Major League Soccer announced its 30th team today.

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Charlotte. Will play in the NFL stadium which will get some updates.

Play will start in 2021 to keep the conferences even when Austin joins.

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Interesting
jeffk
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Char-litt!!!
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What are the chances they grow big enough to split into a two tier system with promotion/relegation?
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deadbq03 said:

What are the chances they grow big enough to split into a two tier system with promotion/relegation?
I think it's more likely that a club system emerges that competes and eventually merges resulting in a pro/rel. but I'm not sure I'd hold my breath.
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deadbq03 said:

What are the chances they grow big enough to split into a two tier system with promotion/relegation?
No way in hell it happens in the US. Now that the league is established there isn't an owner out there that will agree to such a system. Would have had to be setup like that from the very beginning.
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David Tepper has about three hundred twenty five million reasons for why pro/rel will never happen.
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Promotion and relegation isn't going to happen, at least for a very long time.

And we don't need it to happen for American soccer--club and country--to be good.
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Pro/Rel will never happen in the US. Owners of expansion teams aren't paying $300MM in expansion fees to join a club just to get kicked out the first year.
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The Galactic Football League has 22 teams in Tier 1.

This is galactic wide. If they can do it, so can the MLS.
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IMO, pro/rel doesn't do anything to increase quality of play. Teams just need to keep investing in their youth structure. Personally, I would love for the champion to be decided in regular season, but leagues in NA will always have playoffs.
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