, in an effort to better understand the impact that an open system could have on #ussoccer .
This week's episode of Box to Box features U.S. Soccer Reform, and his case for why…
What’s more entertaining & meaningful?
Earning your way into a higher league by winning games or paying a franchise fee to cut in line?
#ProRelForUSA
😍MAIDSTONE UNITED😍
If MLS has its way, stories like Maidstone won't exist in the US. MLS rejects #ProRelForUSA & tried to quit US Open Cup
Formed in 1897, it went bankrupt in 1992. Maidstone reformed as 10th-tier club & is now 6th-tier due to pro/rel
Today in USA soccer history (Los Angeles, USA)...
English 4th-tier side (Wrexham AFC) packs a massive stadium in USA. Meanwhile, Major League Soccer can't even get on regular TV in the USA.
We are wasting our USA soccer division 1 sanction on a failing closed-system model.
#ProRelforUSA
It's time to give the people what they want 🚨
We brought U.S. Soccer Reform & SimpleCoach together to DEBATE whether or not #ProRelForUSA is something America needs in order to reach its height as a sport in this country.
Safe to say there is going to be a Part 2 coming soon.
TUNE…
When you realize the lack of #ProRelForUSA is a major culprit in our rocky soccer history, you see our history in a whole new light.
Soccer has always been popular in the US. The way we do it has always been pathetic.
Former Leeds United & RB Leipzig head coach Jesse Marsch (Jesse Marsch) believes #ProRelForUSA is “inevitable”.
“The industry standard is to give every team the opportunity to succeed.”