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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four billion dollars. No matter the context in which you look at that figure, it is a significant amount of money. And, apparently it could have been put in MLS' pocket in exchange for its worldwide ...