The United States population is over 300 million and between MLS/USLC/USL1 we have roughly 70-75 teams. These are the teams that are paying their players a salary to play the game we love.

So I did a quick google search to see how many people live in Western Europe and it turns out it is a little over 200 million people. Guess how many professional soccer teams are in all the 34 European countries and their leagues? 1328 teams. One team for roughly every 150000 people Or an average of 40 teams per country.

Here is my thought, USL could continue to grow and with Premier/championship/league1 and League 2 we could in this one ecosystem have 60-68 teams in the top three leagues and potentially hundreds in the bottom more regional leagues. It is my belief that to be a true soccer nation we can’t only have one ”Top” league(MLS). With the number of people we have in the US alone we could and probably should have at least 300 professional teams. I think that with Pro/Rel we could realistically get to this number of professional teams with communities that support these teams and with academies developing our youth players. Soccer in the USA is still a longterm investment but in 30 a team that is started for let’s say 10 million and has fans and community support could 10x its value in 30 years.

I could see a lot of USL communities and their teams growing substantially in the next 30 years. I was there in 1996 when MLS started after the 1994 World Cup and have seen incredible growth for the sport in the last 30 years. I can imagine a USA soccer landscape that rivals Western Europe in the number of teams competing. USL having teams and communities supporting their teams/players from the bottom up through sporting merit to compete because of Pro/Rel.

i was just checking the USL premier wiki page and it says "the worst-performing teams in the Premier would be replaced by the best-performing teams in the USL Championship at the end of each season" but does that mean the same is going to happen where league one teams go up into the championshionship and league two go into league one? will this be implemented in 2028 with the USL premier? or will it be added later? or is this currently not planned?

I’m a dual Columbus Crew/COS Switchbacks fan from Denver. Do any Miami FC fans know Eloy Room’s availability for today’s game? In light of his World Cup performance and Crew MLS cup, if he’s playing, I’d like to go to today’s game and try to get him to sign my Crew hat.

SHAME THEY DIDN'T SPEND ANY OF THIS MONEY TO ADVERTISE DURING THE WORLD CUP BUT SURE I'M SURE THE FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE WHO WATCH THIS WILL BE REALLY INSPIRED LOL