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My work is to usher in the upcoming USA soccer promotion/relegation system. It's time to wake the sleeping giant of world soccer ⚽️. - #ProRelforUSA

 Minnesota, USA
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Soccer is massive in the USA MLS is not massive in the USA 🇺🇸 is a world class market for soccer & its people go bonkers for authentic club soccer every year. USA soccer is drastically held back by the U.S. Soccer Federation/MLS closed system. #ProRelforUSA #FIFACWC #USMNT
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This is the third division of USA soccer in Boise, Idaho. Over 7,000 people attend matches. Yeah... it's time for promotion/relegation in USA soccer.
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Division 4 players in USA soccer are unpaid because of no promotion/relegation in the USA soccer ecosystem. We can change that. #ProRelforUSA
Front Office Sports (@FOS) profile pictureFront Office Sports
@FOSOct 28
Arsenal was knocked out of the EFL Cup by Fleetwood Town, a fourth-tier club currently sitting 18th in its league. Arsenal’s roster: $1.5 billion Fleetwood Town’s roster: $3 million
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This is what happens when you have promotion/relegation inside of just one league instead of an entire pyramid (from division 1 all the way down to the grassroots level). #ProRelforUSA
Joseph Lowery (@joeclowery) profile pictureJoseph Lowery
@joecloweryOct 28
Two USL League One clubs — Westchester SC and Corpus Christi FC — have folded, sources tell @Backheeled. @league1updater had detail earlier this week. 10 different USL clubs have now either folded or gone on hiatus since 2023. More ⤵️ backheeled.com/sources-usl-l…
Sources: USL League One clubs Westchester SC, Corpus Christi FC fold

Sources: USL League One clubs Westchester SC, Corpus Christi FC fold

USL League One has now seen three clubs fold in 2026.

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Paul Spacey ⚽️ (@PaulSpacey) profile picturePaul Spacey ⚽️
@PaulSpaceyOct 23
“You only hate MLS because you’re a eurosnob.” No. I dislike it because it’s fake. It’s a product engineered in boardrooms. Expansion teams, manufactured rivalries, designated players, plastic atmosphere. WWE on grass. Authenticity isn’t about marketing. You either have it or you don’t.
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This is brought to you by promotion/relegation. #ProRelforUSA
AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) profile pictureAFC Bournemouth 🍒
@afcbournemouthOct 22
Sentences you’ve never heard before: AFC Bournemouth have beaten AC Milan.
Full-time: AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan.

ALT Full-time: AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan.

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This is brought to you by promotion/relegation. #ProRelforUSA
AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) profile pictureAFC Bournemouth 🍒
@afcbournemouthOct 22
Sentences you’ve never heard before: AFC Bournemouth have beaten AC Milan.
Full-time: AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan.

ALT Full-time: AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan.

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Ben Fast ⚽️ 🇺🇸@bwfastOct 21
The #ProRelforUSA movement is closing in on victory. Are you ready?
United Soccer League (@USL_HQ) profile pictureUnited Soccer League
@USL_HQOct 20
A new look. A shared ambition. One United Soccer League. Rooted in communities across the country. Connected by our love of the game. United by the belief that soccer belongs to everyone. United for Soccer. Launching January 2027. Discover more: uslsoccer.com/brand

