Atlanta and Cary, N.C. are among the cities being considered for a U.S. Soccer training center and headquarters, sources tell PaulTenorio and samstejskal. If completed, it would include 14+ fields and facilities for U.S. Soccer personnel.
early last month, all signs point to the league introducing a best-of-three series for the first round and transitioning to a single-elimination format for the conference semifinals and beyond.Sources said that the motivations behind the likely change are to increase the overall number of matches to provide more inventory for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and to create more game-related revenue for owners.
MLS used a single-elimination format from 2019-2022, in which the top seven teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs. That setup provided plenty of drama, but involved just 13 total postseason matches and didn’t guarantee that every participant would host a game.with an additional update this week, saying that, as part of the proposed shift to a best-of-three first-round, MLS is also considering expanding the field to include nine teams from each conference.
Beyond increasing inventory for Apple and generating additional revenue for owners, the thrust of the idea, the sources said, is to keep more teams in contention for playoff places later in the regular season. Allowing 18 total teams into the field would also mean that 62 percent of the league’s 29 teams would qualify for the postseason, which would certainly mean more teams in the running.
The sources said that the MLS product strategy committee, a powerful group of owners and executives that drives most of the competitive and roster-related decisions made by the league, is set to meet in the Palm Springs, Calif. area next week, wherethe group is expected to discuss and finalize the potential playoff changes.U.S. Soccer considering building national training center
Late in 2022, U.S. Soccer sent an email to select individuals letting them know that the federation was considering a capital campaign looking to raise up to $300 million to help build a new training center, headquarters and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging innovation lab.last week that Atlanta and Cary, N.C. are among the cities being considered for the training center and headquarters.
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