From the Archives: The need to unbundle the USSF rights from SUM/MLS

A trip back to 2019

This article was originally published in 2019 behind a pay wall at Sport Business. Since its publication the USSF has split with SUM/MLS which has help trigger in my opinion the current MLS effort to undermine the US Open Cup as well as promote Leagues Cup as an alternative. It’s also worth noting that NWSL later in 2019 retained Octogon who provided in…