United for Soccer Manifesto

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Promotion/relegation is the #1 topic in USA soccer. ...And it's not even close. #ProRelforUSA
USMNT Only (@usmntonly) profile pictureUSMNT Only
@usmntonlyOct 21
PROMOTION/RELEGATION SET TO ARRIVE IN AMERICAN SOCCER IN 2028 🇺🇸📈 USL has unveiled new branding as it prepares to introduce promotion and relegation across three men’s professional divisions: ▫️ USL Premier — Division One ▫️ USL Championship — Division Two ▫️ USL League One — Division Three Clubs would earn promotion, or face relegation, based on their results on the field. The new look launches in January 2027, with USL Premier and the promotion/relegation system planned for 2028.
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@soccerreformOct 20
We are a soccer loving nation that doesn’t care for our own top flight. And @ussoccer catering to MLS is directly to blame. #ProRelForUSA
Braylon Breeze (@Braylon_Breeze) profile pictureBraylon Breeze
@Braylon_BreezeOct 20
Pretty huge spike in Peacock sign-ups during the World Cup. Still a little below the sign-ups during the Super Bowl, but it’s very impressive to look back at just how huge the World Cup was in the U.S. — especially when Peacock only had Spanish-language coverage:
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The #ProRelforUSA movement is closing in on victory. Are you ready?
United Soccer League (@USL_HQ) profile pictureUnited Soccer League
@USL_HQOct 20
A new look. A shared ambition. One United Soccer League. Rooted in communities across the country. Connected by our love of the game. United by the belief that soccer belongs to everyone. United for Soccer. Launching January 2027. Discover more: uslsoccer.com/brand

United for Soccer Manifesto

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No promotion/relegation. #ProRelforUSA
Victor Araiza (@victoraraiza) profile pictureVictor Araiza
@victoraraizaOct 18
The @HoustonDynamo have a #TexasDerby match against FC Dallas, @BrianChing is being honored in the Ring of Honor, and a win can clinch a playoff spot. Three compelling reasons to get fans into @ShellEnergyStdm. So here’s my question: if a game like this can’t sell out, what does it take? What’s keeping fans away?
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Do you take MLS ⚽️ seriously? Why or why not? ⬇️
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@soccerreformOct 17
If college football embraces #ProRelForUSA before American soccer - American soccer only has itself to blame. Again.
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Ben Fast ⚽️ 🇺🇸@bwfastAug 4
Should MLS and USL combine and create a fully-open promotion/relegation system from division 1 down to the grassroots/amateur level? ANYONE can start a club at the base of the USA soccer pyramid and win promotion up to division 1 through their play on the field. #ProRelforUSA
Kylen Mills (@KylenMills) profile pictureKylen Mills
@KylenMillsAug 4
Time to make some bold moves. Collaborate with USL, create a promotion and relegation system.
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@soccerreformOct 12
Dear World: If you’d like to protect the game, get behind the FIFA candidate fully committed to merit based promotion/relegation. None of the candidates I’ve seen floated have that conviction.
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@soccerreformOct 10
#ProRelForUSA
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@soccerreformOct 10
#ProRelForUSA
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Ben Fast ⚽️ 🇺🇸@bwfastOct 6
Keep in mind that this is in USA soccer's lower divisions beneath the glass ceiling of a closed division 1. USA soccer is ready for promotion/relegation. #ProRelforUSA
Pedro Rondon (@usasupersoccer) profile picturePedro Rondon@usasupersoccerOct 5
USL Championship Week 31 Attendance: New Mexico United: 8,958 Sacramento Republic: 8,407 Tampa Bay Rowdies: 7,012 Switchbacks FC: 6,797 Detroit City FC: 6,575 Orange County SC: 6,500 Lexington SC: 4,677 Rhode Island FC: 6,463 TUL: 4,695 FC Tulsa: 4,610 Loudoun United: 2,479
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@3four3Oct 9
You don’t hear “developed in La Liga”, “La Liga 3”, and “La Liga Youth”. That’s because in legitimate football, clubs are the fundamental entity. In the US, one single entity owns all the teams and, with that monopoly power, puppeteers the Federation. Of course *all the domestic players are going to come from the monopoly. That’s not an accomplishment. That’s a priori going to be the case.
U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) profile pictureU.S. Soccer
@ussoccerOct 9
Developed in @MLS, @MLSNEXTPRO, @MLSNEXT ⚽️ In the @USMNT's October window, 21 of the 28 players have ties to Major League Soccer's ecosystem. 📰 ussoc.cr/9a3085
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