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If MLS flips its calendar, USL better follow- otherwise PRO/REL might flop

It's very hard to do PRO/REL properly with misaligned transfer windows

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Kartik Krishnaiyer
Aug 20, 2025
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I’ve been a long-time advocate for calendar change in US Soccer. I’ve argued you cannot do promotion and relegation properly on the current calendar, an argument I advocated at the NASL (who did plan to flip to a fall/spring calendar if the 2018 season had ever been played) and know USL understood at one point as well. That’s why personally I am shocked…

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