Dyche hails mentality as Everton back to safety zone

Everton moved out of the Premier League relegation zone thanks to a narrow victory over Brentford on Saturday. Dwight McNeil got the Toffees on the board just 35 seconds into the match. It would turn out to be the only goal of the game. The visitors certainly put pressure on Everton for much of the […]

The topic of promotion and relegation in MLS has been debated for decades. Fans, pundits, and league officials have gone back and forth on the subject tirelessly. In recent years, league commissioner Don Garber has addressed the idea multiple times. The topic keeps coming up again. This week, Garber once again toyed with the idea. […]

MLS purists have long battled against the notion of promotion and relegation in American soccer. This position has often been backed by franchise owners. However, moving into 2023 it appears as though the winds of change are swirling with the success of MLS Season Pass. In a survey conducted by ESPN in 2019, 64% of […]

After The Athletic released an interview with Inter Miami manager Phil Neville, the club banned the publication from its media day event. The interview with Neville included criticism of the lack of a finite playoff structure a week before the regular season started. However, the most interesting note was Neville's support of promotion and relegation […]

The argument for promotion and relegation in Major League Soccer has now reached its coaches. Phil Neville, manager for Inter Miami, is firm supporter of pro/rel in MLS, citing that the concept can help the league's competitiveness. In an interview with The Athletic, Neville talked about the growing pains of Inter Miami in Major League […]

Chelsea Women manager Emma Hayes has asked for soccer officials in the UK to consider a closed league. Like all professional soccer leagues in the UK, the England's Women's Super League currently operates a promotion and relegation system. Hayes has experience in similar situation "I've worked in that in the United States," said former Chicago […]

Promotion and relegation in MLS has been a hotly debated topic in US soccer circles for years. Fans and pundits alike engage pretty much daily across social media in a seemingly endless back-and-forth. But what does the head honcho at MLS, Commissioner Don Garber, have to say on the subject? A former NFL executive, Garber […]

World Soccer Talk sat down with English soccer legend Alan Shearer to hear his thoughts on promotion and relegation, and the role it plays in world soccer. Legendary English footballer Alan Shearer has seen it all. From being the all-time Premier League goalscorer, as well as his playing career with Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle […]

Promotion and relegation is a system used throughout most of the soccer world. Clubs move up and down their country's standings based on their relative strength via results on the field from season to season. And soccer fans all over the world overwhelmingly prefer it to the alternative. The alternative is the franchise system. One […]

Promotion and relegation is one of the key mechanics across much of the global sport called soccer. But what is pro/rel, as it's commonly abbreviated? If you're a new fan, especially coming from American sports, you might be completely unfamiliar with the concept. What is promotion and relegation? At the most basic level, promotion and […]

Editor's note: Amidst a period of extensive growth for USL, we sat down to interview USL's Justin Papadakis, the COO and Chief Real Estate Officer for the league, to talk expansion, stadiums, competition, promotion and relegation, and more as the league looks towards the future. After announcing new expansion teams recently and the success of […]